GTSWORLD by Great Travel Service P I L G R I M A G E S Programs 2020 PILGRIMAGES 2020

ABOUT US

Our goal is to promote pilgrimage destinations in Italy and other European countries for pilgrims from all over the world. Our main office is in Rome and we have 30 years of experience.

Our services include: • Organization of choral concerts • Private Masses Reserved in major Basilicas/Churches • Participation on the special events held by the Vatican, including canonization • Reserve audience for Papal hearings.

We offer tailor-made packages and special requests for both groups and Individuals, guaranteeing the highest quality and competitive prices.

Our team is made up of qualified and talented travel experts with extensive travel experience and multi-language skills. We provide 24-hour assistance a day to ensure that our services meet the needs of our customers.

We look forward to planning and developing special travel programs for your groups and individual customers by 2020.

Daniele Campoli

Why a pilgrimage? A pilgrimage can be a life-changing transformative experience. Being a pilgrim means starting an adventure in search of God; it means asking questions and seeking their faith.

A pilgrim is not only a tourist, but an individual looking for an experience that can change perspectives and expectations.

One of the most important reasons for taking pilgrimage tours and seeing places of spiritual importance is to meet other holy people who follow a spiritual path and see how they live.

We do our best to make sure this is all pilgrims have to think about as they travel with us.

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GENERAL INDEX

PILGRIMAGES 2020

PILGRIMAGE FROM ROME TO ASSISI•7 days 5 nights 4

ROME, ASSISI AND FLORENCE • 9 days 7 nights 5

DEVOTE ITALY • 9 days 7 nights 6

ROME AND MEDJUGORJE • 10 days 8 nights 7

SPAIN SANCTUARIES • 9 days 7 nights 8

THE WAY OF SANTIAGO • 11 days 9 nights 9

FRANCE SANCTUARIES • 10 days 8 nights 10

FATIMA, SPAIN AND LOURDES • 9 days 7 nights 11

PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE • 9 days 7 nights . 12

HOLY LAND • 9 days 7 nights 13

EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE • 12 days 10 nights 14

3 PILGRIMAGES 2020 PILGRIMAGE FROM ROME TO ASSISI Assisi Rome

Day 1º DEPARTURE In the afternoon our walking tour will start with Day 6º ROME: ANCIENT ROME, ST, Departure to Rome. the Trevi Fountain, where we will launch the PETER IN CHAINS CATHEDRAL AND THE traditional three coins. We will continue with the BASILICA OF ST PAUL OUTSIDE THE Day 2º ARRIVAL TO ROME Plaza de Trinité dei Monti at the top of the Spanish WALLS Arrival in Rome and meet our accompanying guide Steps, from where we can admire such a romantic Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will enjoy who will be with us throughout the tour. We will panoramic view of the city of Rome, then we will a tour of some places in ancient Rome, including enjoy a panoramic tour of the city and then arrive cross the city towards the Pantheon and end up in the Forum and the Colosseum. Its real name is at the hotel. Dinner and hotel accommodation. (D) Piazza Navona. We will have free time to explore Flavius Amphitheatre, after the emperor who and shop on our own. Dinner and accommodation built it in the first century. Colosseum refers to Day 3º AM: PAPAL AUDIENCE / PM: ST at the hotel. (B, D) the “colossal” statue of Nero that was once at the PETERS entrance. We will walk through the Forum and the Breakfast at the hotel. This morning we will head Day 5º ROME: EXCURSION TO ASSISI interior of the Colosseum. to Vatican City to attend the general audience of Today we will visit this “quiet medieval city, The last stop of our tour will be the Church of St. Pope Francis (subject to confirmation according tinged with the mystical spirit of one of the most Pietro in Vincoli, where we will admire the Moses to the established program of the Holy Father). fascinating characters in history”. The city of of Michelangelo. In the afternoon we will visit the After our visit we will have time to have lunch on Assisi is located on the side of Mount Subasio, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, home to our own and shop at religious goods stores in the resting majestically on the Umbrian plain. This the tomb of the Apostle St. Paul, also known as Vatican area. In the afternoon, our local guide will city was home to Saints Francis and Clara. We the Apostle of the Pagans. Here we will celebrate show us St. Peter’s Basilica. We will have free will find our local guide for a visit to the Basilica of Mass (if the group accompanies a priest). Our time to visit the Vatican Museums if you wish. St. Francis, where we will celebrate a mass at the tour concludes with the visit of the Catacombs Dinner and hotel accommodation. (B, D) tomb of San Francis (if the group is accompanied of San Calixto. Dinner and accommodation at the by a priest). hotel. (B, D) Day 4º ROME: THE BASILICAS AND Later we will enjoy a walking tour of the city, CLASSIC TOUR OF ROME including the church of San Rufino (with the Day 7º ROME Breakfast at the hotel. We begin the day with the baptismal font of San Francis), and the Basilica In the morning, transfer to Rome airport to board visit of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the of Saint Clara (where his uncorrupted body rests your flight. (B) largest church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin in peace). In the afternoon we will meet in the Mary. We continue with the Basilica of St John Plaza next to the Church of Santa Clara to take the lutheran. It was here that Saint Francis persuaded transfer that will take us to the Eremo delle Carceri NOTE: Pope Innocent III to give him permission to (Convent), about 4 km away from Assisi. This is Although no changes are foreseen, there may be initiate the Franciscan Order. The night before, where St. Francis retreated to pray. Amid the lush times when certain alterations are necessary for the Pope had seen a man in a dream, which held green jungle and songbirds, you receive a deep the proper development of the itinerary, such as the unstable building of St. John Lateran. The sense of the spirit of St. Francis. Here we will changes in flight schedules or other reasons. All next day, when Francis appeared before Pope take some time to devote ourselves to our private masses are subject to the final programming of Innocent, His Holiness recognized the face of the reflections. Then we head to Rome for dinner and the Churches. dream and consented to Francis’ request. hotel accommodation. (B, D).

