Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage 8 days

North America
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad And Tobago
USA

Created: 25.10.2013

Day 1 ? USA TO MEXICO CITY ? Today we depart El Paso to connect with our flight to Mexico City.? On arrival we will be met and enjoy a brief orientation tour of Mexico City.? Afterwards we transfer to our hotel for dinner and overnight Day 2 ? TULPETLAC ? This morning, following breakfast, we celebrate Mass at Tulpetlac Church, the site of the 5th apparition of Mary and site of the healing of Juan Bernadino. Visit Cuatillan, the birthplace of Juan Diego. Following lunch on our own, we spend the afternoon visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe the Patroness of the America?s, here the original sackcloth of Juan Diego hangs above the main alter as testimony of Our Lady?s miraculous appearances. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Day 3 ? OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SHRINE - This morning we celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe followed by time for prayer and reflection. Later, visit the El Pocito Church and continue to the San Juan Market for browsing and shopping. Afterwards, we journey to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan - ?Place of the Sun and Moon,? Temple of Quetzalcoatl and other fascinating structures. Our included lunch will be taken here.? We return to Mexico City for dinner and overnight. Day 4 ? MEXICO CITY - Following Mass at the Church of San Francisco?our full day visit here will include the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Palace and the Anthropology?Museum. Lunch is on our own during the day.? Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Day 5 ? PUEBLA ? Following morning Mass we leave Mexico City to the colonial city of Puebla and its Pottery Works.? Visit the Cathedral, the rosary Chapel, the Casza del Alfenique and return via Cholula, with its famous pyramid and 365 churches, one for each day of the year.? Return to Mexico City by mid afternoon following our included luncheon.? Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Day 6 ? COYOACAN - We begin our day with Mass at Del Carmen Church and continue to Coyoacan and San Angel areas. Lunch here is included. This afternoon we make our final visit to the Shrine before returning to our hotel for dinner and overnight. Day 7 ? TAXCO ? This morning, we make an early departure from Mexico City and travel south to Cuernavaca, the City of Eternal Spring.? Here we visit the cathedral the famous Borda Gardens.? We continue to Taxco, the famous silversmith city of Mexico.? Our included lunch will be here together followed by free time to wander about.? We celebrate Mass at Santa Prisca Church and enjoy a sightseeing visit of Taxco before we return to Mexico City for dinner and overnight. Day 8 - RETURN HOME - Following breakfast we transfer to the airport for our return journey to El Paso.