FRANCE LOURDES PILGRIMAGES
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Pilgrimages to France - Lourdes, Nevers, Lisieux, Paris
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Lourdes as one of the most popular Catholic pilgrimages and Marian Shrines in the world is visited by a millions of pilgrims every year.
Our pilgrimages to Lourdes include full service from hotels, transfers, guided city tours, booking of the mass, visit to the places associated with the life of St. Bernadette, visit to Bartres and numerous excursions to monasteries, castles and churches of the five valleys of the Lourdes country.
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Lourdes Pilgrimage
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Day 1 - Arrival at the airport and meeting with
the guide, opening Holy Mass (time permitting) in the shrine of Our Lady of
Immaculate Conception, dinner and overnight stay in Lourdes.
Day 2 - Tour of the shrine of about 2 hours visiting
the Grotto of Massabielle where Blessed Virgin appeared 18 times to Bernadette
Soubirous in 1858.Group will also see The Baths, not visit since one can come
in only to bath, to be emerged in the Lourdes miraculous water. Guided tour
will also include The Basilica of Immaculate Conception and Crypt which is
underneath and was first chapel built here as a place of worship, also Rosary
Basilica, Church of St. Bernadette. Afternoon and time for lunch will be on
your own. Free afternoon until dinner and in the evening group can participate
candlelight Marian procession starting every day at 9:00pm.
Day 3 - Guided city tour of the Lourdes,
visit to all of the places associated with the St. Bernadette. The Bolly Mill
in Rue Bernadette Soubirous where saint was born on the January 7th, 1844
and it is place where she spent first years of her life. Group will also visit
“Cachot” or jail where Bernadette lived with her family in great
poverty at the time of the apparitions, baptismal font where she was baptized
and last is visit to the chapel in Hospice where Saint received first Communion.
Free afternoon for visiting The Baths on your own where group can participate
together in this event, emerging into the Lourdes water coming from the Well
for which Our Lady said to Bernadette: “Go and drink in the spring and
wash there.
Dinner and overnight is in our hotel.
Day 4 - After morning group Holy Mass in
the shrine follows drive by bus to Bartres, 4 kilometers from Lourdes. Group
will visit tiny village where saint lived at the age of 2 and again when she
was 13, shortly before the apparitions. One can see Bernadette’s bedroom
in her nanny’s house, sheep farm and enjoy walking "The Path of
Bernadette" before returning to Lourdes.
Late afternoon free for personal devotions or group prayer of The Way Of The
Cross on the Hill behind the basilica.
Day 5 - Free day in Lourdes
Day 6 - After breakfast morning transfer
to airport Toulouse for departure flight home
Pilgrimage includes:
+ round trip airfares to Airport Toulouse
+ transfers airport - Lourdes hotel - airport
+ first class 4* hotel in Lourdes
+ daily breakfast and dinner
+ English speaking guide
+ Holy mass arrangements
+ porterage of luggage in/out hotel
+ airport tax
Not included:
+ daily lunch, souvenirs, personal expenses
+ tips for guides and drivers and hotel staff
+ travel insurance
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Blue Heart Travel offers variety of pilgrimage extensions or pre tours to :
Medjugorje
Fatima
Paris, Nevers, Lisieux
SEE OUR CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE - ROME - ASSISI - LOURDES