PROGRAM
DAY 1 – ARRIVAL IN ROME (ITALY)
- Arrival in Rome
- Transfer & hotel check-in
- Evening orientation walks
- Introduction to pilgrimage walk
- Overnight: Rome
DAY 2 – VATICAN – HEART OF CATHOLIC FAITH
- Visit St. Peter’s Basilica
- Holy Mass (subject to availability)
- Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
- St. Peter’s Square reflection time
- Overnight: Rome
DAY 3 – ROME → ASSISI (ST. FRANCIS & MARY DEVOTION
- Travel to Assisi
- Visit Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
- Visit Basilica of St. Clare
- Santa Maria degli Angeli (Porziuncola)
- Overnight: Assisi
DAY 4 – ASSISI → PADUA → VENICE REGION
- Visit Basilica of St. Antony
- Prayer & Reflection
- Continue to Venice region
- Overnight: Venice / Padua
DAY 5 – VENICE → LOURDES (FRANCE)
- Travel (flight/train) to Lourdes
- Evening Candlelight Procession
- Overnight: Lourdes
DAY 6 – LOURDES – MARIAN APPARITION SITE
- Visit Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Grotto of Massabielle
- Optional healing baths
- Stations of the Cross
- Evening Rosary & procession
- Overnight: Lourdes
DAY 7 – LOURDES → PARIS (OPTIONAL ADD-ON SPIRITUAL CITY)
- Train to Paris
- Visit Sacré-Cœur Basilica
- Short City Orientation
- Overnight: Paris
DAY 8 – PARIS → SARAJEVO (BOSNIA
- Flight to Sarajevo
- Transfer and rest
- Overnight: Sarajevo
DAY 9 – MEDJUGORJE (SPIRITUAL CLIMAX)
- Travel to Medjugorje
- Visit St. James Church
- Evening prayer program
- Overnight: Medjugorje
DAY 10 – MEDJUGORJE – PRAYER & REFLECTION DAY
- Climb Apparition Hill (Podbrdo)
- Optional Cross Mountain (Krizevac)
- Holly Mass
- Adoration & Personal reflection
- Overnight: Medjugorje
DAY 11 – MEDJUGORJE → DUBROVNIK / SPLIT (CROATIA EXIT)
- Transfer to Dubrovnik / Split
- Leisure evening
- Overnight: Dubrovnik / Split
DAY 12 – DEPARTURE
- Transfer to Airport
- Departure
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM UNIQUE (VERY IMPORTANT)
- Compared to typical pilgrimage tours:
- Combines Vatican + Assisi + Padua + Lourdes + Medjugorje
- Balanced Italy + France + Bosnia (rare combination
- Includes processions, prayer time, reflection (not rushed tourism)
- Covers major Marian apparition sites
- Ends with Medjugorje (strong emotional climax)
- IMPORTANT NOTE
- This itinerary is tentative and may be adjusted based on flight schedules, operational factors, weather conditions, or local regulations. All substitutions will be of equal or higher standard.