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Your Trip Includes:
† Round-trip airfare
† Airline Fuel Surcharges & Airport Taxes
OPTIONAL PRE TOUR TO MEDJUGORJE
† 3 Nights in Medjugorje
      ~ 3 Nights: Apr 23-26, Modern Home/Hotel with private bath
CROATIA & SLOVENIA PILGRIMAGE
† 9 Nights at centrally located First Class (4 Star) Hotels: (or similar)
      ~ 2 nights: Apr 26-28, GH Park Hotel, Dubrovnik
      ~ 2 nights: Apr 28-30, Hotel President Solin, Split
      ~ 1 night: Apr 30– May 01, Hotel Jezero, Plitvice
      ~ 1 night: May 01-02, Hotel Grand, Opatija
      ~ 1 night: May 02-03, Hotel Golf, Bled
      ~ 1 night: May 03-04, Hotel Lev, Ljubljana
      ~ 1 night: May 04-05, Hotel Westin, Zagreb
† Transfer as per itinerary
† Breakfast and Dinner daily
† Wine and Mineral Water with dinners
† Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
† Assistance of a professional local Christian guide
† Sightseeing and Admissions as per itinerary
† Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Direction (Croatia/Slovenia)
† Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
† Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents

Not Included:
Lunches, Travel Insurance optional (www.206tours.com/insurance), Extended Cancellation Protection Plan @ $299 (www.206tours.com/cancellationprotection) Tips to your guide & driver ($11 - 12 per day). Items of a personal nature.

MEDJUGORJE – 3 NIGHTS PRE PILGRIMAGE TOUR

Day 1, Mon, Apr 22, Depart Fresno
Depart from Fresno for the overnight flights. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.

Day 2, Tue, Apr 23 - Arrive Medjugorje
Early morning arrival in Europe where you will board your flights(s) to Dubrovnik, Split, or Sarajevo. Upon arrival you will find your luggage and exit the baggage claim into the arrivals hall where you will be greeted by a tour guide and/or driver. You will be escorted to the vehicle which will then take you on the 2 1/2 hour drive to the village of Medjugorje. Once there you will meet your fellow pilgrims and your spiritual leader. You will also be introduced to your host family in whose comfortable, yet modest inn you will be staying for the next seven nights. Enjoy a delicious dinner before retiring for the evening.

Day 3, Wed - Thur, Apr 24 - 25, 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. Our local guide will accompany us throughout your stay. Here are some of the activities you'll be sharing with our fellow pilgrims: Each morning at 10am we assemble at St. James Church for the English-language Mass. 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 6pm , we will join the villagers and pilgrims to pray the rosary. The apparition takes place at 6:40 and then stay on for Croatian Mass. 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 at the base of Apparition Hill.

Day 4, Fri, Apr 26, Medjugorje – Dubrovnik
Transfer to Dubrovnik and meet your fellow pilgrims to continue on your pilgrimage to Croatia and Slovenia. (your tour commences with Day 2 – Apr 26)

Day 1, Thur, Apr 25, Depart Fresno
Depart for your overnight flights. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

Day 2, Fri, Apr 26, Arrive Dubrovnik
Arrival today at the Dubrovnik airport where you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Afternoon at leisure to relax and become acclimated to a new time zone. Before meeting your fellow travelers and tour director for dinner, you can take a walk to Old Town called the "Pearl of the Adriatic." Tonight we have a welcome dinner in a Dalmatian restaurant with local delicacies & wine.

Day 3, Sat, Apr 27, Dubrovnik
This morning enjoy a walking tour of "Old Dubrovnik"; starting with St. Blaise Church, the Rector's Palace, Bell Tower clock, Orlando's Column and the Sponza Palace. You will also see the Dominican Monastery and Franciscan Monastery with its Pharmacy, one of the oldest in the world. Enjoy lunch, on your own, in one of the many small family owned restaurants along the narrow streets. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik.