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Florence ROME, ASSISI Assisi AND FLORENCE Rome

Day 1º DEPARTURE famous for its golden bronze doors, particularly EXCURSION TO POMPEII Departure to Rome. Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Parisian Sunsets. We will have Breakfast at the hotel. We have the whole day off free time to make a stop at Ponte Vecchio (Old today. Those who want can stay in Rome to explore Day 2º ROME / ASSISI Bridge) the famous 14th century bridge, full of the city on their own, or go shopping. Others can Arrival in Rome and meet our accompanying guide shops selling jewllery. Later, we will board our buy an optional tour to visit Naples and Pompeii. who will be with us throughout the tour. We will bus to continue our journey to Rome, where we Your accompanying guide will be at your disposal board our bus that will take us to Assisi, “a quiet will have dinner and stay at our hotel. (B, D) to give you additional information and make the medieval city, tinged with the mystical spirit of reservation. Free dinner. Accommodation. (B,D) one of the most fascinating characters in history”. Day 5º ROME: PAPAL AUDIENCE AND We will celebrate the Opening Mass of our trip in WALKING TOUR OF ROME Day 8º ROME: ANCIENT ROME a local Church. Dinner and accommodation at the Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will enjoy Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, transfer to hotel. (B, D) a tour of some of the places of Ancient Rome, Vatican City for the Papal Audience with the Holy including the Forum and the Colosseum. Its real Father (subject to Vatican programming). In the Day 3º ASSISI – VISIT OF ASSISI name is Flavius Amphitheatre, after the emperor afternoon, we will enjoy a walking tour, starting who built it in the 1st of the Colosseum refers to Breakfast at the hotel. We will begin with the at the Trevi Fountain, where we will launch the opening Mass of our pilgrimage in the Tomb the “colossal” statue of Nero that was once at the traditional three coins. We will continue with of St Francis. After Mass we will enjoy a visit entrance. Originally in its place was a swimming the Plaza de Trinité dei Monti at the top of the to the Basilica of St Francis, guided by one of pool, around which was built the famous Golden Spanish Steps, from where we can admire such the Franciscan monks. We will continue our House of Emperor Nero. The construction was a romantic panoramic view of the city of Rome, walking tour with the main places related to San completed with the help of the Jewish slaves then we will cross the city towards the Pantheon Francisco such as the New Church, built on the brought here in 70 A.D. The Colosseum served and end up in Piazza Navona, a popular place for foundations of Francis’ family home, the Church as the center of violent sports, and traditionally, the reunion between Rome’s neighbours. We will of St. Rufino, which contains the baptismal font as a place of sacrifice for many Christians. We’ll finish our tour with the visit of the Church of Santa of the Saint, and the church of St. Clare. In the see the Forum from the outside, and we’ll enter Maria Sopra Minerva to close the Liturgy of our afternoon we will visit the Basilica of St. Mary of the Colosseum. Later, we will continue our path to pilgrimage. Tonight we’re having dinner at a local Angels, which contains the Porziuncola, built by the Catacombs of St. Calixto home to many tombs restaurant. Accommodation. (B, D) St. Francis and the Mother Church of the Order of of the Popes of yesteryear. After our tour we will the Franciscans. In the vicinity of this place was visit the nearby Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Day 6º ROME: VATICAN MUSEUMS, ST where Francis died. Tonight dinner will be served Walls, home to the Tomb of the Apostle St. Paul, PETER’S BASILICA & FREE TIME at a local restaurant in Assisi. (B, D) affectionately known as the Apostle of the Pagans. Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will Here we will celebrate the closing Mass of our Day 4º ASSISI / FLORENCE / ROME visit the Vatican Museums to see the works of trip. Tonight we’ll all meet at our farewell dinner Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, we will Michelangelo, including the Last Judgment and at a local restaurant. (B, D) depart from Assisi to Florence – the City of the the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. After our visit Medici family and Machiavelli. We will begin our to the museums we will have free time to have Day 9º ROME day with the visit of the Academy Gallery. This lunch on our own. In the afternoon, we will enjoy Transfer to Rome Airport to board our flight back gallery houses the works of Florentine artists of a guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica, where we home, with our suitcases full of memories! (B) the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, but its main will also see the famous statue of Michelangelo’s attraction is the David of Michelangelo, carved Virgin Mary holding her crucified son, known into a block of marble when the artist was only as La Pieta. Then we will have at our disposal NOTE: free time to visit the excellent shops of the area 29 years old. After the visit to the gallery, we will Although no changes are foreseen, there may be with religious items, or climb on our own to proceed to visit the Duomo, with its pink, white and times when certain alterations are necessary to for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, where you can green marble facade, and the famous Brunelleschi the proper development of the itinerary, such as contemplate a wonderful view of the city. Dinner dome. It is the fourth largest cathedral in the world. changes in flight schedules or other reasons. All and accommodation at the hotel. (B, D) Next to the Duomo is the Baptistery of St. John. masses are subject to the final programming of One of the oldest buildings in Florence dedicated the Churches. to John the Baptist. The octagonal building is Day 7º ROME: FREE FULL DAY, OPTIONAL 5 PILGRIMAGES 2020

DEVOTE ITALY Loreto Assisi Cascia Lanciano Monte S. Angelo Rome S. G. Rotondo Pietrelcina

Day 1º DEPARTURE Pietrelcina located in the province of Benevento became Flesh and dwelt among us”. Arrival in Departure to Rome. in Campania. Birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Assisi, the city of San Francisco, we will tour the (Padre Pio) in 1887. We will continue to San Church of St. Clare, the New Church, where you Day 2º ROME Giovanni Rotondo. Accommodation. will find the remains of the house of St. Francis Arrival at the airport meet and greet. Transfer to and the city square. We will continue with the visit the Hotel. Afternoon free to tour the city and do Day 6º S. GIOVANNI ROTONDO – MONTE to the Gothic Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, the some shopping. Accommodation. SANT’ANGELO - S. GIOVANNI ROTONDO upper basilica as well as the frescoes of about 130 Breakfast. Visit to the city, one of the symbols meters. In a small crypt, under the main altar, are Day 3º ROME of Christianity, charity and love of neighbor. We the remains of the Holy One. Accommodation. Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Today we will take will visit the Shrine of Father Pio, the spiritual Day 8º ASSISI - CASCIA - ROME(250 kms) a panoramic tour of the city where we will enjoy heir of St. Francis of Assisi. Father Pio was the its streets and avenues, passing through the most first priest to carry the marks of the crucifixion Breakfast. towards Cascia, a religious complex important places, Venice Square, Via Venetto, (The Stigmas) on his body. We will visit the old in which Saint Rita is venerated where the saint the Roman Forums, The Colosseum, Arch of monastery with the room where Father Pio lived, lived for more than forty years her experience of Constantine, the Castle of St. Angelo, etc. We will the ancient Church of “Santa Maria de la Gracia”. monastic life, until her death. In the monastery continue with the visit of the Vatican Museums, In the afternoon we will visit Monte Sant Angelo, you can see some basic places of the life of where we will be surprised by the famous Sistine with the mystical Sanctuary of San Miguel Santa Rita, the courtyard with a well, the ancient Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. Lunch included. Archangel. His story relates to the appearance of choir, the oratory where Santa Rita received the Afternoon free at leisure, where we recommend the Archangel St. Michael in the Grotto, on May stigmas, cells, the saint’s bedroom and the rose you to visit optionally and in detail the Roman 8, 490 and the successive apparitions (492 and garden, recreated to remember the miracle of the Colosseum and its Forums. Accommodation. 493). We will continue with the beautiful Basilica, rose and the hig . Arrival in Rome the Eternal City. the Franciscan Way, the Bell Tower, etc. Accommodation. Day 4º ROME Return to San Giovanni Rotondo. Accommodation. Day 9º ROME Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Free day to continue touring this fascinating city. Traditionally on Day 7º SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO - Breakfast. Free time until the time of your transfer Sunday, at noon, the Pope prays the angelus in LANCIANO - LORETO - ASSISI (450 kms) to the airport to take your flight back. St. Peter’s Square and imports the blessing to Breakfast. Departure to Lanciano small medieval the attendees, we recommend that, in case of town, where for more than 12 centuries is the first NOTE: Although no changes are foreseen, performance, they attend St. Peter’s Square on and greatest of the Eucharistic miracles that we there may be times when certain alterations are their own in their free time. Accommodation. can know when visiting the Church of ST Francis. necessary to for the proper development of the Continue to Loreto, where the Holy House is itinerary, such as changes in flight schedules or Day 5º ROME - PIETRELCINA – SAN located in the center of the Great Basilica and other reasons. All masses are subject to the final GIOVANNI ROTONDO (430 kms) which has become one of the great centers of programming of the Churches. Breakfast buffet. Departure to San Giovanni pilgrimage. It is the same house of Nazareth that Rotondo, located in the Puglia region. During visited the Archangel Gabriel in the Annunciation the tour we will stop at the beautiful village of to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that is where the “Verb

