EUROPE PILGRIMAGE

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Europe Pilgrimage is an 18 days program covering Rome, Vatic...

  • 16 Night's 18 Days
  • Departure Date: Sep 05
  • COCHIN

Inclusions

  • Return Economy Class Airfare Ex Cochin including Taxes
  • 2 Nights’ Accommodation in hotel 4* Capanelle Roma or Similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 3* TH Casa Leonori Assisi or Similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 4* Marconi Medjugorje or Similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 4* Omorika Crikvenica or similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 4* Victoria Vicenza or Similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 3* Central Engel burg or similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 4* Holiday inn Strasbourg nord or similar
  • 2 Nights’ Accommodation in hotel 4* Novotel orly Rungis or Similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation in hotel 3* Gabriel Mont Saint Michel or Similar
  • 2 Nights’ Accommodation in hotel 4* Alba Lourdes or similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation Hotel 4* H2 in Avila or similar
  • 1 Night Accommodation Hotel 4* Cinquentenário Fatima or Similar
  • One way Inside cabin berths on Ancona – Split
  • Sightseeing as mentioned in the Itinerary
  • City Tax in hotels
  • Continental / Buffet Breakfast
  • Lunches at Restaurant
  • Dinner at Restaurant / Hotels
  • Schengen Visa Charges
  • Travel Insurance up to the age 70 yrs. (only for the passengers travelling from India)

Exclusions

  • The cost of Passport
  • Additional meals other than specified in the itinerary
  • Mineral water
  • Food & drinks not forming part of group menus
  • Laundry, beverages, telephone charges
  • Anything which is not included in the “Cost Includes”.

Tour Highlights

  • St. John’s Lateran Cathedral
  • Scala Santa (Holy Stairs)
  • Church of Holy Cross of Jerusalem
  • Vatican Museum
  • Sistine Chapel
  • St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
  • City Tour of Rome
  • Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia
  • Medjugorje
  • Apparition Mountain
  • St Mark's Square
  • Duomo Cathedral
  • Orientation tour of Lucerne
  • Reims Cathedral
  • Tomb of St. Vincent De Paul
  • Basilica of St. Therese of Lisieux
  • Sacre Coeur
  • Carmelite Monastery
  • Our Lady of Fatima

Day 01COCHIN - ROME

  • Depart from Cochin International Airport.
  • Arrive Rome International Airport by noon.
  • Complete Emigration, Customs formalities
  • Collect Luggage
  • Board the Coach
  • Transfer to hotel
  • Freshen up
  • Proceed on a panoramic Tour of Rome
  • Visit St. John’s Lantern Cathedral
  • Visit Scala Santa (Holy Stairs)
  • Visit the church of Holy Cross of Jerusalem
  • Check in hotel.
  • Dinner & Overnight at hotel.

 

  • Panoramic Tour of Rome: Learn about its history from ancient Rome to the Baroque period and enjoy an external view of various monuments.

 

  • St. John’s Lateran Cathedral: is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome and serves as the seat of the Roman Pontiff.

 

  • Scala Santa (Holy Stairs): visitors can climb the original marble steps that Jesus Christ is said to have ascended on his way to be tried by Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem.

 

  • Church of Holy Cross of Jerusalem: According to tradition, the basilica was built to house the relics of the Passion of Jesus Christ brought to Rome from the Holy Land. At that time, the Basilica's floor was covered with soil from Jerusalem, thus acquiring the title in Jerusalem; it is not dedicated to the Holy Cross which is in Jerusalem, but the Basilica itself is "in Jerusalem" in the sense that a "piece" of Jerusalem was moved to Rome for its foundation

Day 03ROME CITY TOUR - CASCIA - ASSISI

  • Breakfast at Hotel.
  • Visit the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
  • City Tour of Rome
  • Lunch at Restaurant
  • Proceed to Cascia and Visit St. Rita of Cascia
  • Continue to Assisi
  • Arrive and check in hotel.
  • Dinner and overnight.

 

  • Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore: is a Papal major basilica and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.

 

  • City Tour of Rome: view (from outside) the famous monuments such as Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Ancient Roman Forums etc.

 

  • Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia: is a 20th-century Roman Catholic minor basilica church, sanctuary, and convent located in the town of Cascia, province of Perugia, region of Umbria, Italy.

Day 05ARRIVE SPLIT - DRIVE TO MEDJUGORJE

  • Breakfast on board.
  • Arrive Split port.
  • Proceed to Medjugorje.
  • Check in Hotel.
  • Lunch at Restaurant.
  • Holy Mass
  • Proceed to climb the Apparition Mountain.
  • Visit Blue Cross
  • Back to church.
  • Free time for prayer and confession
  • Free time for shopping
  • Dinner and overnight at hotel

 

  • Medjugorje is a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s been an unofficial place of Catholic pilgrimage since the Virgin Mary allegedly appeared on Apparition Hill in 1981.

