Pilgrimage tour

Day 1

Arrival - Lisbon

Airport pick-up – Transfer to the city center.
Check-In the hotel. Depending on the arrival time, mini city tour or accommodation in the hotel. Gala dinner with evening performance/Fado concert.

Day 2

Lisbon City Tour | Fátima

After breakfast, half-day city tour: immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the historic city center. Don't miss visiting the Basilica of the Martyrs in Chiado, the Church of St. Anthony, and the Lisbon Cathedral, among others. After lunch, departure to Fátima (duration 1 hour).
Arrival in the early afternoon. Check-in.
Free time for leisure group, praying, pilgrimage or sightseeing.
After dinner, participate in the night processions in Fatima.
Accommodation in the hotel and overnight.

Day 3

Fátima | Porto

Breakfast at Hotel. In the morning: Free time in Fátima. A mass in the main chapel (Capelinha das Aparições – that marks the exact spot where there was once a small holm oak on which Our Lady appeared to the 3 shepherds on 13 May, June, July, September and October 1917) will be provided.
After lunch, departure to Porto (duration 2 hours). Check-in and time to freshen up. Mini city tour at the end of the day: the Foz is an highly tourist area, considered by many to be the most beautiful part of town where you can enjoy the beauty of the Atlantic Ocean coupled with a beautiful promenade.
Accommodation in the hotel and overnight.

Day 4

Porto | Balazar | Tui | Santiago de Compostela

Breakfast at the hotel. Mini city tour in Porto and visit to Graham's Lodge. After lunch, departure to Balazar (duration 30 min). Brief stop at Igreja de Santa Eulália, where you will be able to visit the Alexandrina Tomb and relics next to it. Departure to Tui (duration 1h10m). Here, time to visit St Clara Convent 'As Encerradas' de Tuy which is a part of the Portuguese path to Santiago de Compostela.
Alternative destination: the Casa das Doroteias or Home of the Apparitions in Pontevedra: room/cell of Sister Lucia near Basilica St Mary, where there was an apparition of Our Lady in 1925. Now this space works as an oratory.
Stop maximum duration: 1 hour
Departure to Santiago de Compostela (duration 1h20m).
Check in the chosen hotel. After dinner, accommodation and overnight

Day 5

Santiago de Compostela | León

After breakfast, city tour in Santiago de Compostela with special emphasis on the Plaza del Obradoiro where the main Cathedral. The Pilgrim mass will take place at 12h. Departure to León during afternoon (duration 3h30m).
Check-in the hotel, dinner and time to freshen up before overnight.

Day 6

León | Navarra (Pamplona)

After breakfast, mini city tour in León: Cathedral and Basilica de San Isidoro. The basilica is also open for a mass at 8h30m (optional).
Departure to Pamplona (duration 3h30m) after lunch. Depending on the arrival time, check in and dinner or check-in and mini city tour before dinner.

Day 7

Navarra | Lourdes

Departure to Roncesvalles: since the Middle Ages that this collegiate serves as resting place of Catholic pilgrims who travel the Camino de Santiago, since it is the first resting place after crossing the Pyrenees French Mountains. Every year thousands of pilgrims start their way to Santiago de Compostela in Roncesvalles, in a distance of 756 km.
After lunch, departure to Lourdes (via San Sebastian / Irún – duration 3h50m).
Depending on arrival schedule, mini tour in the city center to see its highlights or accommodation in the chosen hotel and dinner.
After dinner, participate in the night processions in Lourdes before overnight.

Day 8

Lourdes | Avignon | Marseille

In the morning, tour in Lourdes with special emphasis on the Shrine of Lourdes.
The International Mass will take place at 9h30m in the Basilique Saint-Pie X (optional).
Departure to Marseille (duration 5h) with a brief stop in Avignon in the Rhone Valley, Cluny (mother abbay), Taizé (Christian revival), Beane (hospice), Ronchamps (modern church by Le Corbusier). If possible, we will visit a wine castle for a champagne tasting.
Check-in the hotel, dinner and overnight.