6 PILGRIMAGES 2020 ROME AND MEDJUGORJE Medjugorie Rome

Day 1º DEPARTURE admire the great works of Michaelangelo such as all over the world. During our stay we will visit Departure to Rome. the statue of the Virgin Mary holding the crucifix Mount Podbrdo (Hill of Apparitions) and Mount of her son. Also known as la Pieta. After our visit Krizevac (Mountain of the Cross). Our local guide Day 2º ROME we will have free time to go shopping in the many will introduce us to the visionaries to talk and pray Arrival in Rome, meet and greet. Transfer to shops of religious items that are in the area. In the with them. A special point will be the excursion to your hotel. We will enjoy a panoramic tour of afternoon, we will enjoy free time to go shopping, the Franciscan Monastery to Siroki Brijeg to meet the city from the airport to the hotel. Dinner and or take a walk through the streets of Rome to and study Father Jozo Zovko (according to his accommodation at the hotel. (B) experience a unique knowledge. Tonight dinner availability) and receive his blessing. Dinner will will be served in a local restaurant with music and be served daily. (B, D) Day 3º ROME: PAPAL AUDIENCE & wine included. Accommodation. (B, D) BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, Day 9º MEDJUGORJE / FLIGHT TO ROME BASILICA OF ST. JOHN Day 5º ROME: FREE TIME / DEPARTURE Today we will leave Medjugorje for Split Airport In the morning, transfer to Vatican City for the TO MEDJUGORJE where we will board our flight to Rome. We Papal Audience with the Holy Father (subject In the morning, we will pack and depart on our bus will arrive in Rome in the afternoon and we will to Vatican programming). In the afternoon, visit to enjoy a visit to some places in Ancient Rome, transfer to our hotel near the airport. Dinner and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the largest including the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. accommodation. (B, D) church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its real name is Flavius Amphitheatre, after the Nearby, we visit the Church of St. Alfonso, where emperor who built it in the first century. The Day 10º ROME we can see the original symbol of Our Lady of Colosseum refers to the “colossal” statue of Nero Transfer to Rome Fiumicino Airport to board our Perpetual Relief. Our next visit will be the Basilica that was once at the entrance. We’ll stop by the flight back home. (B) of St. John Lutheran where we will celebrate our Forum and enter the Colosseum. We will make Mass. It was here that Saint Francis persuaded a stop at St. Peter’s Church in chains, to see the Pope Inocenzio III to give him permission to famous statue of the Moses of Michelangelo. In NOTE: Although no changes are foreseen, initiate the Franciscan Order. The night before, the afternoon we will transfer to Rome airport there may be times when certain alterations are the Pope had seen a man in a dream, which held to board our flight to Split, Croatia. On arrival, necessary for the proper development of the the unstable building of St. John Lateran. The our accompanying guide will be waiting for us, itinerary, such as changes in flight schedules or next day, when Francis appeared before Pope also the bus. We will enjoy a panoramic view other reasons. All masses are subject to the final Innocent, His Holiness recognized the face of the of the wonderful Adriatic Coast on our way to programming of the Churches. dream and consented to Francis’ request. Dinner Medjugorje. Arrival at our accommodation and and accommodation at the hotel. (B, D) dinner. (B, D)

Day 4º ROME: ST. PETER’S BASILICA & Day 6º - 8º MEDJUGORJE ANCIENT ROME Every morning, after breakfast we will attend the In the morning we will start with the Mass at Holy Mass in Spanish (subject to availability) St. Peter’s Basilica, after which we will take the at 10:00 am. In the afternoon we will join the guided tour of it with our local guide. Here we can prayer of the Rosary with the other pilgrims from

