DAY-1 DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY

DAY-2 ARRIVAL  LISBON – FATIMA  (D)

Arrival Lisbon International Airport. Meet and assist with our guide. We will start sightseeing tour – see the Tagus River, Marques de Pombal Square, and Liberdade Avenue, pass by Belem Palace, official residence of the President of Portugal. Stop at Belem Tower – icon of the Age of Discovery and the Monument of the Discoveries. Close by is Jeronimos Monastery, magnificent example of the Manueline style. See the Baixa, Praca do Comercio, and the Suspension Bridge. We will head to the birthplace of San Antonio de Lisboa (better known as St. Anthony de Padua). We will have our first MASS at St. Anthony de Padua. Proceed to Fatima. Upon arrival, check in the hotel and resting. Dinner and overnight will be in the hotel.  

DAY-3 FATIMA (B/D)

Have your breakfast inside the hotel. Free time for for personal devotions.  We will have mass at The Parish of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Lunch will be in local restaurant. After lunch, we will have city tour in Fatima. We will see the Basilica where the tombs of Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta is located; the Chapel of the Apparitions the place where Our Lady appeared; the church of the Holy Trinity; the exposition “Fatima Light and Peace” where are the offers left by the pilgrims. Later visit Aljustrel, the village where the shepherds were born. Continue to Valinhos and visit the Stations of the Cross and the Calvary, the site of Our Lady’s 4th apparition and the place where the children received the first and third visit of the “Angel of Peace”. After the visit proceed to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ortiga and to the Parish Church. Dinner and accommodation will be in the hotel.

DAY-4 FATIMA – PORTO – SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (B/D)

Have your breakfast inside the hotel. Proceed to Porto. Upon arrival to Porto, Full day tour of Porto, walk along Ribeira, a historic district with great charisma. Visit the magnificent Chuch of St. Francis, the Cathedral. In the other side of the river, in Vila Nova de Gaia, visit and do some wine tasting in a cellar of the famous Port Wine. Free time for shopping. Departure for Santiago de Compostela. Upon arrival, your city tour of this historical city will take you to the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Plaza del Obradoiro, Monasterio de San Martin Pinario, Convento de San Francisco, Fuente de Los Caballos and the Palacio de Raxoi. Free time. Transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight will be in the hotel.

DAY-5 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA – OVIEDO – GARABANDAL (B/D)

Breakfast inside the hotel and check out. This morning, we will drive to Oviedo the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain.  Oviedo is a town in northwest Spain between the Cantabrian Mountains and the Bay of Biscay. The capital of Asturias, it’s known for its medieval old town, the site of the Gothic Oviedo Cathedral with its 9th-century Holy Chamber. The Archaeological Museum of Asturias, in a nearby convent, displays regional artifacts. The Fine Arts Museum of Asturias includes 2 palaces and has an expansive Spanish art collection. Visit the Cathedral of Oviedo. Then continue to Garabandal for your hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY-6  GARABANDAL (B/D)

Have your breakfast inside the hotel. Proceed to orientation tour of San Sebastian de Garabandal where the apparitions of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Blessed Virgin Mary that are claimed to have occurred from 1961 to 1965 to four young schoolgirls in the rural village of San Sebastián de Garabandal in the Peña Sagra mountain range in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Some free time for your private devotion. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY-7  GARABANDAL – ZARAGOZA (B/D)

Have your breakfast inside the hotel. Today we will head to Zaragoza. Visit the basilica of “Our Lady of the Pillar”, where the virgin Mary appeared miraculously to Saint James the Great in the first century, standing on a pillar. Free time for souvenir shopping in the afternoon. Transfer to hotel for check in. Dinner and accommodation will be in the hotel.

DAY-8 ZARAGOZA – MONTSERRAT – BARCELONA (B/D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Deaprture for Montserrat. Upon arrival lunch will be in local restaurant. After lunch, visit to the Montserrat Monastery to see the famous 12th century Romanesque carv-ing of Virgen Moreneta, the Black Virgin. Lunch will be in local restaurant. Afterwards, proceed to Barcelona. Upon arrival, check in the hotel and resting. Dinner and overnight will be in the hotel.

DAY-9 BARCELONA – LOURDES (B/D)

Breakfast at the hotel. We will have full day Barcelona City tour. Today, we will discover Barcelona with Sagrada Familia. We will firstly pass from Park Guell. Parc Güell is a privatized park system composed of gardens and architectural elements located on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Next place to outside view is Sagrada Familia. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, also known as the Sagrada Família, is a large unfinished minor basilica in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and is currently the largest unfinished Roman Catholic church. Dinner will be in local restaurant. Lunch will be in local restaurant. After lunch, proceed to Lourdes. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel and accommodation. 

DAY-10 LOURDES (B/D)

The day is free for private devotion. You may wish to go to the Sanctuary to visit the Underground Basilica, walk the Station of the Cross, take the Holy Bath, drink the water or wash your face in the Grotto, or participate in the veneration of the sick pilgrim. In the evening, join the emotive candlelight procession.

DAY-11 LOURDES – PARIS (B/D) (By Train)

After breakfast at the hotel, we will check out from the hotel. We will take a fast train to Paris. (We will send our luggage’s by our bus). Upon arrival, we will get in our private bus and start to discover Paris panoramically by bus. Paris, the cosmopolitan capital of France, is one of Europe’s largest cities, with 2.2 million people living in the dense, central city and almost 12 million people living in the whole metropolitan area. Located in the north of France on the river Seine, Paris has the well-deserved reputation of being the most beautiful and romantic of all cities, brimming with historic associations and remaining vastly influential in the realms of culture, art, fashion, food and design. In the evening, sightseeing river cruise aboard Bateaux Mouches Cruise is included. Dinner then continues to hotel for overnight.

DAY-12 PARIS – LISIEUX (Visit Basilica of Saint Terese of Lisieux) – PARIS  (B/D)

Breakfast at the hotel and check out from the hotel. Departure for Lisieux. Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d’Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Upon arrival to Lisieux, we will visit Basilica of Saint Terese. The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse of Lisieux is a Roman Catholic Church and minor basilica dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Located in Lisieux, France, the large basilica can accommodate 4,000 people, and, with more than two million visitors a year, is the second largest pilgrimage site in France, after Lourdes. Free praying activities. Transfer back to Paris. Dinner and overnight will be in the hotel.

DAY-13 PARIS – NEVERS – GENEVA (B/D)

After breakfast at the hotel, check out. Transfer to Nevers to visit the Convent of St Gildard to see the incorrupt body of St. Bernadette. Free time for your own. Transfer to Geneva. Panoramically city tour in Geneva. Geneva is a city in Switzerland that lies at the southern tip of expansive Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Surrounded by the Alps and Jura mountains, the city has views of dramatic Mont Blanc. Headquarters of Europe’s united Nations and the Red Cross, it’s a global hub for diplomacy and banking. French influence is widespread, from the language to gastronomy and bohemian districts like Carouge. Free time for your own. Transfer to hotel for check in and resting. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.