Lenten Fatima and Lourdes
INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
Airfare: Round trip airfare from a New York Area gateway
Accomodations: Superior Tourist Class Hotels
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner daily
Sightseeing: As per itinerary
Other Inclusions: Airport-hotel transfers, hotel taxes, baggage handling, Touring by Private Air Conditioned Motorcoach, Services of a Professional Regina Tours Escort, Priest to accompany trip (if available)
Details
- Tour Operator
- Regina Tours
- Offer
- Offer valid through 3/1/2010
- Duration
- 8 Days
- Escorted
- Escorted - Yes
| Day | Destination | Description |
| Day 1 | New York | March 22 New York, NY : We depart on an overnight flight to Lisbon. Dinner and breakfast are served on board the flight. |
| Day 2 | Fatima | March 23 Fatima : Arriving in Lisbon, we meet our escort and enjoy a brief panoramic tour of the charming Portuguese capital. We see the fanciful Belem Tower built in the Manueline style, Jeronimos Monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Monument to the Discoveries, celebrating Portugal's age of exploration and (time permitting) the Basilica of St. Anthony. Our coach then departs for Fatima with a stop in Santarem to take in the Eucharistic Miracle of the Bleeding Host. Dinner and Overnight in Fatima. (D) |
| Day 3 | Fatima | March 24 Fatima : We begin our day with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, starting at the pristine Basilica that holds the tombs of Jacinta and Francisco, who were beatified in 2000, and Sr. Lucia. Continue to the Capelinha, where Our Lady appeared to the three shepherd children in 1917 with her message of redemption. Later there is time for private prayer, to light a candle near the shrine, walk the lovely grounds or shop for religious articles nearby. Dinner and Overnight in Fatima. (B, D) |
| Day 4 | Fatima | March 25 Fatima : We enjoy a day of leisure in Fatima or if you wish participate in and OPTIONAL side trip to tour the famous monasteries of Batalha, Alcobaca, as well as spend some time at leisure in Nazare, a quaint fishing with lunch on your own. Dinner and Overnight in Fatima. (B, D) |
| Day 5 | Lourdes | March 26 Fatima / Lourdes : After breakfast attend mass before we depart for Lisbon for the flight to Toulouse where we are met and Transferred to Lourdes, where in 1858 Our Lady appeared to the 14 year old Bernadette Soubirous calling herself the "Immaculate Conception." Dinner and overnight in Lourdes. (B, D) |
| Day 6 | Lourdes | March 27 Lourdes : This morning we take part in a walking tour tracing the life of St. Bernadette, which includes visits to the Boly Mills, where Bernadette was born; the Locale Mill, residence of her parents; the "Cachot," formerly used as a jail, where she lived at the time of the Apparitions; the Chapel where she received her First Holy Communion; and the Parish church containing the Font, where she was baptized. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes. (B, D) |
| Day 7 | Lourdes | March 28 Lourdes : Today is free to explore Lourdes on our own. Visit the Grotto, where the Virgin appeared 18 times, the underground Basilica, which can hold 20,000 worshipers and is one of the world's largest churches, the magnificent life-sized Stations of the Cross behind the Grotto, the "Miraculous" Baths. We may also take part in the Blessing of the Sick or any of the variety of spiritual exercises available throughout the day. (B, D) |
| Day 8 | Return USA | March 29 Lourdes / USA : After breakfast transfer to Toulouse Airport for flight to the USA. Arrive home the same day. |
- Dates/Pricing
- Disclaimer
- Prices indicated do NOT include airline taxes and fuel surcharges
