Subiaco and the Shrine of our Lady of Mentorella
8  hours         Departure/arrival: Rome

HIGHLIGHTS
  • The still active monastery in Subiaco, located in a spectacular natural scenery
  • Sanctuary of the Shrine of our Lady of Mentorella, which was a great favourite of Pope John Paul II, is considered the oldest sanctuary in Italy and in Europe

WHERE
  • Subiaco is located at about 40 miles from Rome and Mentorella is 15 miles south-west of Subiaco along a scenic road

ITINERARY

Your private driving guide will pick you up at your hotel in Rome or at Civitavecchia dock and drive you to Subiaco, where you will visit the two benedictines monasteries,  founded in the 6th century AD by Saint Benedict of Nursia. It was in one of the Subiaco caves that Benedict made his first hermitage. Subiaco is located in a wonderful natural setting. Break for lunch and continue to the Mentorella Sanctuary, which was a great favourite of Pope John Paul II. Perched high on a rocky outcrop at an altitude of 4000 feet it offers spectacular views over the valley below. You will then return to Rome or Civitavecchia dock.


PRICE
1-3 Pers

599 euro
4-6 Pers

780 euro
6 > Pers

Contact us
Rates include
  • Driving guide service. Use of vehicle. Fuel and motorway tolls. Local taxes

Rates do not include
  • Lunch on your own
  • Gratuities for Tour Guide and driver
DESCRIPTION
The Monastery of St. Benedict in Subiaco enshrines the cave in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he organized his first monastic community. Most of the buildings and frescoes at San Benedetto date from the 13th and 14th centuries and are designed in the Gothic style. The Monastery clings to a forested mountain cliff. In front of the entrance is a graveled platform with fine views of the monastery, its well-tended garden, and the valley below. The Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mentorella, is considered sacred because of the miraculous conversion of Placid, an officer in the army of the Roman emperor Trajan, who was later called Saint Eustace. He is said to have seen, between the antlers of a stag that he had been hunting, Our Lord crucified. According to tradition, Saint Benedict  lived in a cave behind the Mentorella church for some time before founding the well-known monastery of Subiaco.  The Shrine is an important place of pilgrimage and of special devotion to the Blessed Mother of God.

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