Day 4, Sun, Apr 28, - Dubrovnik – Veprice - Sinj - Split
After breakfast, we depart for Split. En route you are welcome to stop at the little Lourdes Shrine in Veprice (next to Makarska, halfway to Split). We then stop in Makarska for a quick break before arriving at Our Lady of Sinj, one of Croatia's oldest spiritual centers. The Shrine is home of the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, dating from the 17th-century. Dinner and overnight in Split.

Day 5, Mon, Apr 29, Split
After breakfast, we enjoy a city tour featuring the historic inner city, built around Roman Emperor Diocletian's Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. See remnants of Split's Roman heritage, its Renaissance and Gothic structures, Jupiter's Temple, the Peristyle and the Cathedral. Tonight we have a dinner in a local "Konoba."

Day 6, Tue, Apr 30, Split -Trogir - Zadar - Plitvice Lakes
After breakfast, we head north along the coast to Trogir, the center of artistic activities where scholars from around the world gather to study and paint. Then it's on to Zadar, the oldest Slavic city on the Adriatic, once famed cultural center. We pause here for an orientation tour that includes the ruins of the Roman Forum, the Cathedral and St. Donat Church. Our journey continues, as we turn inland towards the beautiful Plitvice Lakes National Park. Dinner and overnight in Plitvice.

Day 7, Wed, May 01, Plitvice Lakes - Our Lady Of Trsat - Opatija
Today we enjoy Plitvice National Park listed in UNESCO's World Heritage list, with breathtaking scenery of this natural wonder of 16 terraced lakes, surrounded by thickly wooded mountains and lush vegetation. After lunch we depart for Opatija, once the favorite resort of the European royalty. Enroute we stop for Holy Mass at Our Lady of Trsat, built to commemorate the transfer of the Holy House of Nazareth from Jerusalem to Loreto. Tradition tells us the Holy House was kept here between 1292 and 1294 before its final destination in Loreto. We arrive at Opatija late in the day. Dinner & overnight in Opatija.

Day 8, Thur, May 02, Opatija - Postojna - Bled
We have a leisurely morning in Opatija and then head across the border into Slovenia to Postojna, home of one of the largest caves in Europe. We tour the fantastic subterranean world by miniature electric train. The Slovenes owe their devotion to the Blessed Mother to the disciples of Cyril and Methodius. We stop at the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor in Brezje for Holy Mass. Here we see the famous painting of the Our Lady of Brezje, the Patron Saint of Slovenia. Then on to Bled a resort area, beautifully situated in the Julian Alps. Overnight Bled.

Day 9, Fri, May 03, Bled - Ljubljana
Our morning sightseeing tour features the town of Bled with the lakeshore, and includes a visit to the Bled Castle, perched on a cliff high above the lake. We will enjoy a sightseeing tour visiting the old Church with a collection of religious art and located on a small island in the middle of the lake. In the afternoon we tour Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, visiting the open-air market, City Hall, Robba's Fountain, the Three Bridges and the Parliament. We overnight in Ljubljana.

Day 10, Sat, May 04, Marija Bistrica - Zagreb
After breakfast we depart for Marija Bistrica, to the sanctuary of Mother of God, Queen of Croatia, crowned with Papal crowns, where we celebrate Holy Mass. This is the national Croatian Shrine where we will pray the Stations of the Cross, then proceed to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. Upon arrival in Zagreb and time permitting we have a brief sightseeing tour visiting the historic Upper Town, to see the St. Mark's Church, St. Catherine's Church, the Cathedral, the Parliament & Government Palace. Dinner & overnight Zagreb.

Day 11, Sun, May 05, Zagreb - Fresno
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your flights home.

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Port of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Assumption of Mary Pilgrimage Church, Bled, Slovenia
Zvonko Car's 'Maiden with the Seagul', Opatija		Our Lady of Brezje, Slovenia
Predjama Castle, Postojna, Slovenia		The Robba Fountain, Ljubljana, Slovenia
National Opera House, Zagreb, Croatia		St. Mark's Church, Zagreb, Croatia
Optional Pre Tour to Medjugorje
Christ Risen, Medjugorje		Prayer Service, Apperition Hill, Medjugorje

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