DEPART FOR YOUR EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE FROM YOUR

RESPECTIVE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN INDIA. CLEAR THE AIRPORT FORMALITIES OF CHECK IN AND IMMIGRATION ETC. UPON ARRIVAL IN ROME FOLLOW IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS FORMALITIES. MEET YOUR TOUR MANAGER WHO IS WAITING IN THE ARRIVAL LOUNGE AND PROCEED TO THE COACH PARKING TO BOARD YOUR COACH FOR THE DRIVE TO THE CITY. COMMENCE YOUR PANORAMIC GUIDED TOUR OF THE ASTOUNDING ANCIENT BEAUTY THAT IS THE ETERNAL CITY OF ROME. DRIVE PAST THE MIGHTY TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF CONSTANTINE AND THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS- THE BIGGEST STADIUM IN ANCIENT ROME. NEXT THE PIAZZA VENEZIA- A BUSY HUB OF THE CITY, ADMIRE THE SHEER GRANDIOSE OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. TRE CAPITOL HILL, THE COLOSSEUM AND THE RUINS OF THE ROMAN FORUM ARE ALSO EXAMPLES.

VISIT AND SPEND SOME FREE TIME AT THE CITY'S MOST ICONIC MONUMENT, THE TREVI FOUNTAIN, A DREAMY, MAGICAL SIGHT. THESE ARE THE GREAT EXAMPLES OF BAROQUE ART- THE SEA-GOD NEPTUNE, THE WINGED HORSES AND THE ALLEGORICAL FIGURES.

YOU WILL STOP FOR LUNCH DURING YOUR CITY TOUR. AFTER THE TOUR DRIVE TO YOUR HOTEL TO CHECK IN AND RELAX BEFORE DINNER.

NOTE: "DUE TO ROME CITY REGULATIONS, CERTAIN ROADS MAY BE OFF LIMITS FOR LONG DISTANCE COACHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE ROME SIGHTSEEING BEING DONE PARTLY BY FOOT / PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN ROME (LUNCH & DINNER)

AN EARLY MORNING DEPARTURE (WITH A PICHIC BREANFAST) TO THE VATICAN CITY TO ATTEND THE PAPAL AUDIENCE AND BLESSING HELD ON WEDNESDAYS, PILGRIMS AVAIL OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE PARAL BLESSING OR APOSTOLIC BLESSING FROM THE SUCCESSOR OF THE APOSTLE OF PETER PROCEED TO THE VATICAN MUSEUM WITH OUR EXPERT LOCAL GUIDE STROLL THROUGH THE MAKY GALLERIES BEFORE ARRIVING IN THE FAMOUS SISTINE CHAPEL

INOTE-TDUE TO ROME CITY REGULATIONS, CERTAIN ROADS HAY BE OFF LIMITS FOR LONG DISTANCE COACHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE ROME SIGHTSEEING BEING DONE PARTLY BY FOOT // PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

SLEEVELESS CLOTHING, SHORTS, MINISKIRTS AND HATS DAPS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN VATICAN.

DVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN ROME.

ERICNIC BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER)

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST CHECKOUT FROM THE HOTEL AND PROCEED TO THE BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, WHICH IS THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR CONVENTUAL IN ASSISI, UMBRIA WHERE SAINT FRANCIS WAS BORN AND DIED. IT IS A PAPAL MINOR BASILICA AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES OF CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE IN ITALY.

YOUR GUIDED CITY TOUR WILL COVER THE BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS (TOMB OF ST. FRANCIS), THE BASILICA OF ST. CHIARA (TOMB OF ST. CHIARA AND ORIGINAL CROSS WHICH SPOKE TO ST. FRANCIS), ST. RUFINO CATHEDRAL (BAPTISMAL FONT OF ST. FRANCIS AND HEART OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS), SANTUARIO DELLA SPOLIAZIONE (BODY OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS), CHIESA NUOVA-HOUSE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, ST. MARY OF ANGEL (ROSE GARDEN).