 

  • Apparition Mountain. : Mount Podbrdo is the name of the “mountain” that Our Lady first appeared on, to the visionaries of Medjugorje. After the apparitions began, it became known as Apparition Mountain. It is a steep and rock-strewn path that ascends to the actual location where Our Lady appears.

 

  • Blue Cross – there have been many apparitions at the Blue Cross.

Day 07DRIVE VIA SLOVENIA TO PADUA - VENICE

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Drive to Padua
  • Lunch at Restaurant.
  • Visit the famous basilica of St. Anthony in Padua.
  • Proceed to the pier and board a private boat to Venice Island
  • City Tour of Venice Island and St. Mark’s Square
  • Visit Murano glass showroom (Subject to availability)  
  • Back to Venice by boat.
  • Check in hotel
  • Dinner & Overnight.

 

  • Slovenia, a country in Central Europe, is known for its mountains, ski resorts and lakes.

 

  • The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: is a Roman Catholic Church and minor basilica in Padua, where Holy Tomb and relics of St Anthony can be visited.

 

  • Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces.

 

  • St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square")

Day 09Mt.TITLIS – LUCERNE – TITISEE - STRASBOURG

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Proceed to visit Mt. Titlis at 10,000 feet
  • Enjoy Snow and the beauty of mountain by cable car
  • Back to station by 1200 p.m.
  • Lunch at Restaurant
  • Proceed to Lucerne
  • Orientation tour of Lucerne
  • Proceed to Schaffhausen waterfalls – biggest waterfall in Europe.
  • Continue to Titisee.  See the beautiful black Forest and enjoy Lake Titisee.
  • Proceed to Strasbourg.
  • Check in hotel.
  • Dinner and overnight at hotel.

 

  • Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern. At 3,238 meters (10,623 ft.) above sea level.

 

  • Orientation tour of Lucerne – view the Chapel Bridge, Lake Lucerne etc...

 

  • Schaffhausen waterfalls or Rhine Falls is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the most powerful waterfall in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine on the border between the cantons of Schauffesen (SH) and Zurich (ZH).

 

  • The Black Forest is a large, forested mountain range in southwest Germany. It is bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south. Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters (4,898 ft.). The region is roughly oblong in shape with a length of 160 km and breadth of up to 50 km.

 

  • The Titisee is a lake in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. It covers an area of 1.3 km² and is an average of 20 m deep. It owes its formation to the Feldberg glacier.

Day 11PARIS

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Proceed to Visit Eiffel tower (2nd level).
  • Proceed on a City tour.
  • Visit Shrine of the Miraculous Medal
  • Visit the Tomb of St. Vincent De Paul.
  • Dinner at Restaurant.
  • Transfer to hotel.
  • Overnight stay at hotel

 

  • The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

 

  • City Tour of Paris: Drive past and view monuments such as Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, the Opera, Petit Palais and Grand Palais, Les Invalides and Notre Dame Cathedral.

 

  • The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris, France, is the chapel where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré in 1830 and requested the creation of the medal which came to be known as the Miraculous Medal. The Chapel was part of the mother house of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Catherine Labouré was a seminary sister (novice) there when she had her apparitions.

 

  • Tomb of St. Vincent De Paul is a church dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul in the chapel of the Vincentian Fathers. Upon entering the Church, you’ll notice the glass reliquary containing his body high above the main altar. It is an easy climb to the reliquary by a double stairway behind the altar, to venerate his relics.

Day 13LOURDES

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Drive to Lourdes.
  • Lunch enroute.
  • Arrive Lourdes
  • Check in hotel.
  • Dinner and overnight at hotel  

 

  • Lourdes, the famous Catholic pilgrimage center, located in the South West of France at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains, where The Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old girl, Bernadette

Day 15AVILA

  • Breakfast in hotel.
  • Proceed to Avila.
  • Lunch Enroute.
  • We visit the Carmelite Monastery and the cell where St. Teresa lived and see relics of Teresa and St. John of the Cross. 
  • We will also tour the ancient city of Avila whose architecture and culture remain the same from centuries ago.
  • Check in hotel
  • Dinner at Restaurant
  • Overnight at hotel

 

  • Ávila is a Spanish fortified city located in the autonomous community of Castile and León, and is the capital of the Province of Ávila. The city of Avila appears much as it did in the sixteenth century, cobblestone streets surrounded by a giant wall built to defend against enemies.

Day 17FATIMA – LISBON – DEPARTURE

  • Early breakfast in hotel.
  • Check out. Transfer to airport.
  • If time permits (subject to flight timing), we will visit the Birthplace of St. Antony of Padua in Lisbon.
  • Depart for Cochin.