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Day 1º DEPARTURE be revered there for centuries. Accommodation. of 1,300 meters. While in O Cebreiro, you will Departure to Barcelona. have the opportunity to see the iconic palloza- Day 5º MONTSERRAT - ZARAGOZA - style houses and the site of a Eucharistic Miracle Day 2º ARRIVEL TO BARCELONA MADRID that occurred in the year 1300. At night, you will go to Santiago de Compostela. Accommodation. Upon arrival in Barcelona, transfer to your hotel. This morning, after breakfast, your group will Free time. Accommodation. depart for Zaragoza. While in Zaragoza, you will have the opportunity to visit the magnificent Day 8º SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Day 3º BARCELONA Basilica del Pilar that was built on the site where This morning, you will walk a few kilometers Our Lady appeared to Santiago. While inside the from El Camino, dive into the fragrant eucalyptus This morning, your day will start with breakfast Basilica, you will see the pillar that was carried forests and experience the stunning scenery. Later and a sightseeing tour of Barcelona! We visited by the angels and from above appeared Our this morning, you will attend the International the Plaza de España, Las Ramblas and Plaza de Lady. After your visit to the Basilica del Pilar, Mass of Pilgrims in the Cathedral of Santiago. Catalunya. We continue to visit the Gothic quarter, you will visit the Cathedral of La Seo (Cathedral After Mass and there will be free time for lunch and the Eixample district to visit Antoni Gaudí’s of Zaragoza). Tonight, his group will continue to and visit the Cathedral of Santiago. Formed impressive and unfinished Roman Catholic Madrid. Accommodation. by Galician granite, this cathedral is one of Basilica, La Sagrada Familia. Accommodation. the best architectural examples in Europe, as Day 6º MADRID it encompasses the Romanesque, Gothic and Day 4º BARCELONA - MANRESA - After breakfast, we will enjoy a tour of Madrid that Baroque styles. In addition, the Cathedral contains MONTSERRAT includes the Royal Palace and the Plaza Mayor. numerous and valuable pieces of art that really This morning, we will travel to Manresa with a We continue to visit Puerta de Alcalá, Retiro Park, captivate the view. Upon entering the Cathedral, visit to the Sanctuary of San Ignacio de Loyola Plaza de Colón, Plaza de la Cibeles, Gran Vía and tradition will guide you, as you will embrace the and the Santa Cueva where San Ignacio lived. We Plaza del Callao. We suggest optionally visiting dazzling statue of Santiago. After this intimate continue to Montserrat, home of the miraculous the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Accommodation. embrace, you will descend to the crypt where the Black Virgin. We visited the Sanctuary of Our relics of the Pilgrim Slam of Pilgrims are kept. Lady of Montserrat, located on a steep hillside. Day 7º MADRID - ASTORGA - O CEBREIRO After that, you will enjoy a sightseeing tour of According to Catholic tradition, St. Luke carved - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA the city. Some stops on your tour include Plaza Obradoiro, Palacio Fonseca, Palacio Gemirez, the statue of the Black Virgin around 50 A.D. and Today you will depart from Madrid and head Franco Street and much more. Accommodation. brought it to Spain. In 880 A.D., the pastors and towards the city of Santiago de Compostela. the bishop of Manresa were lured into a grotto While you are en route, you will make a stop in Day 9º SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA by a bright light and heavenly music. Upon Astorga, with a visit to the Episcopal Palace built discovering the statue of the Black Virgin in the by Antonio Gaudí, which houses the Camino Transfer to Santiago airport for your flight back grotto, the bishop of Manresa suggested that Museum. Later this afternoon, you will enter home. he move to Manresa. However, the statue was Galicia, through the city, Lugo. Your first stop too heavy for it not to be lifted. As a result, the will be in O Cebreiro, the first village in the Lugo Virgin remained in Montserrat and continued to region and located in the mountains at an altitude

8 PILGRIMAGES 2020 Santiago de Compostela Foncebadon THE WAY OF SANTIAGO

Madrid

Day 1º DEPARTURE River. As a result of the creation of the dam, many this village, you will notice joy etched on the Departure to Madrid. of the old buildings were moved, brick by brick. faces of the pilgrims. Although they have traveled Among these buildings is the Church of St. John a great distance, they are not tired. With God Day 2º ARRIVAL TO MADRID of Jerusalem. In medieval times, this church and Santiago guiding their paths, excitement Upon arrival in Madrid, transfer to your hotel. In was strategically established along the route and anticipation continue through their arrival in the afternoon walk to the Almudena Cathedral. of El Camino to protect the tomb of Santiago. Santiago. We will continue our walking tour of Madrid to Accommodation in Portomarin. include the exterior of the Royal Palace. Stroll Day 9º ARCA DE O PINO - MONTE DEL through the Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol and Day 5º PORTOMARIN - PALAS DE REI GOZO - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA stop at the Church of Santiago. Back to your hotel. This morning, you will travel from Portomarin, Today will culminate the walking part of your trip! Accommodation. through the forest to the Palas de Rei. This was a Before reaching the final destination, you will first notable city in the Middle Ages, as it contained a stop for Mass on Mount Joy (Monte del Gozo). Day 3º MADRID - FONCEBADON - IRON Royal Hospital and the church of San Tirso. As the You will know that you are approaching Santiago CROSS - O’CEBREIRO - SARRIA rugged hike continues, it will continue through because, at this point, you will be able to see the This morning, you will be transferred to Sarria. fields, forests and barns. In addition, you will see towers of the Cathedral. When you arrive at the Sarria is located in the northwest of Spain a remarkable feature of the Galician landscape, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, feel free and stands out for being the entry point to the Los Cruceiros. These crosses along the way to say a little prayer in gratitude to Our Lord for eastern side of the region, Galicia. Your transfer represent Christ and the Virgin Mary. Dinner and keeping you safe during the pilgrimage on foot. will end and start on foot from Foncebadon. In enjoy a restful night in Palas de Rei. At this time, you will check into your hotel and the eleventh century, this village was a common enjoy free time to explore the capital of Galicia, Santiago. Accommodation. resting place for pilgrims in El Camino due to Day 6º PALAS DE REI - ARZUA its hospitals, hospices and churches. Today, the Your pilgrimage continues as you travel from structures that have served so many are now in Day 10º SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Palas de Rei to the bustling small town of Arzua. ruins. While you’re in Foncebadon, you’ll walk to This morning you will wake up in the beautiful city Before arriving in Arzua, your group will stop at see the Iron Cross. This cross is a common pause of Santiago de Compostela! We started by visiting Melide. This city is a crucial point of El Camino for pilgrims, as they leave a stone at the foot of the Cathedral. Upon entering the Cathedral, because it is where the French and Oviedo routes the cross to symbolize a sin or a burden that tradition will guide you as you embrace the converge. Upon arrival in Melide, you will notice they are leaving behind. Your tour continues to dazzling statue of Santiago. We continue with our the ancient paths dating back to the 14th century, the village located in the mountains, O Cebreiro. visit that includes Plaza Obradoiro, the Fonseca which are some of the oldest in the Galician Many pilgrims pause at this site because of the Palace, the Gelmirez Palace, Franco Street and region. As your group continues towards Arzua, Eucharistic Miracle that occurred in the year much more. Accommodation. you will cross the beautiful medieval bridge over 1300. Also, make sure you have your cameras the Iso River to Ribadiso. After your visit to this ready as this village is suspended at 1,300 meters Day 11º SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Chapel, your day will culminate with the arrival in in the air and offers an impressive panoramic Your last day in Spain will start with breakfast Arzua. Accommodation. view. Accommodation. at your hotel, followed by a transfer to Santiago Airport for your flight back home. You’ll say “see Day 7º ARZUA Day 4º SARRIA - PORTOMARIN you later” to your new friends on this trip. Today is the day when your pilgrimage on foot Today, you will take a break to rest your body and (El Camino) to Santiago de Compostela officially shake of fatigue. After Mass, there will be time to begins! With the guidance of our Lord, and reflect on the journey so far and pass it at your *IMPORTANT NEWS: through the spirit of James the Apostle, you own pace. Accommodation in Arzua. This itinerary involves an average of 13 to 20 daily will become a true pilgrim as you travel the walking miles. It is essential that participants are physical and spiritual journey. Your first official Day 8º ARZUA - ARCA DE O PINO able to complete the trip. We will have assistance day of walking will culminate in Portomarin. Your journey is almost over when you walk to the vehicles available to help pilgrims who are unable This city dates back to the Roman Age and was largest community before Santiago, Arca de O to complete a particular stage of the journey. an important high along the route in the Middle Pino! As you travel this route, you will immerse Ages. Due to the creation of a dam in 1962, Old yourself in the fragrant eucalyptus forests and Portomarin is currently located under the Mino experience the stunning scenery. As you explore 9 PILGRIMAGES 2020 FRANCE SANCTUARIES Caen Lisieux Mont Paris St. Michel Nevers

