YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: Round-trip flight from New York special Add-on Airfares from all US gateways 13 nights in superior tourist class hotels: (or similar)
~ 2 nights: Hotel Sheraton, Zagreb ~ 1 night: Hotel Jezero, Plitvice Lakes ~ 1 night: Hotel Grand, Opatija ~ 2 nights: Hotel Marjan, Split
~ 7 nights: a modern house centrally located Breakfast and dinner daily Transfers by private motor coach Catholic Mass Daily
Not Included: Lunch, Tips to guides & driver (we suggest total of approx $6 per day). Airport tax (approx. $200-$380 depending on departure city and routing), Travel insurance (optional at $119. - 149. see www.206tours.com/insurance), Items of a personal nature.
Board your overnight transatlantic flights from your home town. Meals are served on board.
Day 2 Arrive Zagreb
After an early morning arrival in Europe you will connect flights to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. Upon arrival, we will be greeted by our tour escort and bus driver on route to our hotel we will stop to attend Mass at local Church. Your sightseeing tour upon arrival will take you along the historic Upper Town, to see the St. Mark’s Church, the St. Catherine’s Church, the Cathedral, the Parliament and the Government Palace. Balance of day is for you to relax have dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Excursion to Our Lady of Marija Bistica
This morning tour the brilliant and spectacular sanctuary of the national shrine of Croatia and home to a fifteenth-century miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary. Lying amidst the rolling hills and beautiful countryside of northern Croatia, the shrine welcomes pilgrims from around the world. The small village offers visitors hospitality in the usual Croatian way. We visit Bistrica Shrine, the Miraculous statue of the virgin Mary Stations of the cross, the Fountain called "Spring of Water and Light" and then join the Eucharistic and Marian processors. Return to Zagreb for dinner and overnight.
Day 4 Zagreb - Plitvice Lakes
After breakfast enjoy a pleasant walk through the old town with Baroque places from St. Stephens's Cathedral to St. Mark's Church. In the afternoon, we stop to see St. Mary's Church which has been a sanctuary since 1247 AD and a part of the Pauline Monastery. The sanctuary got the name "Celestial Pharmacy" because of numerous prayers, which have been granted (49 miraculous events are recorded in the inscription medallions in the church). Arrive Plitvice Lakes Later this afternoon. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5 Plitvice Lakes - Opatija
Today we visit Our Lady of Trsat, Queen of the Adriatic Shrine which was built in commemoration of the angelic transfer of the Holy House of Loreto from Jerusalem to Italy in the thirteenth century. Trsat today serves as one of Croatia's most famous places of pilgrimage. We see the Madonna shrine, the Miraculous Image of our Lady of Trsat and spend little time at the gift shop. This afternoon our journey takes us to the Adriatic coast of Croatia to the beautiful bay of Kvarner and its popular resort: Opatija. Dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Opatija - Zadar - Split
After breakfast we drive to Zadar, the oldest Slavic city on the Adriatic. Our orientation tour of the city includes the ruins of the Roman Forum, the Cathedral and St. Donat Church. Afternoon travels take us south along the spectacular Adriatic coast, past old fishing villages and new resorts, to the city of Split. Dinner and overnight.
Day 7 Split
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. Tour of Split provides a look at this city's Roman heritage with its Renaissance and Gothic structures, and contemporary attractions.
After visiting the Cathedral of St. Doimus, the town's patron saint we depart to Makarska to visit the Shrine of the Vepric and from there to Sinj to visit Our Lady of Sinj, Croatia's Beloved Mother. Our Lady of Sinj, is visited by several hundred thousand pilgrims each year. Situated atop a hill in a beautiful setting, the shrine is home to a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary dating from the seventeenth century. Return to Split for dinner and overnight.
Day 8 Split -to Medjugorje
Drive from Split to Medjugorje will be 2 1/2 hours. Once in Medjugorje, you will be introduced to your host family in whose modern and comfortable house you will be staying for the next seven nights.
Days 9 to 14 - Medjugorje
Experience the beauty and peace of this simple village. During your stay in Medjugorje you will have the opportunity to share faith with thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. Our local guide will accompany us throughout the week.
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 same path up Apparition Hill where the young 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 Tuesdays 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.
Our guide will arrange meetings with the visionaries at their own homes provided that they are in Medjugorje during your trip, and pending their availability. 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.
We will visit the Oasis of Peace, which has an incredible 24-hour Adoration Chapel. We will visit the community of Cenacolo.
Visit Father Jozo's parish and attend his highly inspirational talk, and receive his powerful healing blessing. When the apparitions began in 1981, Father Jozo was the pastor of St James parish, and is considered by many to be one of the highlights of any pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Of course, visit is contingent upon his schedule.
Day 15 - Medjugorje - USA
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Spilt or Sarajevo) for return flights home.
Round-trip flight from New York special 
