Pilgrimage Tour Fatima - Santiago de Compostela - Burgos - Lourdes - Paris - Lisieux - BHT0009
Tour Portugal - Spain - France
13 DAY TOUR
Pilgrimage tour through Portugal, Spain, and France! Catholic journey to most popular Marian Shrines, Fatima and Lourdes with visits to Eucharistic Miracle in Santarem, Santiago de Compostela, Burgos, and Lisieux to St. Therese the Little Flower, St. Martin of Tours in Tours, Normandy & Omaha Beach, and at the end a City Of Light, Paris!
In Paris, our focus will be on the Miraculous Medal Chapel, and here our group will celebrate the Holy Mass. Of course, a Catholic theme tour of Paris also includes Cathedral Notre Dame, Sacre Couer, and many other Paris landmarks!
An impressive tour!
A fine selection of the sanctuaries and shrines that every pilgrim must have on a "bucket list"!
Have a blessed pilgrimage!
Lisbon - Fatima - Santiago - Burgos - Lourdes - Tours - Lisieux - Paris
13 days Tour
Day 1 DEPART FOR PORTUGAL
Our journey starts with a flight to Portugal and its capital city Lisbon. Catholic pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes, and Miraculous Medal in Paris. Meals were served onboard the plane.
Day 2 ARRIVAL TO LISBON AND FATIMA
Upon arrival to Portugal, we are heading to its capital, a city tour of Lisbon. Visiting for pilgrim's most exciting site, the birthplace of St. Anthony, the church of St. Anthony, and the nearby Cathedral. We will go down to the waterfront and see the Belem Tower and Jeronimos Monastery. On the way to Fatima, we will make a short stop in Santarem, one of the most visited Eucharistic Miracle sanctuaries in Europe!
Fatima group will check in to the hotel, dinner, and candlelight procession at 9:30 in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima. Overnight at our hotel in Fatima.
Day 3 FATIMA - ALJUSTREL - VALINHOS
Visit places connected with the apparition in Fatima! Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, tiny village Aljustrel, home of visionaries, pasturage at Valinhos where Our Lady also appeared, and to the Cova da Iria, the actual place of the apparition where Our Lady of Fatima gave a message to the world through Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia. Holy Mass in one of the chapels in the Shrine. In the evening, participating in the prayer service (optional). Dinner and overnight stay in Fatima.
Day 4 FATIMA - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
After breakfast and holy Mass in Fatima in the early morning, we leave for Spain for Santiago de Compostela. Along the way, stop for lunch in the late afternoon arrival, and visit the city of Santiago de Compostela, St James - Santiago "Obradorio Plaza," and the Cathedral of St. James. Check in to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 5 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - BURGOS
We will spend the morning in Santiago, breakfast, and Holy Mass before our pilgrimage journey continues to Burgos, the city of El Cid, and many Spanish kings who were buried in this spectacular Cathedral. Dinner and overnight in a hotel in Burgos.
Day 6 BURGOS - LOURDES
In the morning, a city tour of Burgos where the focus is on the amazing Cathedral of Saint Mary. From Burgos, we depart for France, Lourdes. After checking into the hotel, free time before dinner. Time permitting, you will have a chance to walk to the Shrine of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. In the evening, prayer of the Rosary during the candlelight procession. First night in Lourdes.
Day 7 LOURDES
Tour of the Shrine of about 2 hours visiting the Grotto of Massabielle where the Blessed Virgin appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Also, we will see The Baths, with the Lourdes miraculous water. A guided tour will include The Basilica of Immaculate Conception and Crypt, which was the first chapel built here as a place of worship, also Rosary Basilica, Church of St. Bernadette. Our local Lourdes guide will then take us to all the sites associated with St. Bernadette. The Bolly Mill in Rue Bernadette Soubirous, where the Saint was born on January 7th, 1844, and it is a place where she spent the first years of her life. A group will also visit "Cachot" or jail, where Bernadette lived with her family in poverty at the time of the apparitions. The tour will also include the parish church and the baptismal font where she received baptism! The afternoon and time for lunch will be on your own. Free afternoon until dinner, and in the evening group can participate Candlelight Marian Procession. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Day 8 LOURDES - TOURS (St. Martin of Tours)
Today group will leave Lourdes! A morning bus ride of several hours before we reach the Loire Valley & town of Tours! The rich history of the place where St. Martin was a bishop, from Romans (Hill of Ceaser), Arabs during the 8th-century crucial battle, Vikings during the 9th century, and First, and Second World War, will be presented to us by our local guide. After the city tour, where we visit the tomb of St. Martin in the Basilica dedicated to him, and some free time, we will head to our hotel for a good night's rest! Tonight you are in your hotel in the Loire Valley!