Paray Le Monial Lourdes

Day 1º DEPARTURE After breakfast, transfer to Paray Le Monial. family’s home, Les Buissonets. In addition, he will Departure to Lourdes. Accommodation. tour the parish of Santa Teresa, the Cathedral of St. Peter and the Carmelite Convent, where Santa Day 2º LOURDES - TOULOUSE - LOURDES Day 5º PARAY LE MONIAL - NEVERS - Teresa entered in 1888 and is currently buried PARIS with his parents. The tour of the life of the “Little When you arrive at Pau or Toulouse airport, go to Flower” culminates when you board the bus to get the baggage claim area and collect your luggage. You will start your day with breakfast and then to the “City of Lights” - Paris. Accommodation. Go to the arrivals hall, where you will be greeted celebrate Mass, with some free time for prayer by your tour guide and/or driver. You will embark and reflection. After Mass, you will visit the Day 8º PARIS on a panoramic trip to Lourdes. Check in at your Chapel of the Visitation, where Jesus exposed hotel and then relax or explore before dinner. After His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Today, you will enjoy a full sightseeing tour of dinner, you will have free time to pray the Rosary in the seventeenth century. These apparitions Paris. After breakfast, you will visit and celebrate and attend the procession by candlelight (April to allowed St. Margaret to rest on the Sacred Heart Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous October only), guided by the Most Holy Rosary. of Jesus and experience unconditional love for Medal, where you will see the uncorrupted body After this prayer experience, you will return to humanity. During your visit to this sacred place, of St. Catherine Laboure. The guardian angel of your hotel for the night. you will have the opportunity to see relics of the the Holy led her to the chapel, where the Blessed beloved Santa, located under a wax figure of it. Virgin Mary appeared. During the apparitions, Our Day 3º LOURDES We’re moving on to Nevers. Nevers is the site Lady repeatedly instructed the manufacture and During your time in Lourdes, you will pray and where St Bernadette lived for twelve years as purpose of the Miraculous Medal, as well as the meditate on the site of the apparitions of Our a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of green scapular. According to the Blessed Virgin Lady. Our Lady first appeared to Bernadette in Nevers. The saint suffered from several diseases, Mary, those who wear the Miraculous Medal and 1858, and announced herself as “The Immaculate such as asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis and the scapular will receive special protection and Conception”, near the Grotto of Massabielle. a tuberculous tumor in her right knee. For abundant graces. You’ll continue your day with a During the first two appearances, little Bernadette this reason, St. Bernadette received “The Last visit to Notre Dame Cathedral, a perfect example prayed the Rosary with Our Lady and left without Sacraments” three times and finally died in 1879, of Gothic art. free time. Accommodation. any exchange of words. During the following at the age of thirty-five. In the end we leave for apparitions, Our Lady emphasized God’s love Paris. Accommodation. Day 9º PARIS for us, penance, and the need to perform acts of Today is the second part of the tour of Paris. We penance for sinners. During all the time you spend Day 6º PARIS - MONT ST MICHAEL - CAEN will see the most recognizable symbol of the city in Lourdes, you will have the opportunity to attend After breakfast, we leave for Mont St Michael. of Paris, the Eiffel Tower. Historically, the Original Mass in the Grotto, where Our Lady appeared Today we have an exciting day where we will meet Intention of the Tower was to commemorate the to Bernadette, watch a video presentation that Mont Saint Michel. We will have free time to tour centenary of the French Revolution, but later, it explains in detail the history of Lourdes, drink the cobbled alleys of Mont Saint Michel, to visit assisted in meteorology, telegraphy during World water from the miraculous source that has cured the abbey that is located at the top of the rock and War I, radio and television. Stop by L’Arch de muc and dive into the healing baths. In addition, free lunch. We will continue our journey to Caen, Triomphe, a monument that symbolizes gratitude you will have the opportunity to experience the with 1000 years of history. Accommodation. for those who fought for France. This monument unconditional love of Christ, as you meditate is located on the west end of Champ-Elysees, on the “life-size” Cross Stations that overlook Day 7º CAEN - LISIEUX - PARIS one of the most famous boulevards in the world, the Grotto of Massabielle. Also in Lourdes, After breakfast, we leave for Lisieux: we will and another of our stops on the sightseeing you will enter and meditate on the footsteps explore the life of St. Teresa. According to Pope tour. We will also pass by the always famous of St. Bernadette. Your group will have the Pius X, Saint Teresa of Lisieux was the “greatest Louvre Museum. * This museum is one of the opportunity to see the birthplace of St. Bernadette saint of modern times. His extraordinary love best in the world and contains a series of pieces and the “Cachot”, an abandoned prison where for God and his service to humanity will come that really emanate not only French art but also Bernadette’s impoverished family lived. Each to life as you walk in the footsteps of the Great European culture. Your day full of fun and hustle night after dinner, (April to October only) you will Holy. During your visit, you will see the beautiful and bustle ends with a small Parisian “cruise”. have the opportunity to attend the procession by Basilica of Santa Teresa, and the magnificent Accommodation. candlelight and the Rosary, before a night’s rest. mosaics and stained glass windows it contains. After your visit to the Basilica, you will have the Day 10º PARIS Day 4º LOURDES - PARAY LE MONIAL opportunity to see relics, clothing and personal After breakfast, you will transfer to Paris Airport to This morning, you’ll wake up feeling well rested! belongings of St. Teresa, when you visit your take the flight back home.