(If required, we also have a detour to Nevers to visit the Sanctuary of Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Nevers, in particular to see the intact Bernadette's body in a glass tomb)

Day 9

Marseille | Nice | Lucca/Pisa | Florence

Visit to the Notre Dame de la Garde Cathedral (max. visit duration 1h30m) before travel to Nice (duration 2h20m).
In Nice, we'll have a lunch break before the departure to Lucca - Pisa (duration 3h50m). If possible, trip with scooter in the Pisa & Lucca area. Then, 1-hour stop to see the leaning tower (the entrance is under extra fees) and freshen up before departure to Florence (duration 1h20m).
Arrival to the hotel at dinner's time, accommodation and overnight.

Day 10

Florence | Assisi | Rome

Breakfast at the hotel.
Small city tour including the Santa Maria delle Fiori Cathedral (free entrance) and Battistero di San Giovanni (optional due to extra supplement).
Lunch before departure to Assisi (duration 2h). Visit to the Basilica St Francis, birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208. The 19th-century Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi.
In the evening, departure to Rome (travel duration 2h30m).
Arrival to the hotel around dinner time. Accommodation and overnight.

Day 11

Rome (full day city tour I)

After breakfast, departure to Vaticano for the Papal Audience (it starts each Wednesdays at 10h30m until 12h).
Lunch break in the immediate surroundings. At the afternoon, scheduled hour (around 2pm) to visit the Vatican Museum – including visit to the 'Raphael Rooms' and the famous 'Sistine Chapel'. 2 hours later, admission to the St. Peter's Basilica.
Time free for personal activities at the end of the tour.
Return to the hotel to freshen up.
Dinner and overnight.

Day 12

Rome (full day city tour II)

After breakfast, morning tour in the very heart of the city – Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo de' Fiori, Jewish Ghetto, Piazza Venezia, etc. Lunch break at Madonna dei Monti region.
In the afternoon, visit the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Tour continues with a vitit to the Roman forum and Colosseum (entrance under extra fees), Basilica di San Clemente and Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano.
Return to the hotel to freshen up. Dinner and overnight.

Day 13

Rome | San Giovanni Rotondo | Lanciano

After breakfast, departure to San Giovanni Rotondo (travel duration 4h). Brief stop to see Chiesa di Padre Pio and Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie. Lunch Break. Departure to Lanciano. (duration 2h).
City tour to see some places of interest of this small city as well as the Eucharistic Miracle.
Check in the hotel and time to freshen up.
Dinner and overnight.

Day 14

Lanciano | Padova

Departure to Padua (duration 4h30m) after breakfast.
Arrival around lunch time. Half-day city tour: including the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua which is known locally as "il Santo". It is one of the eight international shrines recognized by the Holy See. A mass will take place in the Basilica at 16:00 (optional)
Check in the hotel and time to freshen up.
Dinner and overnight.

Day 15

Venezia (full day tour)

After breakfast, transfer to Venezia.
Arrival at the main station and start of the walk tour to visit several city spots such as Chiesa di San Giacomo dall'Orio, Ponte de Rialto, Grand Canal, Basilica di San Marco and square, Bridge of Sighs, Doge's Palace, Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute and Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, among others.
Lunch break in one of the mentioned points. At the end of the afternoon tour, free time for personal visits and/or shopping.
Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.

Day 16

Venezia | Međugorje

Check out the hotel after breakfast.
Departure to Međugorje (duration 7h) – stop for about 2 hours to rest and lunch in a Croatian city (ex. Rijeka).
Arrival at Međugorje in the evening. Check-in and dinner at the chosen hotel. Overnight.

Day 17

Međugorje (full day tour)

Breakfast. "Our Lady of Medjugorje" is the title given to the apparition by those who believe that Mary, mother of Jesus, has been appearing from 24 June 1981 until today to six children, now adults persons, in Medjugorje (then part of communist Yugoslavia).
Visit to the Krizevac mountain, Saint James Church, Apparition Hill, Risen Christ statue
Dinner at the chosen hotel. Overnight.

Day 18

Međugorje | Departure

Check out the chosen hotel and transfer to the chosen airport depending on flight schedule.