Day 9 TOURS - NORMANDY OMAHA BEACH, D-Day - LISIEUX
This morning we will continue our tour through France, our goal is Normandy Beach, where we visit the place remembering the great sacrifice US soldiers offered for the liberation of Europe from Nazis! The story about D-Day before we leave for Lisieux to St. Theresa of Little Flower! Check in to the hotel for dinner and overnight!
Day 10 LISIEUX, St. Therese of Little Flower - PARIS
We are in Lisieux, visit St. Therese the Little Flower. After Holy Mass, we will visit the Carmel, where Saint lived as a Carmelite nun. We will see the relics, the modern Basilica, dedicated to the Saint, "the greatest saint of modern times" (Pope Pious X), and we will also visit the family home, "Les Buissonets." Later in the afternoon, we are heading for the City of Lights, Paris! Check in to the hotel, dinner, and overnight.
Day 11 PARIS - city tour
Today group will celebrate Holy Mass at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, hosting the tomb of St. Catherine Labore. Just across the street, we will visit the church of St. Vincent de Paul, founder of Daughters of Charity, the order to which St. Catherine belonged. Our sightseeing in Paris by bus will include Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and more. The group will also stop at the Basilica of Sacred Heart - Sacre Coeur - and the visit will finish at Notre Dame Cathedral, Latin Quarter, with a dozen shops, restaurants, cafes, bookstores... Dinner on your own, overnight stay in Paris.
Day 12 PARIS - free day
Today after breakfast, you will have a chance to explore Paris on your own! Pilgrims will have a free day for visits to museums, churches, and shopping centers, have lunch & a glass of fine wines, cruise the Seine River or stroll the streets of Paris! Last night in Paris for packing before departure back home. Farewell dinner in Paris!
Day 13 FLIGHT BACK HOME
Transfer to CDG, Paris International airport for flight back home.
RATES & DATES: - prices are based on a group of a minimum of 25 people in the group
May 20 - June 1, 2024:
Land and air......NEW YORK / NEWARK..............US$ 3890.00
Land and air.......HOUSTON.................................US$ 3945.00
Land and air.......LOS ANGELES..........................US$ 3895.00
Single room supplement.........................................US$ 670.00
June 17 - 29, 2024:
Land and air......NEW YORK / NEWARK..............US$ 3890.00
Land and air.......HOUSTON.................................US$ 3945.00
Land and air.......LOS ANGELES..........................US$ 3995.00
Single room supplement.........................................US$ 670.00
August 5 - 17, 2024:
Land and air......NEW YORK / NEWARK..............US$ 3830.00
Land and air.......HOUSTON..................................US$ 3885.00
Land and air.......LOS ANGELES...........................US$ 3885.00
Single room supplement.....................................US$ 590.00
Oct. 7 - 19, 2024:
Land and air......NEW YORK / NEWARK..............US$ 3690.00
Land and air.......HOUSTON..................................US$ 3755.00
Land and air.......LOS ANGELES..........................US$ 3765.00
Single room supplement.....................................US$ 670.00
INCLUDES:
- Round trip airfares and airport taxes included - subject to change by the airline
- 11 nights in First-class, 4* hotels
- Accommodation in double/twin rooms
- Breakfast and dinner daily, a glass of wine & water, included
- High-class tourist coaches, according to the itinerary
- Escort all the way, from arrival to Lisbon until departure from Paris
- City tours of Lisbon, Fatima, Santiago, Burgos, Lourdes, Paris, and Lisieux
- Farewell dinner out in a restaurant in Paris, French wine included!
- Daily holy mass arrangements with the priest in the group
- All entrance fees, according to the itinerary
- Whispers, headsets for the walking city tours all the way from Lisbon to Paris
NOT INCLUDED:
- Tips for guides, drivers, and hotel staff
- Dinner in Paris on DAY 12 - free daily
- Items of a personal nature (lunches, drinks, souvenirs...)
- Travel insurance - strongly recommended and available upon request
- Porterage of luggage in/our hotels
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