DAY 01 – DEPARTURE AIRPORT, Philippines

Depart Philippines and take a connecting flight to your first leg. Enjoy inflight services.

DAY 02 – Lisbon and Fatima (D)

Arrive at Lisbon International Airport and meet with our coordinator.

Depending on arrival time, we will take a panoramic tour of the Portuguese capital and walk through the Belem neighborhood. Continue to our hotel in Fatima.

Dinner and overnight in Fatima. Rosary Mass and Torch Procession.

DAY 03 – Fatima (B/D)

After breakfast the day will begin with Holy Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of Fátima.

Meet your guide to tour the Basilica and visit the tombs of Jacinta and Francisco. Continue to Capelinha, where Our Lady appeared to the shepherd children.

Light a candle near the shrine, walk through the beautiful gardens, or shop for religious items nearby.

You will also visit the village of Aljustrel, the shepherd children’s home. Continue to Valinhos, where Our Lady appeared after the release of the children from prison.

Visit the church where they were baptized and the local cemetery. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.

DAY 04 – Fatima – Avila (B/D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning departure. Arriving in Avila, we will enjoy incredible views of the walled city.

Continue toward the Monastery of the Incarnation, founded in 1478, the convent that Saint Teresa chose to enter as a novice.

Walk through the center on foot, admiring the wall, its narrow streets, and the cathedral.

Finally, visit the birthplace and convent of Saint Teresa for Mass. Dinner and overnight in Avila.

DAY 05 – Avila – Madrid – Zaragoza (B/D)

Breakfast at the hotel then we depart to Madrid . Enjoy a panoramic tour on the bus, passing the Puerta de Alcalá, Plaza de Cibeles, the Bernabeu, the financial center with its skyscrapers, and Gran Via.

We continue on foot through Plaza España, the Palace Real, the Almudena Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, and Sol.

There will be free time to stroll around or have lunch. Travel by bus to our hotel in Zaragoza.

Optional Mass in the Basilica del Pilar. Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

DAY 06 – Zaragoza – Lourdes (B/D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Mass in the Basilica del Pilar. Begin a walking tour through the center of Zaragoza.

Walk through the square, its 2 cathedrals, the Goya monument, and the Stone Bridge. Free time to stroll around and have lunch.

Drive by bus, crossing the steep mountains of the Pyrenees towards neighboring France.

Arrive at the Sanctuary of Lourdes, where in 1858, in the Grotto of Massabiele, Our Lady appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, calling herself the “Immaculate Conception”.

Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.

DAY 07 – Lourdes (B/D)

After Mass, we meet our local guide for a walking tour tracing the life of St. Bernadette, including visiting Boly Mill, where Bernadette was born; “Lacadé” watermill, the house of Bernadette’s parents; the “Cachot” formerly used as a prison, where she lived at the time of the Apparitions.

Visit the chapel where she received her First Communion and the parish church containing the font where she was baptized.

Free time in the afternoon to pray and meditate in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, with its impressive murals, or participate in the Eucharistic Devotion, the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, and prayer for the sick.

Dinner and overnight at the Lourdes.

DAY 08 – Lourdes – Manresa – Montserrat (B/D)

After breakfast depart by bus to Manresa (5h30 crossing the Catalan Pyrenees and the Aran Valley on our way back to Spain.

Arrival at the Cueva de San Ignacio Church, a sanctuary with a cave chapel, a baroque church, and a Neoclassical style building.

Visit the cave and pray. We continue to our hotel in Montserrat (30min).

Dinner and overnight in Montserrat.