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Grand Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain, France & Italy $50 Early Booking Discount if Reserved by February 16, 2015 Grand Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain, France & Italy With Side Trip to Monaco Highlights: Portugal: Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima Spain: Salamanca, Avila, Zaragoza France: Lourdes, Toulouse, Avignon Monaco: Monte Carlo Italy: Genoa, Pisa, Rome July 4 ‐ 16, 2015 (13 Days) $4999 from LAX (including Current Airport Taxes and Fuel Surcharges) For Information and Reservations Contact: Unitours (800) 777‐7432 email: [email protected] continue to Avignon and visit its famous sites, including the Palace of the Popes, Saturday, July 4 - Day 1 – DEPART USA - Today we depart LAX on our the world’s largest Gothic palace and a Unesco Heritage site. Avignon served as overnight flight to Lisbon. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner and breakfast aloft. the papal seat of power between 1309 and 1377. Dinner and overnight at our Sunday, July 5 - DAY 2 - LISBON/SANTAREM/FATIMA - We arrive in hotel. Lisbon Airport, where we are met and given a short orientation tour of Sunday, July 12 - Day 9 – AVIGNON/MONACO/GENOA - This morning, Lisbon. We proceed to the Church of the famous Eucharistic Miracle at we celebrate Mass at Notre Dame de Doms Cathedral in Avignon where the Santarem where we celebrate Mass. We continue to Fatima for dinner and votive Mass of the canonization of St Thomas Aquinas was celebrated by Pope overnight. In the evening, we join the International Rosary John XXII on July 18, 1323. If time permits we will stop briefly in Antibes or Procession. Overnight at our hotel. Nice during lunchtime. We proceed to Monaco and visit its famous sites, Monday, July 6 - DAY 3 - FATIMA - This full day is devoted to visiting the including the Cathedral of Monaco, where Prince and Princess Grace Kelly got Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima and nearby hamlets of Aljustrel and married, Palais du Prince, Formula One Grand Prix track and the Monte Carlo Valinhos. We visit the birthplaces of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom the Casino. We continue to Genoa for dinner and overnight. Blessed Virgin Mary appeared 6 times, from May 13 to October 13, 1917. We Monday, July 13 - Day 10 – GENOA/PISA/ROME - Today, we celebrate celebrate Mass at one of the Chapels or the Chapel of Apparitions, where most of Mass at the Pisa Cathedral, near the Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of the most the apparitions took place. In the evening, we once again join the International famous towers in the world. We then make a short visit to the Designer Outlet Rosary Procession. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Mall before leaving. We continue to Rome and enjoy a panoramic coach tour of Tuesday, July 7 - DAY 4 - FATIMA/SALAMANCA/AVILA - This morning, the Eternal City, including the Forum, Colosseum, Circus Maximus and its we celebrate Mass at one of the Chapels or the Chapel of stunning City Hall. We transfer to our hotel for dinner and overnight. Apparitions. Afterward, in celebration of the Jubilee Year of 500th anniversary Tuesday, July 14 - Day 11 - ROME/VATICAN - This morning, we go to the of the birth of St Teresa Avila, we pray for the rebirth and reinvigoration of her Vatican, where we celebrate Mass below St. Peters. Afterward, we see the spirit among us and visit several sites of importance in the life this remarkable treasures of the Vatican Museum. We marvel at Michelangelo’s restored frescoes saint and Doctor of the Church in Salamanca and Avila. In Salamanca, at the in the Sistine Chapel and the wonders of St. Peter’s. We climb the top of the Convent of San Esteban, we see the confessional box she used. We enjoy a brief dome for a panoramic view of Rome. This afternoon, we visit the Basilica of St. panoramic coach tour of the city: the Old & New Cathedral, Pontificia Mary Major, then the Church of St Alphonsus Liguori, the Shrine of Mother of University and the University of Salamanca where St John of the Cross Perpetual Help in Rome. Dinner on our own. Overnight at our hotel. studied. We continue to Avila and pass by the Four Posts (Los Cuatro Postes), a Wednesday, July 15 - Day 12 – ROME/VATICAN - After an early breakfast, roadside shrine just outside Avila's walls marking the spot where, at age seven, we make our way to St. Peter's for an audience with Pope Francis if he is in St. Teresa’s uncle stopped her and her brother from running away to become residence. This afternoon, we visit the Holy Stairs and Basilica of St. John martyrs in battle with the Moors. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Lateran. We stop by the Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli famous for the Wednesday, July 8 - Day 5 - AVILA/ZARAGOZA - Today, we visit the miraculous Infant Jesus (Gesu Bambino). We conclude our day at St. Paul Church and Convent built on the house where she was born, the Church of San Outside the Walls. The huge, imposing Basilica, second only to St. Peter’s, is Juan Bautista where she was baptized, the twelfth century cathedral containing one of the largest churches in the Christian world. We celebrate Mass here and many of her relics, and the Monastery of San José, the first convent of the proceed to a nearby restaurant for our Farewell Dinner with entertainment before Discalced Carmelite Reform that she founded in 1562. We celebrate Mass at the returning to our hotel to overnight. Monastery of La Encarnacion, where St Teresa entered in 1535 at age 20, began Thursday, July 16 - DAY 13 - ROME/USA - We transfer to the airport this to reform the Carmelite order and had some of her mystical experiences. We morning for our return flight home with unforgettable memories to cherish continue to Zaragoza for dinner and overnight. always. Thursday, July 9 - Day 6 - ZARAGOZA/ LOURDES - This morning, we celebrate Mass at the Basilica of Nuestra Senora del Pilar, the number one Marian site in Spain. According to tradition, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the disheartened St James in 40 AD to comfort him and assure him that his evangelization efforts in Spain will not be in vain. This is the first recorded Marian Apparition in history and the only one which took place during the earthly life of the Blessed Mother. We journey to Lourdes and traverse the Pyrenees northward entering southern France. We arrive in Lourdes for dinner “Have questions about this pilgrimage? Ask us! and overnight. Tonight, following dinner, we have the option of participate in Go to www.Unitours.com/questions.” the Torch light Procession. Friday, July 10 - . Day 7 - LOURDES - This morning, we begin with Mass at the Grotto. For those who wish, we proceed to the legendary healing waters of the miraculous Lourdes spring. Afterward, we take an orientation tour of the Shrine of Lourdes. Our walking tour will take us to Boly Mill, the birthplace of St. Bernadette, the Cachot, the former jail, where she lived during the apparitions and the local parish church. The rest of the day is free for personal devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes. Again, tonight, following dinner, we have the option of participating in the Torch light Procession Saturday, July 11 - St. Benedict - Day 8 – LOURDES/TOULOUSE /AVIGNON - Today we drive to Toulouse, and visit the Basilica of St Sernin, a Romanesque church with 128 relics, including the sacred remains of, St. Thomas Aquinas, St Bartholomew and St Barnabas. We celebrate Mass here. We $50 Early Booking Reservation Form - Grand Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain, France & Italy AF0704VR Discount if Mail to: Unitours – 10 Midland Ave #202 – Port Chester, NY 10573 Reserved by February 16, Please reserve ___ seats on this A Grand Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain, France & Italy - July 4 - 16, 2015 2015 Enclosed please find deposit of $300 per person (Payable to Unitours, Inc.) PLEASE ENCLOSE A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT (Passport MUST be valid until January 16, 2016 or later.) 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