YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: Round-trip air to Lisbon from Lourdes to Medjugorje & return from Medjugorje to US
Our base price is from New York,
but you may fly from any US gateway see Add-on Airfares - (does not mean you will fly via NY, it's just for calculating purposes)
AIRPORT TAXES AND SECURITY FEES INCLUDED 12 nights at first class or 4 stars hotels as follows: (or similar) ~ 1 nights:
Hotel Mundial, Lisbon, Portugal
Not Included: Lunches, Beverages with dinners,
Travel Insurance optional at $99-$225. Tips to your guide & driver (Euro 6-8 per day). Items of a personal nature. Add-on airfare from your hometown (see special rates at
Add-on Airfares)
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 - USA - Lisbon
Board your overnight transatlantic flight to Lisbon. Dinner and breakfast are served on board.
Day 2 - Arrive 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.
Day 3 - 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, containing 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 children and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace. Dinner and overnight in Fatima
Day 4 - Fatima
Six times, from the May 13 to Oct 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three novices belonging to 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 overlooks all of Fatima. Join pilgrims from around the world in an evening candlelight procession.
Day 5 - 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 sandstone from which almost the entire city seems to be constructed.
The city’s architectural sights seem endless: two cathedrals, one Gothic, the
other Romanesque, vie for attention with Renaissance palaces and gems of
Plateresque 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.
Day 6 - Salamanca
- Alba de Tormes - Ávila - Burgos
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 Monastery,
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. Later on we will continue our journey to Ávila. Two things
distinguish Ávila: its eleventh-century walls, two perfectly preserved
kilometers of which surround the old town, and the mystic writer Santa Teresa,
who was born here and whose shrines are a major focus of religious pilgrimage.
Ávila’s atmosphere has changed very little since the days of Santa Teresa, the
first woman to be named a Doctor of the Church, to whom the city is dedicated:
the Cathedral, started in the XII Century but never finished and built in three
different styles: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance; San Vicente church, the
Incarnation Convent, where St. Therese became a nun and home to the most
comprehensive museum dedicated to her life ; La Santa Monastery, built on the
site of the house where she was born, San José Convent, the first monastery
founded by the Saint, etc. After the visit departure to the city of Burgos, the
historic capital of Old Castile. After dinner explore Burgos (on your own), and
admire the magnificent limestone Cathedral. Overnight in Burgos
Day 7 - Burgos - Loyola - Lourdes
After breakfast depart Burgos, heading for Lourdes, France. En route stop in Loyola, the birthplace of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. Here, we'll se the 17th Century Basilica dedicated to St Ignatius. Behind the sanctuary is the family home of St. Ignatius, which we'll visit during our stop. The most venerated place in this building is the room where Ignatius at age 30, was brought following his serious wounding at the Battle of Pamplona. Later we motor through the Pyrenees Mountains into Lourdes. Here, standing between the spectacular mountain-river, Gave de Pau, stands picturesque Lourdes, the birthplace of St Bernadette to whom Our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Settle into your hotel, explore before dinner, followed by a candlelight procession (every evening from Apr through Oct) before retiring for the evening.
Day 8 & 9 - Lourdes
After breakfast, our guided tour of Lourdes will include the sanctuary; the Basilica of St Pius X, the world's largest underground church; and the baths where hundreds of miraculous cures have taken place. Enjoy a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes, and 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. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring,pray at the Grotto and 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." Attend the blessing of the sick and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady, and take time for private devotions. Each evening dinner and overnight at your hotel.
(Candle light procession and Group Rosary every evening from April through
October)
Day 10 - Lourdes - Medjugorje
Early morning departure from 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 modern and comfortable house you will be staying for the next four nights.
Days 11 to 13 - 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 (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 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.
* This part of your trip in Medjugorje is meant to provide you with time for a personal retreat. As such, your time in Medjugorje is not designed to be a “tour”, but rather to provide you with time to pray, reflect, and explore on your own as you feel called. On arrival, you will have an orientation tour after which a representative of 206 Tours will be available should you have any questions or requests, however, you will not have a guide with you through out your stay. Daily Mass in English, as well as English confessions are available at St. James Church. During your stay in Medjugorje you will have full discretion over how your time is spent, in order to have the fullest spiritual experience possible. If you would prefer our traditional pilgrimage/tour of Medjugorje, we would recommend you consider our Tour #1 (www.206tours.com/tour1) which provides a tour escort and spiritual leader through out your stay.
Day 14 - Medjugorje - USA
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Spilt or Sarajevo) for return flights home.
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