Your trip includes
- Round-trip airfare from your desired Airport
- Round-trip Business class airfare for Bishop William Francis Medley
- Mass daily & Spiritual activities
- All airport taxes & fuel surcharges
- Hotel accommodations: (or similar) in double occupancy
- ~ 1 night: Aug 24 - 25: Ayre Hotel Caspe, Barcelona, Spain
- ~ 2 nights: Aug 25 - 27: Hotel Abat Cisneros Montserrat, Montserrat, Spain
- ~ 2 nights: Aug 27 - 29: Catalonia Atocha, Madrid, Spain
- ~ 2 nights: Aug 29 - 31: Hotel Compostela, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- ~ 1 night: Aug 31 - Sep 1: Hotel Marques De Pombal or Hotel Mundial, Lisbon, Portugal
- ~ 2 nights: Sep 1 - 3: Hotel Santa Maria, Fatima, Portugal
- Whisper headsets
- Transfers as per itinerary
- Breakfast and Dinner daily
- Wine and mineral water with dinners
- Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
- Free WiFi & Water on bus
- Assistance of local guide throughout
- Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
- Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
- Flight bag & PDF confirmation of all travel documents
Not Included
- Lunches, Tips to your guide & driver.
Itinerary
Day 1 | Saturday, August 23: Depart for Barcelona
Make your way to your local airport, where you will board your overnight flight(s). Your meals will be served on board.
Day 2 | Sunday, August 24: Arrive Barcelona
Arrive in Barcelona and greet your guide who will escort you to your hotel. This evening, you will enjoy a welcoming dinner, followed by an overnight in Barcelona.
Day 3 | Monday, August 25: Barcelona - Manresa - Montserrat
This morning, your day will begin with breakfast and a sightseeing tour of Barcelona! Enjoy the stunning panoramic views of the Port of Barcelona, Montjuic, Plaza de España, and Plaza de Catalunya. Continue with a guided walk through the Gothic Quarter that contains remains from an ancient Roman village, including the Cathedral of Barcelona. Visit Antoni Gaudi’s stunning, but unfinished Roman Catholic Basilica, La Sagrada Familia. In the afternoon, we will travel to Manresa, with a visit to the Sanctuary of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and the Holy Cave where St. Ignatius lived. Continue to Montserrat, home to the miraculous Black Madonna and arrive in time for dinner and an overnight.
Day 4 | Tuesday, August 26: Montserrat
After breakfast, we visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat, located on a rugged mountainside. Dinner and an overnight in Montserrat.
Day 5 | Wednesday, August 27: Montserrat - Zaragoza - Madrid
Following breakfast, your group will depart for Zaragoza. While in Zaragoza, you will have the opportunity to visit the magnificent Basilica del Pilar that was built upon the site of where Our Lady appeared to St. James. Next, visit La Seo Cathedral (Cathedral of Zaragoza). Continue to Madrid, where you will eat your dinner and enjoy a restful overnight.
Day 6 | Thursday, August 28: Madrid - Toledo
After breakfast we will enjoy a tour of Madrid including the Royal Palace and Plaza Mayor. We then depart for Toledo which sits on a rocky mound isolated on three sides by a looping gorge of the Río Tajo. Its awesome Cathedral, the church of Santo Tomé, the Tránsito Synagogue, Santa María La Blanca Synagogue, the superb church of San Juan de los Reyes, Puerta de Bisagras, Puerta del Cambrón, Puerta del Sol, etc. We return to Madrid for dinner and overnight.
Day 7 | Friday, August 29: Madrid - Astorga - O' Cebreiro - Santiago de Compostela
Head towards the city of Santiago de Compostela. Stop in Astorga, with a visit to the Bishop’s Palace built by Antonio Gaudi, which holds the Museum of El Camino. Later this afternoon, you will enter Galicia, by way of the city Lugo. Your first stop will be to O Cebreiro, the first village in the region of Lugo and nestled in the mountains at an altitude of 1,300 meters. Here you will have the opportunity to view the iconic palloza styles houses, and the site of a Eucharistic Miracle that occurred in the year 1300. Proceed to Santiago de Compostela for your dinner and overnight.
Day 8 | Saturday, August 30: Santiago de Compostela
This morning, you will walk a few miles of El Camino, and immerse yourselves in the fragrant eucalyptus groves and experience the breathtaking scenery. Later this morning attend the International Pilgrim Mass at the Cathedral of St. James. After Mass, there will be free time for lunch and visit the Cathedral of Santiago. After that, you will enjoy a sightseeing tour of the city. Some stops on your tour include the Obradoiro Square, Fonseca Palace, Gemirez Palace, Franco Street, and much more. Your evening will be free to spend at your leisure until a final dinner with your group. You will spend a final overnight in Santiago de Compostela.
Day 9 | Sunday, August 31: Santiago de Compostela – Lisbon
Today, you will travel to Lisbon. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your tour guide and/or driver and transferred to your hotel in time for dinner and overnight.
Day 10 | Monday, September 1: Lisbon - Santarem - Fatima
Today, we will travel 45 miles north to the old city of Santarem. In Santarem, visit and attend Mass at the Church of St. Stephen, which holds (13th century) Eucharistic Miracle. Return to Fatima with a visit to the Hamlet of Aljustrel, the home of the three shepherd children. Visit of the Parish Church and Fatima Parish Cemetery before returning to the hotel for dinner and an overnight.
Day 11 | Tuesday, September 2: Fatima
Today will surely be a memorable experience, as you pray and meditate upon one of Our Blessed Mother’s apparition sites. Our profoundly reflective day begins with a visit to the Little Chapel of the Apparitions. Continue with a visit to the stunning neoclassical church, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary. This Sacred space contains the tombs of St. Francisco, St. Jacinta, and Sister Lucia. View the monument that commemorates the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the square. Visit the Museum with the exhibition: Fatima: Light and Peace. Continue with a visit to the Holy Trinity Basilica. After free time for lunch, we will experience Christ’s unconditional love by participating in the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra. The day ends with a visit to Valinhos, the site of Our Lady’s August 1917 apparition and the first and third apparition of the Angel. Your night will conclude with private devotions, and a candlelight procession, requested by Our Lady (1917). Enjoy dinner and a comfortable night’s rest in Fatima.
Day 12 | Wednesday, September 3: Return Home
After an early breakfast transfer to the Lisbon airport for your return flight(s) home.
*206 Tours Disclaimer:
Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of places to be visited. Occasionally local religious holidays, national days, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of visits or the missing of certain visits.
Would you like to arrive earlier or stay later?
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