$3,599 per person from New York or $3,999 from Albuquerque, NM (All other US gateways see below add-on chart)
YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: Round-trip Air from your home town
Fuel Surcharge (approx. $260 per person) 11 nights at first class or 4 stars hotels as follows: (or similar)
~ 1 nights: Hotel Mundial, Lisbon, Portugal
~ 2 nights: Santa Maria Jardim, Fatima, Portugal
~ 1 night: Hotel Abba Fonseca, Salamanca
~ 1 night: Hotel Abat Cisneros, Montserrat
~ 2 nights: Hotel Padoue or Gallia Londres, Lourdes, France
~ 4 nights: A modern home/hotel with private baths in Medjugorje
Breakfast and dinner daily Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach Guided tours and admission fees Hotel taxes and service charges
Not Included: AIRPORT TAXES AND SECURITY FEES (approx. $295), Lunches, Beverages with dinners, Travel Insurance optional at $169-$229. Supplemental Cancellation Protection $199 Tips to your guide & driver ($6-8 per day). Items of a personal nature.
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
September 07, 2010 Day 01
Depart USA Board your overnight transatlantic flights from your home town. Meals are served on board.
September 08, 2010 Day 02 Lisbon Airport - Lisbon
Arrive Lisbon. Meet your Priest, tour guide and fellow pilgrims. After an orientation drive through Lisbon, we stop and visit St. Anthony's Church. Despite what might be assumed from his name, Saint Anthony was born and grew up in Lisbon. Traditionally, the invocation of his name is considered the best means of locating lost objects. Dinner and overnight in Lisbon.
September 09, 2010 Day 03 Lisbon - Santarem - Fatima
After breakfast depart Lisbon for Santarem, where one of the oldest cities in the world is located. We will walk through its narrow streets to the Church of St Stephen, con-taining the oldest recorded Eucharistic miracle. This miracle has been on continuous display since 1269. We then continue on to Fatima, the place where the Blessed Mother appeared in 1917 to three simple shepherd chil-dren and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
September 10, 2010 Day 04 Fatima
Six times, from the May 13 to Oct 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in the diocese of Leiria. A new Church is under construction, however just as beautiful, an older Church was constructed here in 1928, and millions of pilgrims visit each year. Fatima is one of the most visited holy places for Catholics from around the world. The atmosphere of intense spirituality and the importance of Fatima have been attested to by the visits of two Popes: Paul VI and John Paul II. Touring Fatima, see the Little Chapel of the Apparitions, Basilica, the site of Francesco and Jacinta's graves, the Hamlet of Aljustrel, where the children lived, and Valinhos, the site of Our Lady's appearance after the children's return from prison. Follow the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra (The Sacred Way) culminating in the Chapel of Calvary, which over-looks all of Fatima. Join pilgrims from around the world in an evening can-dlelight procession to pray the rosary. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
September 11, 2010 Day 05 Fatima - Salamanca
Breakfast in the hotel. In the morning departure towards the city of Salamanca. Salamanca is the most graceful city in Spain. For four centuries it was the seat of one of the most prestigious universities in the world and, despite losing this reputation in the XVII Century, it has kept the unmistakable atmosphere of a seat of learning. It is a small place, and it is given a gorgeous harmony by the golden sand-stone from which almost the entire city seems to be constructed. The city’s architectural sights seem endless: two Cathedrals, one Gothic, the other Ro-manesque, vie for attention with Renaissance palaces and gems of Plater-esque decoration. The Plaza Mayor is the finest in Spain; and the surviving university buildings are tremendous throughout, all of them distinguished by the same warm stone. Today we will visit this impressive and beautiful city: The grand Plaza Mayor is the hub of Salmantine life, the vast Baroque Church of La Clerecía, the Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells), named after the rows of carved scallop shells symbol of the pilgrimage to Santiago which decorate its façade, the University, the Cathedrals, the Roman Bridge, San Marcos and San Martin Churches, etc. Dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight in Salamanca.
September 12, 2010 Day 06 Salamanca - Alba de Tormes - Montserrat
After breakfast in the hotel we will depart towards the village of Alba de Tormes. In Alba we will visit and celebrate Mass at the Carmelite Monas-tery, where Saint Teresa died in 1582 and is buried. In the little museum of the Carmelite Monastery we will be able to see the incorrupt heart and left arm of the Saint. Arrival in Montserrat for dinner and overnight.
September 13, 2010 Day 07 Montserrat - Barcelona - Lourdes
On a rugged mountain not far from Barcelona is one of the most popular pilgrimage destinations in Spain: the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat. Since the 12th century, pilgrims have been drawn to the mountain to venerate the miraculous statue of the Black Madonna (La Moreneta). According to Catholic tradition, the statue of the Black Virgin of Montserrat was carved by St. Luke around 50 AD and brought to Spain. It was later hidden from the Moors in a cave (Santa Cova, the Holy Grotto), where it was rediscovered in 880 AD. The statue was discovered by shepherds. They saw a bright light and heard heavenly music that eventually led them to the Grotto and the statue. We will visit the La Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona, before heading to Lourdes for dinner and overnight.
September 14, 2010 Day 08 Lourdes
Wake up in Lourdes. See Boly Mill where St Bernadette was born, and the "Cachot," an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family lived. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring or submerge yourself in the healing baths.
Experience Christ's love as you walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto.
Kneel in the Chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto, in obedience to the request of the "Immaculate Conception." Evenings are free for optional Blessed Sacrament Procession before dinner. Your role in the universal Church will have new meaning as you join the candlelight procession and group rosary.
September 15, 2010 Day 09 Lourdes - Pau Airport - Medjugorje
Early morning departure Lourdes for your flights to Medjugorje. Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by a tour guide and/or driver who will then take you on the 2 1/2 hour drive by private coach to the village of Medjugorje. Guide will be with your throughout your stay. Once there, you'll meet your fellow pilgrims and your spiritual leader and be introduced to your host family in whose comfortable yet modest house.
September 16-18, 2010 Day 10 - 12 Medjugorje
Experience the beauty and peace of this simple village. During your stay in Medjugorje you will have the opportunity to share faith with pilgrims from all over the world. Here are some of the activities we'll be sharing with our fellow pilgrims: Each morning at 10am we assemble at St James Church for the English-language Mass (Feast days and Sundays English Mass is at Noon). Follow the path up Apparition Hill where the visionaries first encountered Our Lady. Touch and pray before the cross that commemorates the spot where Mary first appeared to the visionaries. Each evening at 5pm or 6pm daylight savings time, we will join the villagers and pilgrims to pray the rosary. The apparition takes place at 5:40pm or 6:40 daylight savings time, and then stay on for Croatian Mass. Don't miss on Thursdays and Saturdays Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and on Fridays Veneration of the Cross in the Church. Each evening during Croatian Mass, there is the Blessing of the Sick and blessing of the items you have with you. We will have the opportunity to climb Krizevac Mountain, where in 1933 the villagers built a 30' high cross on the anniversary of Jesus' crucifixion. Visit and pray at "Blue Cross", which is a place of great healings and graces- a very special place
September 19 Day 13 Medjugorje - USA
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Split or Sarajevo) for return flights home.
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