 

  • Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 505,526 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2 Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.8 million people

 

  • Saint Anthony's birthplace: Santo António (better known as Saint Anthony of Padua), revered as a matchmaker, protector of young brides, and patron of the lost and found, was actually born in Lisbon, on the site of this church. Work began in 1757, and the façade blends the Baroque style with Neoclassical Ionic columns

Day 02PAPAL AUDIENCE - VATICAN MUSEUM – CHURCH VISITS

  • Breakfast in Hotel.
  • Proceed to St. Peter’s Square for Papal Audience
  • Lunch at Restaurant
  • Proceed to Visit Vatican Museum and the world famous Sistine Chapel
  • Visit St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Visit the Papal Basilica of St. Paul, known as St. Paul's outside the Walls
  • Back to hotel
  • Dinner and overnight.

 

  • St. Peter’s Square: is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome,

 

  • Vatican Museum: are Christian art museums located within the city boundaries of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.

 

  • Sistine Chapel: Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo.

 

  • St. Peter’s Basilica: Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world.

 

  • St. Paul's outside the Walls: is one of Rome's four ancient, papal, major basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major.

Day 04ASSISI – LORETTO - ANCONA – OVERNIGHT FERRY

  • Breakfast in Hotel. 
  • Proceed to Visit Assisi.
  • Visit the ‘Porziuncula’ (the first Franciscan house) - the place of his death and the thorn-less rose garden.
  • Visit the remains of St. Clare and the famous Cross of San Damiano.  
  • Visit the Basilica of St. Francis, including the tombs of St. Francis and his disciples. 
  • Lunch at Restaurant. 
  • Proceed to Loreto
  • Visit the Basilica Della Santa Casa  
  • Proceed to Ancona Port. 
  • Check in Ferry to Split (Croatia). 
  • Dinner & Overnight on Ferry. 

 

  • Assisi is a town and commune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. 

 

  • Porziuncula, which is where St. Francis lived and worked after founding the Franciscan Order. It is also where he had his vision in 1216, during which he witnessed the Virgin Mary. Following this vision, the church was visited by a great many pilgrims, and thus the great Baroque church was also built.

 

  • Thorn-less rose garden- Outside the basilica is the Roselo, or Rose Garden. Here, you will find a very special type of rose: one without any thorns! Legend has it that in this location, Saint Francis himself rolled naked amongst the thorn bushes, in order to combat doubt and temptation. It is then said that on contact with the Saint’s body, thorn-less roses began to bloom, and they still do to this day! These special flowers can only be found in this particular rose garden, and are named Rosa Canina Assisiensis.

 

  • Basilica of St: Clare: is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare.

 

  • Basilica of St. Francis: is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, where Saint Francis was born and died. It is a Papal minor basilica and one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000.

 

  • Basilica Della Santa Casa: is a shrine of Marian pilgrimage and known for enshrining the house in which the Blessed Virgin Mary believed to have lived.

 

  • Loreto is a hill town and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.
     

Day 06MEDJUGORJE – CRIKVENICA

  • Breakfast in Hotel.
  • Holy Mass
  • Visit the Church and Rosary Park
  • Free time for Prayer
  • Shopping.
  • Lunch at Restaurant
  • Drive to Crikvencia
  • Arrive and check in hotel
  • Dinner and Overnight.

 

  • Crikvenica is the largest settlement on the coast of the Vinodol coastal area, Croatia, and developed on the site of Roman era settlement and military base called Ad Turres. Population 6,860, total municipality population 11,122 with 90% Croats.

Day 08MONTICHIARI (ROSA MYSTICA) – MILAN – ENGELBERG

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Proceed to Monti Chiari
  • Visit Rosa Mystica church.
  • Continue to Milan
  • Lunch at Restaurant
  • Visit Dumo Cathedral
  • Proceed to Engelberg / Lucerne / Zurich 
  • See the magical beauty of Switzerland.
  • Arrive and check in hotel
  • Dinner and overnight at hotel

 

  • Montichiari is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 27, 1991.

 

  • Rosa Mystica church: Near the Italian Alps in northern Italy is the small town of Montichiari. It was here, in 1947, that the Blessed Mother appeared to a hospital nurse named Pierina Gilli. She appeared very sad, with three large swords piercing her breast. She only said: “prayer..penitence..expiation”. On December 8, 1947 Our Lady appeared once again to Pierina, after which Pierina withdrew from the world and worked in a convent in the nearby town of Fontanelle. Some 19 years later, in February 1966, Our Lady once again appeared to Pierina as she was praying in her room. Our Lady told Pierina that she would appear in Fontanelle on April 17, the Sunday after Easter that year. Our Lady did indeed appear on that date, with instructions that Pierina kiss the top steps of a well in the town, and then instructed her to place a crucifix in a place that she pointed out. This apparition was followed by another some days later in which she identified herself as the mother of Jesus and mother of all. She announced that she was sent to bring a new Marian devotion for all male and female institutes, religious orders and secular priests. She went on to request that the 13th of each month be celebrated as a day of Mary and that July 13th be celebrated in honor of “Rosa Mystica”

 

  • Milan - Milan, a metropolis in Italy's northern Lombardy region, is a global capital of fashion and design. Home to the national stock exchange, it’s a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops.

