Pilgrimage to France & Italy with FR. TITO VOZ

Upon arrival in Paris in the evening, we will proceed to the hotel for check-in and overnight. Dinner will be during your flight from Dubai to Paris.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Sacre Coeur Basilica (Celebrate private Mass). Afterwards, have a guided tour of this breathtakingly beautiful city that include views of the famous Eiffel Tower (photo stop); the Place de la Concorde, Arch de Triomphe, Avenue des Champs Elysse viewpoint, Les Invalides, Louvre Museum and Seine River banks. Have dinner at an international restaurant before returning to the hotel for overnight.

After breakfast, we will celebrate Mass at Miraculous Medal Church at Rue de Bac. This is where the incorruptible body of St. Catherine de Laboure lies and where the heart of St. Vincent de Paul is kept. Have a guided tour of the Miraculous Medal Church, the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. Visit the Galleries Lafayette. Rest of the time is free at leisure. Have dinner at an international restaurant before returning to the hotel for overnight stay.

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the train station to catch your 2nd class TGV train going to Lourdes- one of the great pilgrimage shrines in the world, where in the Grotto of Massabielle, a beautiful lady revealed herself to a young sick child named Bernadette, that she is the Immaculate Concepcion. Check-in at the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit at the Grotto of Lourdes. Then we will have a half-day guided tour on foot to the Sanctuaries in Lourdes; the Boly Water-mill (St. Bernadette’s birth place). Walk the Way of the Cross, pray the rosary, drink the Holy Water, in your free time in the afternoon. You may also join the pilgrims around the world for a torch light procession and Rosary in the evening. Have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast and check-out at the hotel, we will have a long-distance drive to Montpellier. In the afternoon, we will have a guided tour to visit the Cathédrale Saint- Pierre de Montpellier. Have a view of the triumphal arch Porte du Peyrou, La Citadelle and Aqueduct Saint Clement. Have dinner, check-in and overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast and check out at the hotel, proceed to Nice and have a guided tour and you will view Massena Square, Promenade del Anglais, Place Garibaldi. Check-in at the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast and check-out, drive to Pisa and have some photo stop of the Leaning Tower, Square of Miracles, The Baptistry, and The Duomo. Afterwards, proceed to Florence for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast at the hotel, have a half-day guided tour which includes photo stops of the Florence Cathedral (Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore), Piazza Michelangelo, Giotto’s Bell Tower, Florence Baptistery and Duomo complex. Drive to Assisi. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast and check out at the hotel, have a half- day guided tour on foot of Assisi which includes a visit to Santa Maria Degli Angeli Church, the Santa Chiara Church, the Lower (Inferiore), Upper (Superiore) of the Basilica of St. Francis. Afterwards, have a long- distance drive to San Giovanni Rotondo. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, check out at the hotel. Have a guided tour to visit the Shrine of St. Padre Pio, which centers on his tomb inside the Church of Our Lady of Grace (Santa Maria delle Grazie). Here you can also see his cell, his confessional, the crucifix from which he received the stigmata, and nearly everything he owned or touched, carefully preserved and labeled. Then have a long-distance drive to Rome. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Have a half-day guided tour to see the Classical Rome: View of the Arch of Constantine, Monument Vittorio Emanuelle II, Circus Maximus; the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and at the Piazza Navona. Visit the Pantheon Church. Rest of the time is free at leisure and for souvenir shopping. Then return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Have a guided tour to visit the Major Basilicas: San Giovanni in Laterano Church, the St. Mary Major’s Basilica, and the St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica. Visit the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel; entrance to the St. Peter Basilica, destination of all Catholics coming from all over the world. Have dinner at a local restaurant before returning to the hotel for overnight.

Have a boxed breakfast and check out. We will attend the General Papal Audience. Have some free time before transfer to Rome airport to catch your flight back to Manila.

“Home Sweet Home”!!!