J OIN S T. M ARK C HURCH ON A P ILGRIMAGE TO ... St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna Salzburg, Austria AUSTRIA, GERMANY & MEDJUGORJE September 23 - October 7, 2019 $5,999 per person from Tampa, FL www.pilgrimages.com/stmarkchurch MEDJUGORJE ONLY: September 29 - October 7, 2019| $2,994 pp from Tampa, FL Optional Post stay in Dubrovnik: October 7 - 8, 2019 | Additional $159 pp all prices are per person, based on double occupancy) ( GROUP LEADER / PARISHIONER: MARY SEAMAN Visionary: Ivan Dragicevic Medjugorje SAMPLE DAY BY DAY ITINERARY Day 1 : Monday, September 23 | Depart Tampa and for more than 500 years the most significant place of Depart Tampa & board a transatlantic flight to Frankfurt. Dinner pilgrimage in Germany in veneration of the Virgin Mary. While will be served on board. Our spiritual director from St. Mark will there, you will have the opportunity to see the Basilica, St. Kon- be with us throughout the tour and will provide daily mass at rad’s Monastery and more. Continue towards Mondsee and each location. check into our 5* hotel Bristol upon arrival in Salzburg. Day 2 : Tuesday, September 24 | Frankfurt - Rothernburg ob der Day 5: Friday, September 27 | Salzburg - Sound of Music Tour - Tauber Salzburg Upon arrival in Frankfurt you will be greeted by your tour escort/ After breakfast, we enjoy a day trip to explore Salzburg & the driver and will be escorted to your transportation to the nearby picturesque Salzkammergut Region for a guided tour of its town of Rothenburg which means “Red Fortress above the narrow streets and secluded passageways. The heritage of the Tauber” in the region of Bavaria Germany. This medieval Catholic Church is evident in the Archbishops Residence at walled city with cobblestone streets in the historic town centre Domplatz. During the tour you will visit the mighty Romanesque attracts tourists from all over the word who enjoy the stores for Cathedral and Mirabell Palace with its beautiful gardens. woodcrafts, local schnapps, christmas ornaments and fine Mirabell Palace is one of the most important shooting locations food. Overnight in Rothenburg. for the Hollywood musical, “The Sound of Music”. Maria and the children dance around the Pegasus Fountain in front of the palace, singing the song, “Do Re Mi”. Experience the unique views across Mirabell Gardens towards Hohensalzburg Castle. After lunch, we enjoy the Sound of Music Tour taking you to see the original shooting location from this beloved classic motion picture. See the Nonnberg Convent of Benedictine nuns, where young Maria was a novice and the Schloss Leopoldskron, the house where the von Trapp family lived in the film. Stop at Hellbrunn Palace to enjoy its gardens and fountains. Afterwards, leave Salzburg behind and travel through picturesque moun- tain ranges to the charming town of St. Gilgen at Wolfgangsee, famous for the opening scene of the movie. Finally transfer to Mondsee to see the St. Michael Basilica, which served as the set Rothernburg ob der Tauber for the wedding of Maria and the captain. Back to our hotel in Mondsee. Day 3: Wednesday, September 25 | Rothernburg ob der Tauber - Munich After breakfast at the hotel, there will be a guided tour through this picturesque town straight from the middle ages. Highlights include the famous St. James Cathedral. After lunch and some free time, we will depart for Munich, the capital of Bavaria. After we check into our hotel, there will be free time to explore and experience the famous Oktoberfest. Munich Salzkammergut Region Day 6: Saturday, September 28 | Salzburg - Melk - Vienna After breakfast, we depart through the mountains of Austria to Mariazel, the most important pilgrimage place in Austria. Visit the Mariazell Basilica also known as the Basilica Maria Geburt (Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary). Mariazell Basilica is a Day 4: Thursday, September 26 | Munich - Alotting - Salzburg Marian Basilica, which holds the miraculous statue, housed in This morning, we enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After check out, the Lady Chapel or the Chapel of Miracles. After lunch we there will be a guided city tour of Munich. Sites include: continue on to Melk best known as the site of the baroque Marienplatz with the world famous “Glockenspiel” and the Benedicitne monastery named Melk Abbey overlooking the twin-towered Frauenkirche, the most familiar landmark of old Danube River. The abbey holds the tomb of St. Coloman of Munich. Continue to Asamkirche, dedicated to the martyr St. Stockerau and the remains of several members of the House of John Nepomuk, Town Hall and the magnificent