NO TOUR OF ITALY CAN BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A VISIT TO THE LEANING TOWER IN PISA, AN ICONIC ITALIAN MONUMENT. THE SQUARE OF MIRACLES WITH ITS EXEMPLARY PISAN-ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES- THE BAPTISTERY, THE CATHEDRAL AND THE LEANING BELL TOWER WITH ITS CHARACTERISTIC TILT WHICH MARKS THIS SQUARE AS UNIQUE. IN BETWEEN ABSORBING THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS, WE MAKE TIME FOR A SCRUMPTIOUS LUNCH.

DRIVE TO THE TUSCANY AREA. CHECK INTO YOUR HOTEL.

OVERNIGHT AT THE TUSCANY HOTEL. (BREAKFAST, LUNCH & Dinner)

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST CHECKOUT FROM THE HOTEL AND TRANSFER TO THE ROMANTIC CITY OF VENICE.

ARRIVE, HAVE LUNCH AND THEN VISIT ST. MARK'S SQUARE - THE HEART OF THE TRADITIONAL CITY OF VENICE GETTING THERE IN A BOAT. GLIDE THE FAMOUS WATERWAYS.

ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDGES, JOINING THE SMALL ISLANDS JIGSAW PUZZLE STYLE, NOT TO BE OUTDONE THE ROADS WIND PAST OLD BUILDINGS AND ALMOST FLOAT ON THE WATER. THE SQUARE HAS THE FAMOUS ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL WITH IT'S BELL TOWER.

VISIT THE WORLD FAMOUS MURANO GLASS SHOWROOM.

CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE AGE-OLD VENETIAN TOWN IN A GONDOLA. SOME FREE TIME TO BROWSE AND STROLL AROUND THE SQUARE ON YOUR OWN.

LEAVE VENICE AND DRIVE TO PADUA

PROCEED FOR A SHORT VISIT TO THE BASILICA OF ANTHONY THE PATRON SAINT OF LOST CAUSES.

WALK THE PRATO DELLA VALLEE WITH THE STATUES OF THE FAMOUS LUMINARIES OF PADOVA.

LATER DINNER AT THE RESTAURANT AND THEN DRIVE TO YOUR HOTEL.

OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN PADOVA

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER)

TODAY CHECK OUT AFTER BREAKFAST AND DRIVE TO INNSBRUCK IN AUSTRIA, AFTER LUNCH, STOP AT THE WORLD RENOWN SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL

WORLDS. HERE CRYSTALS TURN INTO A LIVING EXPERIENCE THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND BEING RE-IMAGINED FOR ITS VISITORS BOTH IN THE CHAMBERS OF WONDER AND THE EXPANSIVE GARDEN.

LATER FREE TIME IN INNSBRUCK. ADMIRE THE GOLDENES DACHL A ROOF DECORATED WITH 2,657 FIRE- GILDED COPPER TILES FOR EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN I TO MARK HIS WEDDING TO BIANCA MARIA SFORZA

STROLL AROUND THE OLD TOWN WITH ITS OLD WORLD CHARM. CONCLUDE THE DAY WITH DINNER AND CHECK IN AT THE HOTEL.

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE INNSBRUCK HOTEL

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER)

AFTER BREAKFAST CHECKOUT FROM THE HOTEL AND DRIVE TO SWITZERLAND MAKING A SHORT STOP AT THE LIECHTENSTEIN CAPITAL, VADUZ WITH LUNCH

WITH A BACKDROP OF MOUNTAINS AND THE RHINE RIVER, VADUZ IS A TINY TOWN THAT OFFERS AMPLE VISUAL BEAUTY. THE CAR- FREE TOWN WITH ITS TASTEFUL BLEND OF MODERN, GOTHIC AND BAROQUE ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND A CROMIN-LIKE CASTLE ON THE PEAK OVERLOOKING THE TOWN WHICH IS STUNNING IN EVERY ASPECT, WE TAKE SOME TIME TO EXPLORE THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN AND HAVE A SUMPTUOUS LUNCH. ANOTHER SHORT STOP AT THE RHINE FALLS IN SCHAFFHAUSEN, WHERE THE RHINE RIVER THUNDERS DOWN. STAND HIGH ABOVE EUROPE'S LARGEST WATERFALL, FEEL THE ROAR AND VIBRATION OF THE WATER OVER ONE'S ENTIRE BODY. LOUD THUNDERING AND ROARING IS GUARANTEED AT EUROPE'S LARGEST WATERFALL. OVER A BREADTH OF 150 METERS, SEVERAL HUNDRED CUBIC METERS OF WATER PLUNGE INTO THE DEPTHIS AT THE RATE OF 23 METERS PER SEC.

