Created: 10.12.2016

DAY  1 ??? DEPART USA ??? Today we depart San Francisco on our overnight flight aboard a wide-bodied jet. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner and breakfast aloft.  DAY 2 - LISBON/FATIMA AREA- We arrive in Paris and transfer to Lisbon. We are met by our Unitours guide who will remain with us for the duration of our pilgrimage. We enjoy a short orientation tour of Lisbon before the drive to Santarem to celebrate Mass. We continue to Fatima where we may join the rosary procession. Afterwards, we drive to our hotel in a city outside of Fatima and enjoy dinner.  DAY 3 - FATIMA ???This full day is devoted to visiting the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima and the birthplaces of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom the Virgin appeared for the first time on May 13th, 1917.  We will participate in the 100th Anniversary celebrations and join the International Rosary Procession.  Return to hour hotel outside the city for dinner and overnight.  DAY 4 ??? GUADALUPE ??? Today we journey to Guadalupe (Caceres) in the province of the Cathedral of San Juan ??? a very impressive building built between the 13th and 16th centuries. The shrine to Our Lade of Guadalupe was the most important Marian shrine in the medieval kingdom of Castile.  The original effigy, a Romanesque black Madonna, is almost completely occluded by her pyramidal robes.  The Cathedral is predominantly gothic and Romantic, with three aisles and twelve inner chapels.  The Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a UNESCO World Heritage site.  Overnight and dinner in the Guadalupe region.   DAY 5 ???MADRID ??? We leave our hotel early this morning and drive into Madrid where this afternoon, we visit highlights of Madrid, capital of Spain, including the Gran Via Plaza de España, the Viaduct, Plaza Major, passing by the Bull Ring, Independence and Cibeles Squares, the University, and the Paseo de la Castellana.  and celebrate Mass at the Cathedral. Dinner and overnight Madrid.  Day 6 - MADRID   Free day in Madrid- enjoy this incredible city. We will be free to enjoy the culinary delights of Madrid tonight as dinner is on our own.  DAY 7- ZARAGOZA - We continue traversing Spain arriving in Zaragoza. Upon arrival in Zaragoza, we will visit the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar. The Basilica venerates the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of the Pillar, praised as Mother of the Hispanic Peoples by Saint John Paul II.  It is the first known church dedicated to Mary in history.  Local traditions take the history of this basilica to the dawn of Christianity in Spain attributing it to an apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint James the Great, the apostle, who brought Christianity to Spain.  This is the only reported apparition of Mary to have to have occurred before her believed Assumption.  The city itself, which was founded by the Romans, boasts luxuriant vegetation, and many cascades and grottos making it a miniature Switzerland in the middle of arid upper Aragon. We overnight in Zaragoza and have dinner at our hotel. DAY 8- LOURDES ??? Today we continue to Lourdes. Upon arrival we will spend our time in devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes.  We celebrate Mass at the Grotto, with a morning orientation visit to the Shrine and a walking tour of Lourdes, visiting Boly Mill, where St. Bernadette was born, the Cachot, formerly used as a jail, where she lived during the apparitions, and the parish church.  This afternoon is free for private devotions, Eucharistic Procession, the Blessing of the Sick or the legendary, healing waters of the miraculous Lourdes spring.  Dinner and overnight at our hotel.  In the evening, we can join the Torchlight Marian Procession.     DAY 9 ???LOURDES - We will enjoy a free day in Lourdes today to visit the baths, or walk the stations of the cross. This evening we will have our farewell dinner in a local restaurant in Lourdes. Overnight at our hotel in Lourdes.   DAY 10 ??? USA - We will return home today with memories to last a lifetime. We will fly from Lourdes through Paris back to the USA.

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