boulevards Babenberg, Austria’s first ruling dynasty. After some free time in created by infamous “Mad” King Ludwig in the middle of the Melk, we continue onto Vienna and check into our 5* Hotel 19th Century. After lunch we depart toward Austria. En route Sacher. we will stop at Altotting, one of Germany’s most celebrated shrines and a city whose purpose is pilgrimage. Altotting has been the spiritual center of Bavaria for more than 1250 years SAMPLE DAY BY DAY ITINERARY Day 7: Sunday, September 29 | Vienna breakfast with Ivan and then proceed to his Chapel for morning After breakfast, enjoy a guided tour of Vienna, home of Strauss prayer. Afterwards, we walk (and/or taxi) through the vineyards and Mozart. Visit the spectacular St. Stephen’s Cathedral to assemble at St. James Church in the center of Medjugorje for which is one of the most important Gothic structures in Austria. morning mass. Highlights of the week include: nightly appari- At St. Stephen’s we will see the miraculous image of Our Lady tions in Ivan’s Chapel, as well as time with him to hear about of Mariapocs and tour the cathedral and catacombs (and the stories of the first days of the apparitions. You can climb somewhere along the way), we will have time to enjoy famous Apparition Hill where the visionaries first encountered Our Lady Vienna pastries such as Sacher cake. After lunch, we will con- as well as climb Mt. Krizevac, the Hill of the Cross where lays a tinue with a visit of the Schronbrunn Royal Palace, where Mozart three ton cement cross built in 1933 to commemorate the 19th performed at the age of six before Marie Antoinette Louis. We Century of our Lord’s Passion and Death. This is an intimate continue our journey in Vienna and view the Belvedere Palace experience for all as we pray the Stations of the Cross while we well known for its beautiful gardens. Back in the city center, we head up the summit. In Medjugorje, you will have many oppor- go to Karlsplatz with its Church of St. Charles Borromeo and Otto tunities to visit and pray at the “Blue Cross” a place of great Wagner’s Stadtbahn pavilions before returning back to our healings and graces at the base of Apparition Hill, visit the Hotel. Community of Cenacolo and Fr. Slavko’s Village for the Orphans of the War. Confessions are available throughout the day/evening and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is held Vienna daily in the Adoration Chapel. Day 15: Monday, October 7 | Return Home After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Split or Sarajevo) for return flights home. Or continue to Dubrovnik: Day 15: Monday, October 7 | Post tour Dubrovnik After breakfast, you will transfer to Dubrovnik. Upon arrival in this city fronting the Adriatic, you will be able to spend the after- Day 8: Monday, September 30| Vienna - Medjugorje noon at your leisure. Feel free to walk to the Old Town, also Depart Vienna for our flight to Split/Dubrovnik or Sarajevo where known as the Pearl of the Adriatic. we will be greeted by our well known tour guide Ivanka who will take us by motorcoach to the village of Medjugorje and the Dubrovnik Retreat House of Ivan Dragicevic the visionary who came to Tampa to break ground for the Shrine Beautification Project at St. Mark Evangelist Catholic Church last March. Ivan Dragicevic is one of the visionaries who has received nine of the ten secrets from Our Lady and still has an apparition every day. After checking in, there will be dinner and the apparition of Our Lady in the Chapel at Ivan’s. Day 9 - 14: Tuesday, October 1 - Sunday, October 6 | Medjugorje Spiritual Heaven Week! Here you will experience the beauty of Day 16: Tuesday, October 8 | Return Home this simple village and all our activities are guided by Ivan’s per- This morning you will be transferred to Dubrovnik Airport for your sonal Tour Guide Ivanka. Each morning we begin the day with return flights home. Highlights of Terms & Conditions (For Complete Terms & Conditions Please Visit www.206tours.com/terms ) DEPOSIT AND REGISTRATION A $400 per person deposit is required at the Additionally, once tickets are issued the ticket value is non-refundable. discretion of the airline & are pending availability, subject to aircraft/seat time of booking with a completed reservation application. Fax, internet, e- Requests for a refund must be in writing (mail, fax or e-mail). Phone calls map changes. mail, or phone reservations are welcome. Deposit and/or payment in full cannot be used as a form of cancellation. Refunds will be issued within 30 LAND ONLY Transfers are NOT included in Land Only costs. 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