CONTINUE YOUR DRIVE TO SWITZERLAND. RELAX IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR COACH AS YOUR DRIVE TAKES YOU PAST VINEYARDS, MEADOW'S AND CRISP ALPINE SCENERY.

AFTER DINNER CHECK INTO THE HOTEL

DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL (BREAKFAST, LUNICH & DINNER).

TODAY ASCEND MT TITLIS AT 10,000 FEET A SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHT WITH A RIDE ON THE ROTAIR THE WORLD'S FIRST REVOLVING AERIAL CABLE CAR.

THE ICE FLYER IS A LIFT TRANSPORTING PASSENGER TO SKI SLOPES IN WINTER AND OVER GLACIERS IN SUMMER.

ENJOY ICE SPORT ACTIVITIES. LATER LUNCH ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP IS ANOTHER DELIGHT.

STEP INTO LUCERNE WITH ITS FAMOUS FAMOUS LION

MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE SWISS GUARDS WHO WERE MASSACRED IN 1792 DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE WOODEN CHAPEL BRIDGE. A COVERED WOODEN FOOTBRIDGE SPANNING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE RIVER REUSS.

EXPLORE THE CITY. ANOTHER ATTRACTION IS SHOPPING FOR WATCHES AND CHOCOLATES.

DINNER AT A RESTAURANT. RETURN TO YOUR HOTEL.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN THE HOTEL.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER).

AFTER BREAKFAST, CHECK OUT OF THE HOTEL FOR A DRIVE TO PARIS. PACKED LUNCH ON THE WAY. CHIECK-IN ON ARRIVAL AND THEN PROCEED FOR DINNER.

RIDE THE ELEVATOR TO THE 3RD LEVEL OF THE FAMOUS WORLD

ICON EIFFEL TOWER IN THE NIGHT.

THE TOWER HAS THREE LEVELS FOR VISITORS, WITH RESTAURANTS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL, THE TOP LEVEL OFFERS MIND BLOWING VIEWS OF THE CITY. END THE DAY WITH A PANORAMIC VIEW OF PARIS BY NIGHT AS YOU DRIVE PAST ILLUMINATED MONUMENTS.

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN PARIS.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER)

AFTER BREAKFAST. A PANORAMIC GUIDED TOUR WITH OUR EXPERT LOCAL GUIDE, FOR THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF THIS ROMANTIC CITY. DRIVE PAST THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN THE "PLACE DE L'ETOILE", THE CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES, OPERA HOUSE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, THE CONCORDE SQUARE ONE OF THE MAJOR PUBLIC SQUARES IN PARIS, THE GLASS PYRAMID OF THE LOUVRE ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ART MUSEUMS AND A HISTORIC MONUMENT IN PARIS. CITY REGULATIONS DO NOT PERMIT ALIGHTING FROM THE COACH IN MOST PLACES. PROCEED FOR LUNCH.

THEN ON TO MT. MONTMARTRE, A FORMER ARTISTS' VILLAGE ONCE INHABITED BY PICASSO AND DALÍ, AND HOME TO THE DOMED SACRÉ-COEUR BASILICA, A ONE-WAY CABLE CAR WITH SWEEPING VIEWS OF THE CITY FROM ITS STEEP, WINDING STREETS, TAKES YOU UP THE HILL TO THE BASILICA.

LATER ENJOY A CRUISE ON THE RIVER SEINE TO ADMIRE THE STUNNING ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOST MONUMENTS THAT LINE THE BANKS OF THE SEINE. PROCEED FOR DINNER. PRESTIGIOUS

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE PARIS HOTEL

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER).

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST WE CHECK OUT AHID DRIVE TO PARIS TRAIN STATION TO BOARD EURO RAIL TO LOURDES.

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (NOT INCLUDED IN PACKAGE) AS YOU PROCEED TO LOURDES BY EURO RAIL,

ON ARRIVAL AT LOURDES TRAIN STATION, TRANSFER TO LOURDES HOTEL AND CHECK IN.

