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Tours, City Walks & Excursions BY PROFESSIONAL GUIDES
Lisbon (1 night) · Fatima (2 nights) · Coimbra (1 night) · Salamanca (1 night) · Burgos (1 night) · Lourdes (1 night) · Bordeaux (1 night) · Paris (2 nights)
SAMPLE DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY & Flight Arrival/Departure Schedule (May change slightly)
Day 1: Depart from home airport
Make your way to your hometown airport where you will board your overnight flight to Lisbon, Portugal.
Day 2: Arrive Lisbon, Portugal, [LIS] Airport. Overnight in Lisbon (1 night).
The group will be received and escorted to ground transport to hotel in Lisbon city centre.
City walking tour in Lisbon city.
After hotel check-in, welcome and orientation at hotel lobby and we will have 3hr Lisbon city walking tour in Lisbon city centre and Tapas supper at 7pm with our Lisbon tour guide. We will visit the Cathedral, St Jerome's Monastery, St Anthony's Church (the patron saint of lost objects), Belem Quarter, the Belem Tower, 25 April Bridge, St George Castle, and Discoveries Monument. Our walk will also take us through the Basilica of the Star, Rossio Square, Commerce Square and Marquee of Pomba Square. Tapas supper and overnight in Lisbon. St. Anthony’s Church celebrate Mass. We will be leaving early morning for Sintra-Santarem-Fatima the next morning. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Lisbon - Sintra - Santarem - Fatima
Sight-seeing & excursion tours, Sintra-Santarem-Fatima.
Excursion tours to Sintra-Santarem-Fatima 2hr drive and arrive Fatima for local lunch. Sight-seeing drive through Lisbon city en-route to Sintra-Santarem-Fatima. We make brief stops for photos at Quinta da Reagaleira, 4 Palaces, Moorish Castle, the Convent. We will continue to the Church of St. Stephen/Church of the Holy Miracle @ Santarem, home of 13th century Eucharistic miracle based on a woman with an unfaithful husband who was desperate to save her marriage. Finally drive to Fatima, one of the world’s biggest Marian Shrine pilgrimage sites and a UNESCO world heritage site.
We begin our tour of Fatima, where we will experience the beauty of this spiritual town. We will see the 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. Experience Christ's love as you walk and follow the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra (The Sacred Way) culminating in the Chapel of Calvary, which overlooks all of Fatima. Our Blessed Mother appeared in 1917 to three simple shepherd children and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace.
Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous well, attend Mass at Chapel of Apparitions and the blessing of the sick, and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady. We have time for private devotions, a quiet reflections and prayers.
In the evening is when we gather for the Heavenly Queen of Peace, in order to transmit divine help and the promise of sure hope for peace, appeared here. Many faithful have had recourse for Her help and, in their various perils, have looked for Her protection … and found it. Let us also remember the special devotion and gratitude of St. John Paul II, who 35 years ago, thanked the Virgin Mary for the miraculous sparing of his life. Let us continue to remember the value of the prayer of the Holy Rosary, as well as the message, in order for us to obtain the favors and graces which the Mother of the Redeemer Herself promised the people devoted to her Immaculate Heart.
Day 4: Full Day Guided Pilgrimage of Fatima
City walking tour of Fatima and sight-seeing & excursion tours.
Local Breakfast @ 7am. We go through this amazing city named after a young Islamic girl named Fatima. This world-famous city came into limelight with the apparition of Our Lady in 1917 to the 3 children. Our visit will include a guided visit of the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, the Hamlet of Aljustrel, Valinhos, the church where the children were baptized and follow the Stations of the Cross along the via Sacra. Local Lunch. Drive to Leiria and Batalha Monastery built by king Joao 1 in fulfilment of a vow-victory of the battle of Aljubarrota. Dinner and overnight.
Anniversary Celebration of the Fatima Apparitions, 13 October
Fatima Apparitions, 13 May to 13 October 1917
Join with pilgrims throughout the world at the Candlelight Procession, visit the house of Jacinta and Francisco, walk the Stations of the Cross to where they had their apparition with Our Lady, and not only visit the first resting place of Jacinta and Francisco, but the final resting place for all three.
When time permits, that may includes a visit to the following:
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima - the site of Francesco and Jacinta's graves,
- The Hamlet of Aljustrel - where the children lived
- Valinhos - the site of Our Lady's appearance after the children's return from prison.
- Stations of the Cross - Experience Christ's love as you walk along the Via Sacra (The Sacred Way) culminating in the Chapel of Calvary, which overlooks all of Fatima.
- Prayers for the Sick - Join your prayers with pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick,
- Holy Water - Bring home Holy Water from the taps that are located at the Golden Statue located in the middle of the Shrine
- Attend the Blessing of the Sick
- Candlelight Processions - Participate in the evening with pilgrims from around the world, requested by Our Lady
- Free Time for Prayer and 24-Hour Adoration - located downstairs in the Paul VI Pastoral Center (opposite the Basilica)
In the evening is when we gather for the Main Events! The Heavenly Queen of Peace, in order to transmit divine help and the promise of sure hope for peace, appeared here. Many faithful have had recourse for Her help and, in their various perils, have looked for Her protection … and found it. Let us also remember the special devotion and gratitude of St. John Paul II, who 35 years ago, thanked the Virgin Mary for the miraculous sparing of his life. Let us continue to remember the value of the prayer of the Holy Rosary, as well as the message, in order for us to obtain the favors and graces which the Mother of the Redeemer Herself promised the people devoted to her Immaculate Heart.
We join Christendom’s faithful from around the world, in the religious celebration of the Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparition at Cova da Iria. That is the present site of the Little Chapel of Apparitions, and the Rosary Basilica.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is one of most famous Marian shrines in the world. Drawn by apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three local shepherd children in 1917. Four million people visit Fatima each year. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to shepherd children on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on May 13th until October 13th. The events at Fatima gained particular fame due to their elements of prophecy and eschatology, particularly with regard to possible world war and the conversion of Russia.
Nazaré - A quaint seaside fishing town
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré is an imposing church located on the hilltop O Sitio overlooking Nazaré, in Portugal, and was founded in the 14th century. A chapel A Ermida da Memoria, was built very near this spot, over a grotto where stood a small statue of a Black Madonna, brought from Nazareth..
Day 5: Fatima-Batalha-Alcobaca-Nazare-Coimbra. Overnight in Coimbra (1 night).
Sight-seeing & excursion tours, Batalha-Alcobaca-Nazare-Coimbra.
Local Breakfast @ 7am. Depart Fatima. We spend this morning at the beautiful city of Alcobaca, visiting another Monastery containing the tomb of King Pedro 1 of Portugal and his murdered mistress Ines de castro with the inscription ‘…. until the end of the world…’. From here we proceed to Nazare -Sitio.
Lunch and Free Time.
Drive to Coimbra and spend the night here
Dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Coimbra-Salamanca. Overnight in Salamanca (1 night).
Sight-seeing & excursion tours, Coimbra-Salamanca.
After breakfast in Coimbra, we will go on a sight-seeing tour and guided pilgrimage to the convent of the poor Clare’s to view the silver coffin of the incorruptible body of St Elizabeth of Portugal.
Lunch and Free Time.
Depart for Salamanca
Dinner and overnight.
Day 7: SALAMANCA -Alba de Tormes-AVILA-Burgos. (Instead of Avila) Overnight in Burgos (1 night).
Sight-seeing & excursion tours, Alba de Tormes-AVILA-Burgos.
Local Breakfast @ 7:00am. Visit Salamanca and Alba de Tormes, home to the Carmelite Monastery that St. Teresa founded in a 1571 and died in 1582. In the little museum of the Carmelite Monastery we will be able to see the in-corrupt heart and left arm of St. Teresa.
Lunch break and we continue our journey to Avila. Avila welcomes us with the perfectly preserved eleventh-century walls which surround the old town.
On arrival time, we will have a short tour of Avila. We visit the Cathedral and San Vincente church, the Incarnation Convent, where St. Teresa became a nun and home to the most comprehensive museum dedicated to her life. We also visit La Santa Monastery, built on the site of the house where she was born, and San Jose Convent, the first monastery founded by the Saint.
Dinner and overnight in Burgos instead of Avila as Avila is much further drive to Lourdes and we would like to spend more time in Lourdes. (B,D)
Day 8: Burgos-Loyola-Lourdes. Overnight in Lourdes (1 night).