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Loyola FATIMA, SPAIN Burgos Salamanca Lourdes AND LOURDES Fatima Avila Lisbon

Day 1º DEPARTURE Clerea, a church and school of the Jesuit order; cathedral. In the late afternoon, you will return to Departure to Lisboa. The House of the Shells, currently a public library your hotel for a restful night. but also, a monument noticed and decorated Day 2º ARRIVAL TO LISBON with shells, symbolizing the pilgrimage always Day 7º BURGOS - LOYOLA - LOURDES This afternoon we will enjoy a panoramic tour of famous to Santiago (El Camino); the University After breakfast, transfer from Burgos to Loyola Lisbon, which will include the Monastery of St. of Salamanca, the oldest university in Spain and to visit the birthplace of St. Ignatius, founder of Jerome, built to thank the Virgin Mary, we will drive the third oldest in Europe; the Roman bridge, the Order of the Jesuits. St Ignatius dedicated through the Tower of Belem and many landmarks, which stretches along the Tormes River, is a himself to becoming a soldier of the Christian including the April 25 Bridge, the Basilica of the national monument and one of Salamanca’s most faith and, as a result of many tribulations, wrote Star and La Carpa of Pombal Square. Our last resilient bridges; The Church of San Marco, built the ever-famous Spiritual Exercises. In Loyola, stop will be St. Anthony’s Church. The Church in Romanesque style; The Church of San Martín, you will see the 17th-century basilica dedicated where we will celebrate Mass is built on the birth a church dedicated to Saint Martin of Porres, who to this remarkable saint. The Basilica is part of a of St. Anthony. Accommodation in Lisbon. is the patron saint of people of mixed race and series of buildings surrounding the “Holy House”, all those who seek interracial harmony. Visit the the birthplace of St. Ignatius. We will continue to Day 3º LISBON - SANTAREM - FATIMA interior of Salamanca’s two cathedrals (old and Lourdes with a spectacular view of the Pyrenees. Accommodation in Lourdes. Today, we will head to Fatima, on the way we will new), one in Romanesque style and one in Gothic stop in the city of Santarem for Mass in the Church style. After this eventful day, we return to our Day 8º LOURDES of St. Stephen and to venerate the Eucharistic hotel. Accommodation in Salamanca. Miracle of the thirteenth century. Continue to During your time in Lourdes, you will pray and Fatima, a village of Aljustrel, the birthplace and Day 6º SALAMANCA - ALBA DE TORMES - meditate elsewhere in the apparitions of Our home of the three shepherd children. Dinner and AVILA - BURGOS Lady. Our Lady first appeared to Bernadette in accommodation in Fatima. This morning, after breakfast, we will enjoy a 1858, and announced herself as “The Immaculate short transfer to the village of Alba de Tormes. Conception”, near the Grotto of Massabielle. Day 4º FATIMA This city is home to the Carmelite Monastery that During the first two appearances, little Bernadette Today will surely be a memorable experience. Santa Teresa founded in 1571. When we arrive in prayed the Rosary with Our Lady and left without Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children; Alba de Tormes, we will have a quick Mass in this any exchange of words. During the following Lucia (10 years), Jacinta (7 years) and Francisco Monastery where the saint died and was buried. apparitions, Our Lady emphasized God’s love (9 years). These appearances occurred monthly After Mass, you will have the opportunity to visit for us, penance, and the need to perform acts from May to October 1917. Our deeply reflective the museum dedicated to Santa Teresa de Avila, of penance for sinners. During all his time in Lourdes, we will have the opportunity to attend day begins with a visit to the Little Chapel of which also holds her uncorrupted heart and left Mass in the Grotto, where Our Lady appeared Apparitions. Continue with a visit to the impressive arm. We continue to the medieval city of Avila. to Bernadette; In addition, you will have the neoclassical church, the Basilica of Our Lady of Upon arrival in Avila, you will immediately notice opportunity to experience the unconditional the Rosary. This sacred space contains the tombs the perfectly preserved walls of the eleventh love of Christ, as you meditate on the “life- of San Francisco, Santa Jacinta and Sister Lucia. century that surround the old town. The Cathedral size” Cross Stations that overlook the Grotto of Continue with a visit to the Basilica of the Holy of Avila encompasses the Romanesque, Gothic Massabielle. His group will have the opportunity Trinity. Free time. Your night will end with private and Renaissance styles of its time, within its to see Boly Mill, the birthplace of St. Bernadette devotions and a candlelit procession, requested work of art and architecture. The Basilica of St. and the “Cachot”, an abandoned prison where by Our Lady (1917). Accommodation in Fatima. Vincent in Avila, is located on the site of the Bernadette’s impoverished family lived. You will martyrdom of St. Vincent. Visit the Convent of the have the opportunity to attend the procession by Day 5º FATIMA - SALAMANCA Incarnation, where Saint Teresa became a nun. candlelight and the Rosary before a night’s rest. Breakfast at the hotel. We leave Fatima and head Santa Teresa convinced San Juan de la Cruz to reform the male Carmelite order, the reform that for Salamanca. Salamanca is a city in the region Day 9º LOURDES of Castilla y León, and is known for its large began when she met San Juan in Medina del Flights back home. After an early breakfast and a university, the oldest in Spain that is still active, Campo. After following in the footsteps of Santa sincere farewell, your group will depart by coach along with its prominent culture. Our walking Teresa, continue your trip to Burgos. Upon arrival and travel to Toulouse, Pau or Lourdes airport to tour will take us through the most notable sites in the historic capital of Castilla la Vieja, you will take the flights back home. like; the great Plaza Mayor, an iconic square have the opportunity to explore the city of Burgos full of food, shopping and events of the city; La and admire its magnificent Gothic limestone 11 PILGRIMAGES 2020 PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE Medjugorie

