Lourdes, Lisieux, Nevers & Paris (with 2 extra nights in Paris)
10 days
Lourdes, Lisieux, Nevers, & Paris
YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: Round-trip air from New York to France (special Add-on Airfares from all US gateways) All Airlines Fuel Surcharges & Airport Taxes 8 nights at centrally located first class hotels follows: (or similar)
~ 3 nights: Hotel Moderne in Lourdes
~ 5 nights: Novotel Tour Eiffel or Concorde Opera Paris Breakfast and Dinner daily Wine with dinners Assistance of a professional local Catholic guide(s) Transfers as per itinerary Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Direction Mass daily & Spiritual activities Luggage handling (1 piece per person) Flight bag & portfolio of all travel document
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 - Depart USA Depart from New York, JFK or from your hometown for the overnight flight to France. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
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 lived. 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. (candle light procession and group rosary April through October only).
Day 5 - Lourdes - Paris After breakfast, leave on your flight to Paris. Upon arrival, we will have free time for lunch and then depart for our tour of Paris. We will begin with 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 the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, L'Arc de Triomphe, and drive along the Champs Elysees. Enjoy other sights on this mostly panoramic tour. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight in Paris.
Day 6 - Excursion to Lisieux, St. Terese the Little Flower or free time in Paris After breakfast we depart for Lisieux where we will enjoy a tour of 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 Paris for dinner and overnight.
* For those who which to skip the day trip to Nevers you may choose to stay in Paris to shop, explore or relax!
Day 7 - Excursion to Nevers or free time in Paris After breakfast we depart for 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 Sacra-ments. In addition to asthma, she was gradually struck by other illnesses, among them was tuberculosis of the lung and a tubercular tumor in 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. We return to Paris for dinner and overnight.
* For those who which to skip the day trip to Nevers you may choose to stay in Paris to shop, explore or relax!
Day 8 & 9 - Free time in Paris Enjoy the next two days of free time to explore Paris and the surrounding areas at your leisure. You may choose to book optional tours to Versailles or Chartres, or perhaps spend time strolling along the Seine and finding little cafes to soak up the Parisian atmosphere. We suggest you take time to explore the Sacre Coeur and Montmartre and of course shop!
Day 10 - Depart from Paris After breakfast we transfer to Paris Airport for your return flights.
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Travel Dates
Land Only (no airfare)
*Air & Land
# of Pilgrims
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Single Supplement/Private Room
$799
Land with Inter-European Flights
(no international airfare or arrival/departure transfers are included)
Our Lady of Lourdes, The Gratto
Candlelight Procession
333 Marcus Blvd 