MARIAN SANCTUARIES
12 Days TOUR FEATURES:
• Round-trip air USA – PORTUGAL & SPAIN included • Choice of 3-4- or 5 star Hotels • Two nights hotel accommodations in Fatima • Excursions to Coimbra, Ciudad Rodrigo & Salamanca • One night hotel accommodation in Salamanca • Excursion sightseeing tours to Alba De Tormes, Avila and Seovia • One night hotel accommodation in Seovia • Excursion sightseeing tours to Aranda De Duero and Burgos • One night hotel accommodation in Burgos • Excursion sightseeing tours san Sebastian and Lourdes • Two nights hotel accommodations in Lourdes • Excursion sightseeing tours to Andorra and Montserrat • Two nights hotel accommodations in Montserrat • Full day excursion sightseeing tour to Barcelona • Excursion sightseeing tours Zaragoza and Madrid • Two nights hotel accommodations in Madrid • Breakfast and dinner daily included • Homeric Tour escort throughout the tour included • All entrance fees according to the itinerary are included • Hotel taxes and service charges included • Porterage of 1 suitcase included • All transfers included • USTOA 1 Million Dollar Protection Plan included
Fatima Sanctuary - Portugal
TOUR ITINERARY: DAY 1 – DEPART USA Depart for Lisbon on your overnight trans-Atlantic flight. DAY 2 – LISBON – FATIMA Arrive in Lisbon and after completing passport control obligations, you will be met by a Homeric Tours representative and transferred to the city to begin a tour. Discover the different districts of Portugal’s capital, such as La Alfama, El Chiado and La Baixa with its urban development subsequent to the 1755 earthquake. Also visit Belem and the Hieronymites Monastery, built in the Manuelino Style from the early 16th century and a pantheon to both the royal family and Vasco da Gama. With every step you take, true Portuguese history comes alive and can be easily understood at the Monument of the San Sebastain
Burgos
FRANCE Lourdes
Barcelona
Salamanca
PORTUGAL
Segovia Avila
Fatima Lisbon
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Madrid
SPAIN
Andorra
Discoveries. Travel to Fatima and for dinner and overnight accommodations. (D) DAY 3 – FATIMA After breakfast at the hotel, begin a fullday of sightseeing and religious reflection. The appearance of the Virgin in 1917 transformed the small town of Fatima into a destination for thousands of believers who make the pilgrimage every year and gather on the great esplanade outside the great NeoBaroque basilica with its colonnades and Chapel of Apparitions. In the afternoon, visit Valinhos and Aljustrel. Take part in the celebration of Holy Mass as well as the various religious activities and evening procession. Dinner and overnight accommodations are at the hotel. (B,D)
enter Salamanca from the south, crossing the well preserved Roman Bridge. The homogenous mix of students and visitors beckons us to stroll through its lively streets and to indulge in the festive atmosphere. Notable monuments include the university, the Plaza Mayor and the two cathedrals. Dinner and overnight accommodations are at the hotel. (B,D) DAY 5 – SALAMANCA – ALBA DE TORMES – AVILA – SEGOVIA Breakfast at the hotel and then travel to the town of Alba de Tormes, where St.
DAY 4 – FATIMA – COIMBRA – CIUDAD RODRIGO – SALAMANCA After breakfast, transfer to Coimbra, the former capital city for more than a hundred years, boasting the oldest university in Portugal. Visit the university’s library and Romanesque cathedral before strolling down the narrow streets to the Carmelite convent where Sor Lucía, one of the Fatima shepherds lived and died. After a brief stop in the border town of Ciudad Rodrigo, arrive in Salamanca which is now, and has always been, more than anything else, a university city. Check in to your hotel before venturing out to enjoy an evening stroll and This itinerary can be modified & tailored to the specific needs and budget of your group.