Day 1º DEPARTURE hill is a Blue Cross, where Our Lady is said to on the altar outside the Church of St. James. Departure to Medjugorje. have appeared to the children as they hid from Worship takes place on Tuesdays and Saturdays; the Communist police in the early days of the Veneration of the Cross takes place on Fridays inside the church. In addition, there is a Chapel Day 2º ARRIVAL TO MEDJUGORJE alleged apparitions. As he climbs, his group is invited to recite the Rosary, pausing five times for of Adoration on the grounds of St. James Church, Upon arrival in Europe, change the gates to board each decade of the Rosary. At the top of the hill, where Adoration is celebrated in the afternoon your short connecting flight to: Dubrovnik, Split you will witness the exact location of Our Lady’s hours. Meetings with visionaries: Pending or Sarajevo Airport. Upon arrival, pick up your first supposed appearance to the visionaries, and availability, your guide will arrange meetings with luggage in the baggage claim area and continue you will enjoy a private time for prayer. Climb the visionaries in their homes. Visit to the community to the arrivals hall, where you will be greeted by mountain. Krizevac (Cross Mountain): In 1933, of Cenacolo: You will have the opportunity to a tour guide and/or driver, who will take you on the villagers built a 30’ high cross on a mountain visit the community of Cenacolo, founded by the the 2.5-hour journey to the village of Medjugorje. to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Sisters of Charity, for young men and women who Enjoy dinner before retiring at night. on the cross. Your group will have the opportunity have taken the wrong path and are on their way to to climb this mountain and venerate that same recovery. You can hear his inspiring words about Day 3º - 8º MEDJUGORJE cross. As you climb, your group is invited to his journeys back to Jesus Christ. Prayer on the The most beautiful features of Medjugorje are its pray the Stations of the Cross (to meditate on the statue of the Risen Christ: The bronze statue of simplicity and peace. While in Medjugorje, you suffering of the Way to Calvary of Jesus), stopping the Risen Christ is located on the grounds of the can experience your faith growing and share the fifteen times for each Station. Appearances: every Church of St. James. Many pilgrims sit and pray journey of faith of pilgrims from all over the world. night at 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. (depending on daylight on the benches surrounding this peaceful statue. A local guide will accompany your group during saving time), your group will join the villagers This statue miraculously filters water droplets at your stay in the village. Some activities that will and fellow pilgrims of Medjugorje to pray the all times of the day, outside christ’s right knee. accompany you on your spiritual journey: Attend Rosary, as they all anxiously await the supposed Daily Mass: Every morning at 10:00 a.m., your arrival of Our Lady to the visionaries. After the Day 9º MEDJUGORJE group will meet at St. James Church for Mass. apparition, at 5:40 PM (6:40 PM during daylight After an early breakfast and a sincere farewell, At the end of each Mass, regardless of language, saving time), feel free to stay at St. James Church we set off by coach to Dubrovnik Airport (Split or there is a blessing from the religious items you and attend Croatian Mass. After Croatian Mass, Sarajevo) for our flights back home. have with you. On public holidays and Sundays: there is a blessing from the sick. Adoration of the Mass in English is at 12 p.m. Climb the hill of Blessed Sacrament: Our Lady has always called appearance: this mountainous hill is where us to be close to her Son. For this, you will have visionaries first met Our Lady. At the base of this the opportunity to worship the Blessed Sacrament

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Tiberiades HOLY LAND Nazareth Galilea

Tel Aviv Jordan Valley

Jerusalem Belen

Day 1º DEPARTURE Tiberiades. In the afternoon, we will continue the Model depicting the City of Jerusalem in the Departure to Tel Aviv. to Tabgha to visit the site of the Multiplication time of Jesus are on display. View of the Hebrew of The Breads and Fishes. Then we continue to University of Jerusalem continuing towards Day 2º ARRIVAL TO TEL AVIV Capernahum, the most important Ministry of the Ein Karem, a picturesque neighborhood on the Arrival at the airport, reception by our last four years of Jesus, to visit the Old Synagogue outskirts of Jerusalem to visit the Shrine of St. representative at the airport, assistance and and the House of St. Peter, we will continue John the Baptist. From there we will continue to transfer to Tel Aviv. Accommodation in Tel-Aviv. towards the Mount of The Beatitudes, scene of the the Yad Vashem Memorial, a memorial to the 6 Sermon on the Mountain. Finally a brief visit to million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In Day 3º: TEL AVIV - JAFFA - CAESAREA - the Diamond Factory, the second most important the afternoon you will travel to Bethlehem. Visit HAIFA - ACRE - GALILEA industry in the country. Accommodation in Galilee the Church of the Nativity and the Grotto of the Breakfast buffet. Departure for a brief visit to (Hotel or Kibbutz) Birth, Chapels of St. Jerome and San Jose. Back the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Continuation along to Jerusalem. Accommodation in Jerusalem. the coastal route to Caesarea, Roman city of the Day 5º TIBERIADES – JORDAN VALLEY – time of King Herod, famous for its grandiose JERUSALEM Day 7º JERUSALEM (OLD CITY) architecture and port, whose importance endured Breakfast buffet. We will leave Tiberiades heading Breakfast buffet. Exit via Mount Scopus towards until the time of the Crusaders. Visit to the Roman towards Yardenit (place of Baptism), on the banks Mount Olives. Panorama of the Holy Walled City. Theatre, a cross town and the aqueduct. We of the Jordan River. We will continue to travel Continuation to Gethsemane, Basilica of Agony. continue towards Haifa, located on the slopes through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean, one of the Departure to the Old City. Visit of the Western Wall of Mount Carmel to enjoy a panoramic view of main cities of the Greek decapolis whose strategic (Western Wall). We will continue with the visit to the city, the Bahai Temple and its famous Persian importance due to its geographical location has the Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Gardens. Continue to Acre, to visit the fortified endured throughout history to this day. Visit of Then to Mount Zion to visit King David’s Tomb, the city of the Crusaders of medieval times, from archaeological excavations. Continuation via Upper Room (Last Supper Room), and the Abbey where you can appreciate the walls of the ancient Judean Desert towards Jerusalem, bordering of the Dormition. Accommodation in Jerusalem. city. He continues to the Galilee. Accommodation the city of Jericho and being able to appreciate in Galilee (Hotel or Kibutz) from the road the Mount of Temptations. Day 8º JERUSALEM Accommodation in Jerusalem. Breakfast buffet. Day off. Optional Tour Massada Day 4º GALILEA – NAZARETH – and the Dead Sea. Accommodation in Jerusalem. TIBERIADES Day 6º JERUSALEM (NEW CITY) - BELEN - Breakfast buffet. Departure via Cana de Galilee JERUSALEM Day 9º JERUSALEM – TEL AVIV towards Nazareth. Visit of the Basilica of the Breakfast buffet. Departure for a visit to Jerusalem’s Breakfast buffet. At the indicated departure time to Annunciation and the Carpentry of Joseph. It New city. Visit of the Book Sanctuary at the Israel Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv to take your return continues to skirt the Sea of Galilee towards Museum, where the Dead Sea manuscripts and flight.

