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Tour 8

Lourdes, Paris, Nevers, Lisieux & Medjugorje

13 days
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YOUR TRIP INCLUDES:

 Round-trip air from New York   (*special Add-on Airfares  from all other US gateways)

AIRPORT TAXES, SECURITY FEES & FUEL SURCHARGES INCLUDED

 One way flight from Lourdes to Paris

 One way flights from Paris to Medjugorje
 11 nights at centrally located three and four-star hotels as follows: (or similar)

        ~ 3 nights: Hotel Moderne or Gallia Londres, in Lourdes in Lourdes

        ~ 1 night:   Hotel Diane or Nevers Sanctuarie, Nevers

        ~ 1 night:   Grand Hotel de Esperance, Lisieux
        ~ 2 nights: Novotel Tour Eiffel or Hotel Le Marquis or Sofitel la Defense, Paris

        ~ 4 nights: A modern house home/hotel with private baths, Medjugorje

 Transfers as per itinerary
 Breakfast and Dinner daily

 Wine & Mineral Water with dinners

 Assistance of professional local Catholic guides

 Sightseeing and Admissions fees as per itinerary

Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Direction

Mass daily & spiritual activities

 Visit to Community Cenacolo

Meeting with visionaries (if visionaries are in Medjugorje during your trip and pending availability)
 Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
  Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents

 

Not Included: Lunches, Drinks with dinners, Travel Insurance optional at $99-$225. Tips to your guide & driver  (Euro 6-8 per day). Items of a personal nature.

 

Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:

 

Day 1 -  Depart USA

Depart from New York, JFK or from your hometown for the overnight flight to France.
 

Day 2 - Lourdes      

Upon your arrival in Lourdes transfer to your hotel. Relax or explore before dinner, followed by a candlelight procession before retiring. Dinner and overnight.
 

Days 3 & 4 - Lourdes     

Mass at the Grotto,  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. 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 for Blessed Sacrament Procession before dinner. Your role in the universal church will have new meaning as you join the candlelight procession and group rosary.
 

Day 5 - Lourdes - Nevers   

After breakfast leave on the flight to Paris or Lyon. Upon arrival, you will meet your new guide.  We will travel by motor coach to the town of Nevers by way of the picturesque Loire Valley. After taking the veil in 1867, St Bernadette lived for 12 years as a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Nevers. At least three times during her short life-time, she received the last Sacraments. She was gradually struck by other illnesses as well as asthma: among them, tuberculosis of the lung and a tubercular tumor on her right knee. St Bernadette eventually died at the age of 35. See St Bernadette's incorrupt body at the convent of St Gildard, miraculously preserved since her death in 1879. Overnight in Nevers. 

 

Day 6 -  Nevers - Chartres - Lisieux

After breakfast we depart for Chartres, famous for its stained-glass windows and wonderful colors dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. We will tour the Cathedral followed by free time for to explore and enjoy Chartres and it's famed maze on your own.  Dinner and overnight in Lisieux.

 

 Day 7 -  Lisieux - Rouen - Paris    

After breakfast we enjoy a tour of Lisieux, the home of St Therese whom Pope Pius X called "the greatest saint of modern times." Her extraordinary love for God and service to humanity comes alive as you visit the Basilica of Saint Therese, one of the biggest and most magnificent religious structures built in the 20th century. During our stay in Lisiuex a mass will be celebrated. We will stop at Les Buissonets, St. Therese's  family home, there on display are relics, clothing, and personal objects belonging to the "little flower."  Before leaving tour the ancient Cathedral of St Peter and the Carmelite Convent. We continue on to Rouen where on the 30th May 1431, Joan of Arc was burnt at Place du Vieux Marche.  We will visit the Joan of Arc museum and Rouen church.  We continue on to Paris for dinner and overnight.

 

Day 8 -  Paris

Wake up in Paris and depart for mass at Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. View the incorrupt body of St Catherine Labouret whose guardian angel led her to the chapel where the Blessed Virgin displayed a vision of the miraculous medal and later the green scapular. The Virgin promised bountiful graces for all who wore these. Our sightseeing tour includes some of the most beautiful and important churches in the world such as Notre Dame Cathedral and Sacre Coeur, see the sights as the Eiffel Tower, L'Arc de Triomphe, and drive through the Champs Elysees. Enjoy other sights on this mostly panoramic tour.  Return to the hotel for little relaxing, dinner and overnight.

 

Day 9 - Paris - Medjugorje    

Early morning departure from Paris 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 10 to 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. 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 13 - 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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2009 Departure Dates & Prices
 

Travel Dates

Land

Only *

(No Airfare included)

Air & Land

(airport tax not included)

All

Inclusive

(Airfare,  Land & Airport Tax included)

  
May 29 - Jun 10 Pentecost Sunday $2,799 $4,599 $4,999
Jul 24 - Aug 05   $2,799 $4,599 $4,999
Aug 21 - Sep 02   $2,799 $4,599 $4,999
Sep 04 - 16   $2,699 $3,999 $4,399
Sep 18 - 30   $2,699 $3,999 $4,399
Oct 02 - 14   $2,699 $3,999 $4,399
Oct 16 - 28   $2,699 $3,999 $4,399
Nov 06 - 18   $2,699 $3,899 $4,299

2010 Departure Dates & Prices
 

Travel Dates

Land

Only *

(No Airfare included)

Air & Land

(airport tax not included)

All

Inclusive

(Airfare,  Land & Airport Tax included)

  
Feb 05 - 17 Anniversary of the Apparitions $2,799 $4,099 $4,499
Mar 05 - 17   $2,599 $3,799 $4,199
Mar 19 - 31   $2,699 $3,899 $4,299
Apr 02 - 14 Holy Week $2,799 $4,099 $4,499
Apr 16 - 28 Divine Mercy Sunday $2,899 $4,199 $4,599
May 30 - May 12   $2,799 $4,099 $4,499
May 14 - 26 Feast of the Ascension $2,799 $4,399 $4,799
May 28 - Jun 09 Pentecost Sunday $2,899 $4,399 $4,799
Jun 11 - 23   $2,899 $4,399 $4,799
Jul 23 - Aug 04   $2,899 $4,399 $4,799
Aug 20 - Sep 01   $2,899 $4,399 $4,799
Sep 03 - 15   $2,799 $4,099 $4,499
Sep 17 - 29   $2,799 $4,099 $4,499
Oct 01 - 13   $2,799 $4,099 $4,499
Oct 15 - 27