Your trip includes
- Round-trip airfare from your desired Airport
- Accommodations at first-class hotels (or similar) in double occupancy
- ~ 3 nights: Le Meridien Visconti Hotel, Rome, Italy
- ~ 4 nights: Giotto Hotel, Assisi, Italy
- Transfers by private coach
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily
- Glass of Wine and mineral water with all dinners
- Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
- Assistance of professional local guides throughout trip
- Sightseeing and admissions fees
- Headsets for additional sightseeing
- Catholic Priest, Mass daily & Spiritual activities
- Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
- Flight bag & Portfolio of all travel documents
- Tips to hotel porters, hotel staff and restaurants
Not Included
- Anything not mentioned. Tips to your guide & driver.
Itinerary
Day 1: Depart United States
Your pilgrimage begins with an overnight flight to Rome. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
Day 2: Arrive in Rome
You will be transported to your hotel to unpack and relax before joining the other pilgrims for Mass, dinner, and a Welcome meeting.
Day 3: Vatican City
Attend the Papal Audience, experience Trevi Fountain, visit the Piazza Navona, see the Basilica of St. John the Lateran, and celebrate Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
Day 4: Rome Countryside
Celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, tour the Vatican Museums (including the Sistine Chapel), visit the tombs of St. Peter and St. John Paul II, and walk along the Appian Way.
Day 5: Assisi
Travel through the countryside to the Cathedral of Orvieto, which contains some of the most magnificent frescoes. After lunch, continue on to Assisi, the hometown of St. Francis.
Day 6: Assisi
Tour the quaint hilltop town of Assisi, visit the tomb of St. Francis, the Basilica of St. Francis, and the Basilica of St. Clare. Enjoy free time to stroll the medieval streets.
Day 7: Assisi, Siena, or Florence
Remain in Assisi for the day, or take a guided tour of either Siena, one of Tuscany’s most beautiful cities, or Florence, known for its world-class art and Tuscan cuisine. (Guided tours are additional)
Day 8: Assisi
Visit St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, the church where St. Francis spent most of his life after founding the Franciscan Order. The afternoon is yours for last-minute shopping and sightseeing.
Day 9: Depart Rome
Say “ciao,” and revel in the memories as the bus transports you to the airport for your flight home.
*206 Tours Disclaimer:
Occasionally local religious and national holidays, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of events or the missing of certain events/places. Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of events and places to be visited.