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EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE Auschwitz Krakow Prague Salzburg Vienna

Day 1º DEPARTURE out for your excursion to Lagiewniki, the capital Eastern Alps. Free time before dinner served at Departure to Krakow. of Divine Mercy. Through the mediation of the hotel and accommodation. Saint Faustina, Christ conveyed the message of Day 2º ARRIVAL TO KRAKOW Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki. While you are here, Day 9º SALZBURG you will have the opportunity to visit the Shrine Upon arrival in Krakow, our tour manager After breakfast, our full-day tour begins with of Divine Mercy which contains images of the Mass at St. Peter’s Abbey. After Mass, we will welcomes us, who will accompany us throughout Merciful Jesus, relics of Saint Faustina, as well our tour, board our private coach and continue to explore Salzburg’s Old Town on foot. Its narrow as the chapel of the convent of the Holy and his streets and secluded corridors are evidence of our hotel for check-in. Enjoy dinner at the on-site tomb. Visit and celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary restaurant. Overnight. its medieval roots. The heritage of the Catholic of the Divinity, which was visited by St. John Church is evident in the Archbishop’s Residence Paul II in 2002. After Mass, have the opportunity Day 3º KRAKOW - ZAKOPANE - KRAKOW in DomPlatz. Visit the Mirabell Palace with its to pray with a relic of St. John Paul II. Continue beautiful gardens. Mirabell Palace is one of the After breakfast, we will drive through the mountains to Wieliczka to visit Europe’s oldest salt mine, most important filming locations of the famous to the stunning small village of Zakopane. Take which has been listed by UNESCO as a World Hollywood musical “The Sound of Music”. Maria a cable car ride to the nearby mountain and Heritage Site. Return to Krakow. Dinner at the and the children dance around the Pegasus enjoy the magnificent panoramic view. Then hotel. Overnight. Fountain in front of the palace, singing the song we will head to the Jaszczorowka Chapel. This architecturally distinct chapel was visited many “Do Re Mi”. Experience the unique views of the Day 6º KRAKOW - PRAGUE (6 HOURS BY Mirabell Gardens towards HohenSalzburg Castle. times by the young Karol Wojtyla (St. John Paul CAR) II). As a child, Karol Wojtyla often used the paths You will have the opportunity to visit the mighty around the Jaszczorowka Chapel for much prayer After breakfast, we set off for our scenic bus Romanesque cathedral, as well as the convent and reflection. Then we will continue your tour trip to the charming city of Prague. Dinner and of Benedictine nuns of Nonnberg. At the sight along the colorful Krupowki Street. While on this accommodation. of Getreidegasse, birthplace of Mozart, now one street, you will have the opportunity to do some of the most visited museums in Austria. We will shopping at the local bazaar before returning to Day 7º PRAGUE stop at Hellbrunn Palace to enjoy its gardens and Krakow. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight. After breakfast, we enjoyed a full-day guided tour hidden fountains. Dinner and overnight at the from the Church of Our Lady Victorious, home hotel. Day 4º KRAKOW - AUSCHWITZ - KRAKOW to the famous statue of the Child Jesus called Day 10º SALZBURG - MARIAZELL-VIENNA After breakfast, you’ll explore Krakow’s Market Child Jesus of Prague. The statue, a 16th-century Square as the sound of the silver trumpet of St. representation of the boy Jesus with a balloon After breakfast, we will head east through Austria Mary’s Tower fills the air. The captivating beauty crucifix, was donated to the Carmelite friars in towards Mariazell: we will stop and see the of this square is largely due to the fact that it has 1628. After Mass we will visit the old town of miraculous statue, which is located in the Chapel remained unchanged for almost 700 years. It Prague. In the Prague Castle district, visit St. of the Lady or the Chapel of Miracles, built contains a number of buildings that have important Nicholas Church, St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George’s directly on the place where Magnus established historical value, such as the Town Hall Tower, the Basilica, Loreto Church and Strahov Monastery. his monastic cell in 1157. We continue to Vienna, Cloth Hall and the Burgher houses. After your Continue to cross the medieval Charles Bridge the capital of Austria. Dinner and accommodation time in this long-standing square, you will head which is adorned with many Baroque statues. See at the hotel. to Wawel Hill, where you will visit the beautiful the Prague Astronomical Clock and walk through Cathedral and the Coronation Chapel. These are Wenceslas Square, one of the city’s main squares. Day 11º VIENNA some of the most important sites in Poland, as the The square is named after St. Wenceslas, the After breakfast, we will enjoy a sightseeing tour Cathedral has been the coronation site of Polish patron saint of Bohemia. It is part of Prague’s Old of Vienna, home of Johann Strauss and Wolfgang monarchs and has housed numerous pieces of Town, a World Heritage Site. Return to the hotel Amadeus Mozart. Visit the spectacular St. Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicist and for dinner and overnight. Stephen’s Cathedral, the symbol of Vienna: here Modern art. Also on this site, you will have the we will see the miraculous image of Our Lady of opportunity to pray in the tomb of the patron saint Day 8º PRAGUE - HIGHTTING - SALZBURG Mariapoch. You will walk through the Cathedral of Poland, St. Stanislaus. Short trip to Auschwitz, Leave Prague for Altotting: on arrival we will and its catacombs. Continue with a visit to known as a Nazi concentration camp during celebrate Mass in the center of the pilgrimage Karlsplatz with its Church of St. Charles Borromeo World War II: during this visit, you will have the complex, the Chapel of Mercy. The chapel houses and Otto Wagner Stadtbahn pavillons. At some opportunity to see the cell that imprisoned Christ, a statue of the Blessed Virgin of the thirteenth point along the way we will have a short coffee St. Maximilian Kolbe, and visit the Martyrdom century to which numerous miraculous cures break to enjoy Vienna’s famous cakes, such as the Museum. After this thoughtful day, return to your are accredited. While we are there, we have the Sacher cake. Afternoon free for organized visits. hotel in Krakow for dinner and rest during the opportunity to visit the Basilica, the Panorama of Dinner and hotel accommodation in Vienna. night. the Crucifixion and the Monastery of St Konrad. Continue to Salzburg, the charming birthplace Day 12º VIENNA Day 5º KRAKOW - DIVINA MISERICORDIA of the famous composer Mozart. Salzburg also After breakfast transfer to the airport. - LAGIEWNIKI - WIELICZKA - KRAKOW known as “Alt Stadt” is known for its beautiful End of services. On your last day of touring, after breakfast, head Baroque architecture and stunning views of the 14 PILGRIMAGES 2020

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