Sight-seeing, excursion & city walking tour, Loyola-Lourdes
Local Breakfast @ 7:00am. We leave Burgos for Lourdes where our Mother Mary appeared to St. Bernadette.
En route we will stop at Loyola, the home of St. Ignatius founder of The Jesuits.
Time will be beautifully spent in Lourdes as we pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring and submerge ourselves in the healing baths.
Dinner and overnight.
Upon arrival in Lourdes sanctuary, you can relax or explore before dinner. Following dinner you may participate in the candlelight procession before retiring for the evening.
During the time in Lourdes, you will have an opportunity to:
Attend Mass at the Grotto. Watch a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick. Drink water from the miraculous spring, and submerge yourself in the healing baths. Walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto. Visit Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Basilica of Saint Pius X, Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Evenings for Blessed Sacrament Procession before dinner, and after dinner, join the candlelight processions and group rosary.
Lourdes city walks sightseeing
Attend International Mass, and sightseeing of Lourdes, walk in the footsteps of St. Bernadette, see Boly Mill where St. Bernadette was born, and the "Cachot," an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family lived. Private evening time for your own personal reflection, prayer and healing.
Our Lady of Lourdes came for you and for everyone of us! 6 million pilgrims come to Lourdes each year and 10,000 visit this site daily. At the foot of the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France, nestled between the spectacular mountain river, Gave de Pau, is Lourdes, one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the World. Lourdes is the birthplace of St Bernadette to whom Our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Our pilgrimage and tour of Lourdes includes visits to the sanctuary and the Basilica of St Pius X, the world's largest underground church. Drink from the spring that the Virgin directed Bernadette to locate at the base of the grotto, which has flowed uninterrupted since 1858. Wash yourself in the baths where hundreds of miraculous cures have taken place. Contemplate Christ's Passion as you pray the unique three-dimensional Stations of the Cross. Attend the blessing of the sick, and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady. Visit Lourdes and experience a spiritual journey from which many have claimed healing and conversion.
Day 9: Lourdes-Bordeaux. Overnight in Bordeaux (1 night).
We will enjoy the famous gelato ice-cream during the city walks in Lourdes. Leave Lourdes in the afternoon to Bordeaux and spend the night there. Dinner and overnight.
Day 10: Bordeaux-Paris. Overnight in Paris (2 nights).
Local Breakfast @ 7:00am. We head to Paris by train.
Day 10 & 11: Paris
You will be received and escorted to ground transport to hotel. Visit and attend Mass at the magnificent, Sacre Coeur Basilica that stands atop Montmartre Hill. The Basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was originally built in 1914, as an act of penance for infidelity that France was experiencing during that time. While on your visit, in addition to the extraordinary artwork and architecture that forms the Basilica, you will see the beautiful mosaic of the Risen Christ, and the remarkable Grand Organ. Celebrate Mass at the Crypt that contains the Tombs of many notable Cardinals. Time permitting, you may have the opportunity during your free time to ascend a staircase to the Dome, where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view the city of Paris. Two days Paris city walking tour - St. Sulpice Church (This Late Baroque church, construction beginning in 1646 and completed in 1745, was the parish church located a few blocks from St. Sulpice seminary where St. Eugene received his priestly formation under the Sulpician Fathers), Notre Dame Cathedral, a perfect example of Gothic art, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, etc. and you will enjoy a sightseeing tour of Paris. You will visit and celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, where you will view the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure. The Saint's guardian angel led her to the chapel, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her. During apparitions, Our Lady repeatedly instructed the making and purpose of the Miraculous Medal, as well as the green scapular. According to the Blessed Virgin Mary, those who wear the Miraculous Medal and scapular will receive special protection and abundant graces. Time permitting, we may walk to Saint Vicent de Paul Church.
City walking tour of Paris with stops at Notre Dame Cathedral, Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, and major attractions in Paris city centre, and go for Hop-On Hop-Off Tourist Bus Tour & City Walks of Paris, and much more..
Farewell dinner with wine/beer/beverage of choice @ 8pm in Paris city centre for last night in Paris.
Dinner and overnight, 2 nights.
Day 12: Depart Paris [CDG] Airport - Home
After breakfast, we transit to the airport for departure flight back home.
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