VISIT THE SANCTUARY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CANDLE LIGHT PROCESSION.

DINNER IN THE HOTEL

OVERNIGHT STAY AT LOURDES HOTEL.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST EXPERIENCE THE POWERFUL HEALING BATHS. THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARED TO BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS, FRENCH PEASANTGIRL LOOKING FOR FIREWOOD IN THE WOCIDS AND REVEALED A SPRING INVITING ALL TO PRAYER AND PENANCE AHID TO BATHE IN THE WATERS. OUR LADY ALSO ADVOCATED TO COME HERE IN PROCESSION AND TO BUILD A CHAPEL". LATER PROCEED FOR LUNCH.

AFTER LUNCH ENJOY A GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF LOURDES WHICH INCLUDES THE CACHOT, BERNADETTE'S BIRTHPLACE (BOLMILL), THE PRESBYTERY, THE ST. BERNADETTE HOSPICE, THE SACRED HEART PARISH CHURCH, THE VILLAGE OF BARTRES. BARTRES ISA COMMUNE IN THE HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES DEPARTHIENT IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE. THE VILLAGE IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ST. BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS. WHO WAS SENT THERE IN HER INFANCY TO A WET NURSE, AND AGAIN IN HER EARLY TEENS TO WORK FOR THE SAME LADY AS A SHEPHERDESS. LATER HAVE DINNER AT LOCAL RESTAURANT.

ALSO, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE EVENING'S ROSARY AND CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION.

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN LOURDES.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER).

THIS MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST, CHECK OUT AND DRIVE TO BURGOS. ENROUTE LUNCH AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. UPON ARRIVAL WE HAVE AN GUIDED TOUR OF BURGOS TO VISIT THE FAMOUS FRENCH GOTHIC BURGOS CATHEDRAL WITH AN EXPERIENCED LOCAL GUIDE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR LADY OF BURGOS BEGAN IN THE 15TH CENTURY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GREAT CATHEDRALS OF THE ILE-DE-FRANCE AND WAS COMPLETED IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.

NOW A UNESCO SITE, THE CATHETIRAL IS A CATHOLIC CHURCH DEDICATED TO THE VIRGIN MARY. ITS OFFICIAL NAME IS SANTA IGLESIA CATHEDRAL BASILICA METROPOLITANA DE SANTA MARIA DE BURGOS. LATER WE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HOTEL AND CHECK IN. DINNER AT RESTAURANT.

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN BURGOS.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER)

AFTER BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL WE WILL CHECK OUT AND DRIVE TO FATIMA, ON THE WAY STOP FOR A LOCAL LUNCH. ONCE WE REACH FATIMA WE WILL BE CHECKING IN THE HOTEL WITH DINNER IN THE HOTEL AND LATER THIS EVENING JOIN THE CANDLE LIGHT PROCESSION.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL IN FATIMA.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER)

AFTER BREAKFAST, CHECK OUT FROM HOTEL. THEN A HALF DAY WALKING TOUR OF FATIMA WITH OUR EXPERIENCED LOCAL GUIDE WITH A VISIT TO THE FAMOUS BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AS SHE APPEARED IN APPARITIONS REPORTED BY THREE SHEPHERD CHILDREN AT FATIMA IN PORTUGAL THESE OCCURRED ON SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS ON THE 13TH DAY, STARTING ON MAY 13, 1917. THE THREE CHILDREN WERE LUCIA DOS SANTOS AND HER COUSIN'S BLESSED JACINTA AND FRANCISCO MARTO. WE WILL ALSO BE VISITING THE HOUSE OF ST. LUCIA FOLLOWED BY THE HOUSE OF FRANCISCO MARTO AND JACINTA. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MEETING JACINTA PEREIRO MARTO NIECE OF FRANCISCO AND JACINTA.

AFTER LUNCH PROCEED TO LISBON. WHERE ON ARRIVAL WE WILL VISIT THE CHURCH AND MUSEUM OF SAINT ANTHONY OF LISBON. SOME FREE TIME FOR LAST MINUTE SOUVENIRS. DINNER AT RESTAURANT. +

OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL IN FATIMA.

(BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER)