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Shrines of Italy 1

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Start in ROME
Rome - Rome:
ITALY 6 Days / 5 Nights

masses every day. The grave is in the new of Santa Rita, the patio with a well, the old
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church, visited by millions of pilgrims. In the choir that preserves the frescoes of the 16th
April 11 25 afternoon, we visit Monte Sant’Angelo and century and paintings from the 17th and
18th centuries, the oratory where Santa
the mystic Sanctuary dedicated to St. Michael
May 9 23 the Archangel. His story is related to the Rita received the stigmata, the cells, the
June 6 20 appearance of the Saint in the Grotto, on May bedroom of the saint and containing objects
July 4 18 8th, 490 and the following apparitions (492 that belonged to her, like her wedding ring,
and 493) that made this place a devotional and various sarcophagi. The rose garden,
August 1 15 29 and pilgrimage site. We visit its beautiful recreated to remember the miracle of the
September 12 26 Basilica, the Via Franciscana also called Via rose and figs. Continue to Rome the Eternal
October 10 24 Sacra de los Longabardos, the bell tower, city. Overnight.
as well as other pilgrim’s points of interest.
November 7 21 Return to San Giovanni Rotonto. Overnight. Day 6º (Friday) ROME
Breakfast. At the established time, transfer to
ITINERARY Day 4º (Wednesday) SAN GIOVANNI the local airport to board our flight back.
Day 1 - (Sunday) ROME ROTONDO- LANCIANO - LORETO - ASSISI End of services.
Arrival in Rome. Transfer to the hotel. Balance (450 kms)
of the day at leisure. Overnight. Breakfast. Departure to Lanciano and visit NOTE: this tour will operate with a minimum
to the Shrine of the Eucharistic Miracle. of 2 pax
Day 2º (Monday) ROME - PIETRELCINA – Lanciano is a small medieval town, inside the
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO (430 kms) Church of St. Francis we can still see the first HOTELS INCLUDED OR SIMILAR
After breakfast we depart to San Giovanni and greatest Eucharistic miracle occurred
Rotondo, located in the charming region of more than 12 centuries ago. After visit we CITY HOTEL CAT.
Puglia, whose coastal strip stretches with continue towards Loreto, to visit the Santa Holiday Inn
sand from Oso Torre to Porto Cesario and Casa, located in the Great Basilica, that is Roma Aurelia /
rocks in Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca. the same house in Nazareth that Archangel Rome Fleming / 4*
We will make a stop in the beautiful village Gabriel visited at the Annunciation to the Barcelo Aran
of Pietrelcina located in Campania, in the Blessed Virgin Mary and where the “Word Park
province of Benevento. Birthplace of Saint became Flesh and dwelt among us”. This Vallerossa /
Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), who was born sanctuary has become one of the greatest San Giovanni Gaggiano 3* Sup
in a small house in this old village in 1887. We Marian pilgrimage sites. We then continue to
continue to San Giovanni Rotondo. Overnight. Assisi, the city of St Francis. Passing through Assisi Windsor Savoia 3* Sup
the medieval Porta Nova we walk to the
Day 3º (Tuesday) SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO Church Santa Clara, then continue to the New RATES PER PERSON IN U$D
- MONTE SANT’ANGELO - SAN GIOVANNI Church and the Piazza del Comune with the April 12 / April 26 $ 1.235
ROTONDO two municipalities buildings and the Temple
Breakfast. Visit of the city, symbol of of Minerva. We continue with a visit to the May 03 / June 14 $ 1.165
Christianity, charity and love of neighbor. Basilica of Saint Francis, rebuilt after the July 28 / August 16 $ 1.235
We visit the Sanctuary of Padre Pio, the earthquake of 1997 that damaged part of August 30 / October 04 $ 1.165
spiritual heir of St. Francis of Assisi. Padre the upper basilica as well as the frescoes. In
Pio was sent to the convent of San Giovanni a small crypt, under the main altar, are the Single room supplement: $ 525
Rotondo on September 4th, 1916. He was remains of the Saint. Overnight.
the first priest to have printed on his body PRICE INCLUDES
the marks of the crucifixion (The Stigmata). Day 5º (Thursday) ASSISI - CASCIA - ROME • Daily buffet breakfast
He spent his life in San Giovanni Rotondo in (250 kms)
the realization of two initiatives following two Breakfast. Departure for Cascia and its • De Luxe motor-coach at disposal per
directions: the vertical one, towards God, Sanctuary dedicated to St. Rita. Here the itinerary
with the establishment of the “Groups of saint lived for more than forty years her • English speaking tour guide
Prayer”, and the horizontal one, towards the experience of monastic life, until her death. • Visits as indicated in the program
brothers, with the construction of a modern The complex, built in the 13th century, was
hospital, the “House of Relief from Suffering.” originally dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, • Visit with a local guide in Assisi
We visit the old monastery with the room and then in the 18th century it was enlarged • City Tax
where Padre Pio lived with his clothes and to become the home of the community of
articles of daily use, the old Church of “Santa the Augustinian Sisters. In the monastery
Maria delle Grazie” where he celebrated you can see some sites related to the life

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