Blue Heart Travel: Catholic Pilgrimages: France: Lourdes

LOURDES PILGRIMAGES

Pilgrimages to France - Lourdes
6 days pilgrimage

Lourdes as one of the most popular Catholic pilgrimages and Marian Shrines in the world is visited by a millions of pilgrims every year. This package pilgrimage to Lourdes include full service from hotels, transfers, guided city tours - for small groups, families, prayer groups or parishes.
Itinerary gives you enough time to visit to the places associated with the life of St. Bernadette, visit to Bartres and excursions to monasteries, castles and churches of the five valleys of the Lourdes country.
We will be happy to add Marian Shrine in Fatima and Medjugorje to this program and make true Marian Shrine Pilgrimage - Fatima, Lourdes and Medjugorje.

Art portrait of Mary and child in Lourdes

Lourdes Itinerary

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Day 1 - Arrival at the airport and meeting with the guide, opening Holy Mass (time permitting) at 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. Lunch time, including the rest of the afternoon, may be spent to your liking. We meet again for dinner and, perhaps, a candlelight Marian procession which starts every evening at 9 p.m.

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 the morning Holy Mass in the shrine, we will take a bus to Bartres, situated 4 km 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 Toulouse Airport for your departure flight home.

Lourdes - Basilica photo by Gordan, Blue Heart Travel

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+ transfers airport - Lourdes hotel - airport
+ first class tourist 3* or first clas 4*hotel in Lourdes
+ daily breakfast and dinner, drinks included
+ English speaking guide
+ Holy mass arrangements
+ porterage of luggage in/out hotel

NOT INCLUDED:

+ daily lunch, souvenirs, personal expenses
+ tips for guides and drivers and hotel staff
+ travel insurance

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This Lourdes itinerary designed for parish and church groups but also for small groups, family type pilgrimages to one pilgrimage destination with desire to - reunite, heal or become closer to God!

PRE OR POST TOURS ARE POSSIBLE TO:

ROME PILGRIMAGE

MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE

FATIMA PILGRIMAGE

HOLY LAND TOURS

CROATIA TOURS

PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE - ROME - ASSISI

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