 

  • Dumo Cathedral or Milan Cathedral is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. 

Day 10REIMS – PARIS

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Proceed to Reims.
  • Arrive and visit the Reims Cathedral
  • Lunch at Restaurant.
  • Proceed to visit one of the vinery in Reims.
  • Following the cellars visit, you could taste Champagne.
  • Continue to Paris.
  • Arrive and proceed on a Cruising on the River Seine
  • Transfer to hotel.
  • Dinner at restaurant
  • Overnight at hotel  

 

  • Reims is a city in northeastern France's Grand Est region. It's the unofficial capital of the Champagne wine-growing region, and many of the champagne houses headquartered there offer tastings and cellar tours.

 

  • Reims Cathedral or Notre-Dame de Reims, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of its same name. The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is famous for being the traditional location for the coronation of the kings of France. It is city's most beautiful monument and one of the foremost achievement of 13th century Gothic art.

 

  • Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine.

 

  • The Seine is a 777-kilometre-long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Source-Seine, 30 kilometers northwest of Dijon in northeastern France

 

  • Seine River Cruise: Seeing the romantic city of Paris by boat is on the must-do list of most visitors to Paris and a Seine cruise is a very popular way to see Paris. This short river cruise allow you to take in many of the highlights of the city—the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower etc.—as you float along the famous Seine River.

Day 12LISIEUX - MONT ST. MICHELLE

  • Breakfast at hotel.
  • Proceed to Lisieux.
  • Visit Basilica of St. Therese of Lisieux dedicated to Saint Therese of Lisieux
  • Lunch at Restaurant.
  • Proceed to Normandy region and visit Mont St. Michelle
  • Check in hotel
  • Dinner and overnight at hotel.

 

  • Lisieux  is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.

 

  • Basilica of St. Thérèse of Lisieux is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Located in Lisieux, France, the large basilica can accommodate 4,000 people, and, with more than two million visitors a year, is the second largest pilgrimage site in France, after Lourdes.

 

  • Mont St. Michelle  is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island is located about one kilometer  off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 17 acres in area. The mainland part of the commune is 971 acres in area so that the total surface of the commune is 988 acres. As of 2015, the island has a population of 50. One of France's most recognisable landmarks, visited by more than 3 million people each year, Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites

Day 14LOURDES

  • Breakfast in hotel.
  • Lourdes,
  • Visit the three main Basilicas, pray at the Grotto and drink water from the miraculous spring.
  • Visit Sacre Coeur to see the Baptismal font where St. Bernadette baptized.
  • Visit the healing waters. These are 7 pools with water coming from the Miracle Source.
  • Join the Candle Light Procession at night. 
  • Dinner and Overnight at hotel.

 

  • Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart) Parish Church is a church located in the commune of Lourdes in France.Built between 1875 and 1903, it retains many reminders of the old Parish Church of St. Peter that was destroyed. On the right hand side of the transept, is the Baptismal Font where Bernadette was baptised on 9th January 1844, as well as the statues of the Blessed Virgin and St. John the Baptist.

 

  • Healing waters which flows from a spring in the Grotto of Massabielle in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France. The location of the spring was described to Bernadette Soubirous by an apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes on 25 February 1858. Since that time, many thousands of pilgrims to Lourdes have followed the instruction of Our Lady of Lourdes to "drink at the spring and bathe in it". Lourdes water is considered non-liturgical holy water.

Day 16FATIMA

  • Breakfast in hotel.
  • Proceed to Fatima.
  • Lunch enroute at Restaurant
  • Arrive Fatima
  • Visit Our Lady of Fatima church.
  • Check-in to Hotel.
  • Visit the Holy Tomb of Saints and Apparition church
  • Participate the Candle Light Procession.
  • Dinner and Overnight at hotel

 

  • Fatima is a city in the municipality of Ourém, Beira Litoral Province, in the Central Region and Médio Tejo intermunicipal community of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 11,788 inhabitants (2011). Its population density is 162.7 inhabitants/km2.

 

  • Our Lady of Fatima church the place where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children near the town of Fatima between 13 May and 13 October 1917. A small chapel, now known as the Chapel of the Apparitions, was built at the site of the alleged supernatural events, and a precious statue of Our Lady of Fátima installed.

Day 18COCHIN

  • Arrive Cochin.

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