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Marian Pilgrimage 11 Days

Day 1
USA - LISBON

Depart for our overnight in flight to Lisbon, Portugal. We are served dinner and breakfast aloft.

Day 2
LISBON

Upon arrival meeting with the guide and the driver and we will transfer to our Hotel. Check in and start our journey in the birthplace of St Anthony. Visit the Monastry Dos Jeronimos, the Belem tower. Return to our hotel, dinner and Overnight.

Saint Antony’ Church - Lisbon

Lisbon

Day 3
LISBON - FATIMA

Today after breakfast we will complete our visits of Lisbon with Placa dos Rossios and Placa dos Restauradores. We will continue then with the Cathedral of Lisbon,the church of Nossa Senora de Conceicao Velha and the church of St. Antony where we will have the Holy Mass. We will pass by Avenida de Liberdade and we will have a walk tour of the quarter of Alfama and the Castle of St Jose. At the end of the visit we will continue to Fatima. Accommodation in our hotel and time for personal prayer. Dinner, Torchlight procession and overnight.

St. Stephens Church – Santarem

Fatima

Day 4
FATIMA

After Breakfast. Visit of Adjustrel and Os Valinhos birthplaces of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom the Virgin appeared for the first time on May 13th, 1917. Via Crucis in Os Valinhos, up to Loca do Cabeco, place of the 4th appearance of Our Lady. This afternoon is dedicated to visiting the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Visit of The Museum of the Shrine where is conserved the crown with the bullet that wounded John Paul II. In the evening we join the Rosary and candlelight procession. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

Concelebration at the Chapel of the apparitions - Fatima

Fatima

Day 5
FATIMA-COIMBRA-SALAMANCA

This morning, after breakfast, we will leave Fatima and we will travel To Coimbra . Visit of St Teresa Covent. As a Discalced Carmelite Convent, this is similar to many other Carmelite convents; however, there has been one notable occupant of the convent: Sister Lucia, one of the visionaries of Fatima. The Fatima apparitions took place in 1917, and Sister Lucy moved to Porto in 1921. In 1925, she entered the Institute of the Sisters of St. Dorothy as a postulant in the convent in Tui, Spain, just across the northern Portuguese border. In 1948

she entered the Carmelite convent in Coimbra and took her vows on May 31, 1949, taking the religious name Sister Maria Lúcia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart. As a cloistered nun, she had little contact with the outside world (perhaps her most famous visitor was Pope John Paul II). She lived here until her death in 2005. Visit of the ancient University and the Library. After the visit departure to Salamanca. Arrival in the evening, accommodation in our hotel, dinner and overnight.

Saint Martin’s Church – Salamanca

Salamanca

Day 6
Salamanca - Monastery of Yuste – Avila

Breakfast in our hotel and drive to Monastery of Yuste (a 2.5 hours’ drive), after a short visit we will continue to Avila, we will immediately notice the perfectly preserved eleventh-century walls surrounding the old town. The conservation of architecture in this city, to which St. Teresa was born, deems its shrines, convents, and churches necessary to visit any Catholic pilgrimage. The Cathedral de Avila encompasses the Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles of its time with its artwork and architecture. La Basilica de San Vicente in Avila stands on the site of the martyrdom of St. Vincent. Dinner and overnight in Avial

Monasterio Anunciación – Alba de Tormes

Avila

Day 7
Avila - Burgos

Breakfast in hotel and Visit the Incarnation Convent, where St. Teresa became a nun. Saint Teresa convinced Saint John of the Cross to reform the male Carmelite order, the reform she started when she met Saint John in Medina del Campo. After the visit we will drive to Burgos. Burgos was the capital city of the unified kingdom of Castile and Leon for five centuries, and boasts one of the masterpieces of Spanish Gothic, its Cathedral, declared a World Heritage Site. Built on a Romanesque canvas, the current building followed the Franco-Norman Gothic style. The filigrees on the tower spiers and the exterior volume of the Chapel of El Condestable are some of its masterpieces. Inside, this beauty and creative genius is complemented by a long list of exceptional works: the starry dome that covers the tombs of El Cid and Doña Jimena, the choir, the tombs, and the Golden Staircase by the Burgos architect and sculptor Diego de Siloé, one of the most representative figures of the Spanish Renaissance. The historic centre of Burgos ends with two important buildings: to the west rises the Monastery of Santa María Real de las Huelgas, and its remarkable Gothic cloister and chapel of the Apostle Santiago. Nearby, the Museo de Ricas Telas showcases, for example, the historic banner seized from the Arabs in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (year 1212). To the east, in Cartuja de Miraflores you can find an impressive polychrome altarpiece, and other art works. According to tradition, it was gilded with the first gold brought to Spain after the discovery of America.

Dinner and overnight

Burgos

Day 8
BURGOS – LOYOLA - LOURDES

After breakfast we will drive to Loyola to visit and have Mass at the Monastery of St Ignatius. At the end of the visit transfer to Lourdes. Upon arrival accommodation in our hotel and time for personal devotion. Dinner in hotel then Rosary and candlelight procession. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.

Lourdes

Day 9
LOURDES

After breakfast, visit of the Grotto holy mass and time for lunch. In the afternoon we will have a walking tour that takes us to Boly Mill (the birthplace of St. Bernadette), the Cachot (the former jail, where she lived during the apparitions) and the local parish church. Dinner in hotel then Rosary and candlelight procession. Overnight.

Concelebrated Mass At Grotto – Lourdes

Lourdes

Day 10
LOURDES

Breakfast in Hotel, Holy Mass, time for personal devotion. Dinner in hotel then Rosary and candlelight procession. Overnight.

Concelebrated Mass At Grotto – Lourdes

Lourdes

Day 11
Return back home

Transfer to Toulouse Airport for our return flight, carrying home the spiritual blessings and memories of our pilgrimage.

What's Typically Included? (Pilgrim)
  • Accommodations at 4* hotels and Christian guest houses (as per Leader request)

  • All tours and transfers in an air-conditioned deluxe motorcoach

  • Daily breakfast & dinner

  • Tips for hotel staff and restaurants

  • Admission tickets and private tours through all shrines, monasteries, abbeys, and historical sites on our itinerary

  • Whisper headsets

  • Local, English-speaking pilgrimage escort & guide for the entire duration of the pilgrimage

  • Daily Mass, confessions, and spiritual devotions led by the pilgrimage chaplain

  • A custom name badge, luggage tag, mao, hat and backpack for each pilgrim

  • Porterage

  • Taxes

Leader / Church benefits
  • Free pilgrimage package for the priest / chaplain (land only)

  • Additional free seat for every 15 paying pilgrims (policy-based)

  • Pre-departure information meeting support

  • Digital promotion kit: webpage + printed brochure 250 copies.

  • Dedicated operations support before and during the pilgrimage

What's Typically Excluded? (Pilgrim)
  • International airfare

  • Tips to local guide and driver

  • Travel insurance

  • Personal expenses (laundry, minibar, etc.)

  • Passport/visa fees (if applicable)

  • Single room supplement (if applicable)

  • Optional activities during free time

Ready to Bring This Pilgrimage to Your Community?

This itinerary may be fully adapted to your parish’s needs, preferred travel dates, spiritual focus, and budget. Our team will work closely with you to customize every detail.

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