Holy places of Italy
11 days Start / End: Rome
Rome-Montecassino-Pietrelcina-Monte Sant'Angelo
San Giovanni Rotondo
Lanciano-Loreto-Assisi-La Verna-Terni-Greccio
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
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ITINERARY (sample)
Day 1 Arrival in Rome
Transfer to your hotel in Rome, dinner and overnight Day 2 Rome city tour Orientation tour of the city, Piazza Venezia, the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, the Roman Forum, and the Coliseum. Dinner and overnight in Rome Day 3 St Peter's Basilica and Vatican City Tour of the Eternal City of Rome with visiting St Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the world and the three major Basilicas: St Mary Major, St John in Lateran and St Paul Outside the Walls. Dinner and overnight in Rome Day 4 Papal Audience Attend Papal Audience in the monumental St Peter's Square, visit the Catacombs and the highlights of the city center, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and Navona Square. Dinner and overnight in Rome Day 5 Montecassino-Pietrelcina Departure for Montecasssino and visit the famous Abbey. Stop in Pietrelcina, the birthplace of Padre Pio and Piana Romana, where Padre Pio received the invisible stigmata. Arrival to San Giovanni Rotondo, dinner and overnight Day 6 San Giovanni Rotondo-Monte San Angelo-Lanciano Visit the sacred sites related to Padre Pio's life. Visit the Sanctuary of St. Michael the Archangel in Monte San Angelo and departure for Lanciano. Dinner and overnight in Lanciano Day 7 Lanciano-Loreto-Assisi Visit the Church of St. Legontian, where the Eucharistic Miracle took place. Departure for Loreto and visit the Holy House of Nazareth and the beautiful Madonna of Loreto. Arrival in Assisi through the Umbrian countryside. Dinner and overnight in Assisi Day 8 Assisi Stroll the medieval streets of the little town, visiting the major attractions, including St.Francis Basilica, the Basilica of St. Clare, the Sanctuary of Rivotorto, the convent of San Damiano, where St.Francis wrote the first draft of his celebrated “Canticle of the Creatures” and the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, which contains the Porziuncola Chapel with the Garden of the Roses. Dinner and overnight in Assisi Day 9 La Verna-Monte Casale Departure for the Sanctuary of La Verna, a religious centre known all over the world, where St.Francis founded a small hermitage community and received from Christ the final seal of the stigmata. Stop at the little convent of Monte Casale, where St. Francis and his brothers worshipped and return to Assisi for dinner and overnight Day 10 Terni-Greccio Departure for Terni, where it is located the tomb of St.Valentine. Stop at the Marmore Waterfalls, the highest in Europe. Visit the Sanctuary of Greccio, also known as the "Franciscan Bethlehem, where for the first time in history St.Francis celebrated the birth of Christ with peasants and animals and so the tradition of the Christmas nativity started. Departure for Rome, dinner and overnight Day 11 Departure Transfer to Rome airport for your return flight |
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