T20 - SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE TO ITALY
Featuring Padua, Venice, Florence, Siena, Cascia, San Giovanni Rotondo and Rome
Monday, August 18 – Friday, August 28, 2008 • NEWARK/NEWARK - $2,899.00
Airport Taxes $259.00 • Insurance (optional) $185.00
Single Room Supplement $ 499.00
Chaplain/Spiritual Director: Fr. Dario Miranda
I T I N E R A R Y
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR TOUR
— Scheduled flights
— Transfers and sightseeing in air conditioned motor coach
— Services of a professional tour guides
— Accommodation in first class hotels with private facilities
— Daily Breakfast & Dinner
— All entrance fees, local taxes and porterage
— Holy Mass and Religious Services arranged according to each group
NOT INCLUDED: Insurance, Lunches, gratuities and items of personal nature.
Single Room Supplement $ 499.00 |
DEPOSIT AND BOOKING
A deposit of $350 plus $271 Insurance (optional) payable to Adriatic Pilgrimages is required per person at the time of booking, but not later than March 1, 2008. Balance is due 90 days prior to departure. If less then 90, full payment is required plus $100 late fee penalty.
Rates shown reflect discount payment made by check only.
You may make your final payment with your credit card for 4% additional fee.
(Visa to Turkey is required. $20 payable at Turkish border not included in the price) |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
All prices quoted in this flyer are based on airfares, land rates and exchange rates in effect January 2007 and on group rates of 32 passengers or more. All prices are subject to change without notice prior to departure due to major currency fluctuations, fuel prices and/or unforeseen economic circumstances.
Please complete the booking form with full names as they appear on passports, and mail it to us with your deposit of $350 per person plus insurance $271 (optional). Receipt of your deposit shall act as your agreement to the terms and conditions herewith. Balance is due 90 days before departure date.
Receipt of your deposit shall act as your agreement to the terms and conditions herewith.
Balance is due 90 days prior to departure.
If you cancel, the following cancellation charges per person will apply:
* 120 days or more before departure $25 pp;
* 119-91 days before departure $250 pp;
* 90-61 days prior to departure date $500pp;
* 60-46 days prior to departure date $750pp;
* 45-31 days prior to departure date $1,500 pp;
* 30-1 day prior to departure date or no show – No Refund.
* Pilgrims are responsible for ensuring that their passports are in order and for securing any Visas Necessary. |
Monday, August 18, 2008
DEPART NEWARK
Our spiritual journey begins as we depart Newark on our non-stop Continental Airlines flight #44 at 5:50PM.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
MILAN/PADUA
Arrive Milan Airport at 7:55AM where we will be welcomed to Italy by our tour escort and motor coach drive. We will have a panoramic city tour of the center of Milan including the famous Duomo and the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele. Then we drive to Padua, the home of St. Anthony where we visit the richly decorated tomb inside the Basilica that contains the remains of the beloved miracle worker. Then to our hotel.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
VENICE
This morning we begin with a guided half-day city tour in Venice. Transfer by a private steamer (vaporetto) to St. Mark’s Square to visit the Golden Basilica of San Marco, the Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark’s Square and the Doges’ Palace (from outside). Time at leisure to explore Venice on our own before returning to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
PADUA/FLORENCE (Montecatini Terme)
Depart this morning to Florence, the splendid capital of Tuscany. Our guided tour of Florence includes the Santa Croce Basilica, the Cathedral of Piazza della Signoria, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistry’s heavy bronze “Gate of Paradise” and sculpture-studded Signoria Square. We will have free time to browse through the shops in before returning back to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
Friday, August 22, 2008
FLORENCE/SIENA/ASSISI
Depart this morning to Siena, the birthplace of Saints Catherine and Bernardine. Here we will stroll the Piazza Del Campo; one of Italy’s finest squares and visit the Cathedral and the Basilica of St. Francis, containing the miraculous consecrated hosts that remained intact since 1730. View the incorrupt head of St. Catherine at the Basilica of St. Dominic. Continue to Assisi and to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
ASSISI/CASCIA/SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO
In the morning, we explore the hilltop birthplace of St. Francis. In the crypt of St. Francis Basilica lies the tomb of one of the most beloved saints of all time, St. Francis of Assisi. See the Basilica of St. Clare, and the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angel where the Miracle of the Eucharist of Assisi took place in 1240, and the Porziuncola (located on the lower plains of Assisi). Continue to Cascia and visit the Basilica of St. Rita and Chapel with St. Rita’s incorrupt body. Then we drive to San Giovanni Rotondo.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO/MONTE SANT’ANGELO
This morning we see the places associated with Saint Pio. Visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace that houses the tomb of Saint Pio. See his room and confessional and the Crucifix from which Padre Pio received the stigmata. Later, visit the Grotto of Michael the Archangel in Monte Sant’Angelo. Six different Popes have knelt in prayer here seeking the protection of St. Michael. Return to San Giovanni Rotondo.
Monday, August 25, 2008
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO/MONTECASSINO/ROME
We depart San Giovanni and drive towards Rome. En route, we stop in Monte Cassino, a beautiful town founded by St. Benedict in 529. Arrive Rome later in the afternoon.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
ROME/VATICAN MUSEUMS
This morning we visit the heart, home, and spiritual capital for over one billion Catholics around the world. St. Peter’s Basilica offers the devout pilgrim an experience never to be forgotten. Visit the tomb of Pope John Paul II and then to the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel to admire the works of Michelangelo. In the afternoon visit the Basilica of St. Mary Major and the Basilica of St. John in Lateran and the Holy Stairs.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
PAPAL AUDIENCE/BASILICA
After early breakfast, transfer to the Vatican City to join pilgrims from around the world for an audience with his holiness Pope Benedict XVI (subject to Holy Father health and schedule). Following the audience, we will have free time to explore the shops around the Vatican City and in the afternoon, we visit the Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
ROME/NEWARK
Transfer to Rome Airport to take our non-stop Continental Airlines flight at 9:55AM, arriving Newark at 1:35PM Itinerary is subject to change without notice |
