Arrive Lisbon Airport. After checking through immigration and customs, we will be greeted by our English-speaking Tour Manager and bus driver. Transfer to hotel for check in. 

This afternoon we enjoy a visit of:

Option I: Visit St Vincent for a Monastery (entrance included) where St Anthony of Padua entered the Monastery. The monastery if famous for its Azulejo tiles beside a great rooftop view over the Tejo River. 

OR 

Option II: The Museum Nacional do Azulejo (tiles) set in the former Madre de Deus convent (entrance included). Visit the Museum to include the church that is decorated in full Portuguese baroque splendor, with gilded and carved wood, paintings and tile panels.

Welcome dinner at local restaurant (included).

Overnight in Lisbon. (-, D) 

After breakfast and check out, we will enjoy a walking guided tour of Lisbon, This afternoon we enjoy a Panoramic tour of Lisbon to include Belem Quarter along the Tejo River seeing the Monument of Discoveries (from outside), Belem Tower (from outside), Monastery of St Jeronimos (entrance fees included). 

Enjoy Pastel de Nateis with coffee break (included).

On to Alfama quarter visiting the Cathedral (included), St Anthony church marking the birthplace of St Anthony of Padua where we celebrate mass (subject to confirmation). Proceed along the Praca do Comercio, passing Rua Augusta toward Rossio Square medieval market. 

Independent lunch with some free time. 

This afternoon visit FATIMA WITHIN LISBON at Rua de Estrela where St Jacinta lived her last days at the orphanage of Our Lady of the Miracles where Jacinta reported that she had many apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Depart for Fatima.  

Upon arrival Check in at the hotel, dinner and overnight at hotel. (B, D)

This evening at the shrine we join the candlelight procession. 

Today we visit the Fatima to include Chapel of Apparition where Our Lady first appeared to the children, Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary where we can visit the tombs of St Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, Basilica of Holy Trinity, Way of the cross. Mass at the Shrine (subject to confirmation). Proceed to Visit the church of St Anthony where the children were baptized. On to visit Ajustrel seeing the homes of the children an Arneiro well where the Angel of Peace appeared to the children in 1916. on to Valinhos seeing the small chapel that marks the location of the fourth apparition of Our Lady. 

Lunch on your own followed by free time for personal meditation, prayers and shopping. 

Dinner at local restaurant (included). (B, D) 

We join the nightly candlelight procession. 

  After breakfast and check out, we will depart Fatima towards Madrid

Lunch on your own en route. 

This afternoon we enjoy a visit of Avila surrounded by the 11th century walls did not change so much since the time of Santa Teresa, the first woman to be named Doctor of the Church and to whom the city is dedicated. During our visit to Ávila we will visit the birth place of St Teresa followed by visit of the Cathedral (entrance included), and visit Basilica of St Vicente which stands at the martyrdom of St Vicente. End the day with Visit the “Convento de la Encarnación” (entrance included), where Saint Teresa became a nun and is now the most complete museum dedicated to her life. Mass. Proceed to Madrid. Upon arrival check in at hotel. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight Madrid (B,D) 

 This morning, guided tour of Madrid to include the Church of San Francisco Grande (E.fees Included) , Al Mudena Cathedral where we celebrate mass, Royal Palace (outside view), Plaza Mayor, Puerta de Sol and St Jeronimo church. Lunch on your own – perhaps at St Miguel open market. Rest of the day at leisure. 

Dinner at local restaurant (included).  Overnight at hotel in Madrid. (B, D)

  After breakfast and check out, Depart for Burgos. En route we visit the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos. The monastery, of Visigoth origin, was razed to the ground by the Arabs, and rebuilt by Santo Domingo, whose remains lie in a sarcophagus that was carved on the rock. Its sensational Romanesque cloister, whose most important story is the bottom one, dates from the 11th and 12th centuries, and has beautiful capitals, with varied sculptures depicting a variety of themes. Mass. 

Precede to Burgos. Independent lunch. 

This afternoon we visit Burgos Cathedral (entrance included) the only Cathedral in Spain on the UNESCO list not as part of historical city, marvel at the view of the Cathedral dominated by its 15 chapels to include the stunning chapel of St Enrique featuring the Ecce Homo Statue. On into the rioja wine region. wine tasting.” (included). 

Check into hotel for dinner and overnight. (B, D) 

After breakfast and check out, we will drive to Zaragoza. We will visit the city center and Our Lady of Pilar. The Basilica venerates Blessed Virgin Mary commemorating Her miraculous apparition to St James the Apostle, under her title Our Lady of the Pillar praised as "Mother of the Hispanic Peoples" by Pope John Paul II. Mass. On to visit Zaragoza Cathedral (entrance included) considered as one of the finest Cathedrals in Spain. Check in at the hotel. 

Dinner at local restaurant (included).

Overnight Zaragoza. (B, D)

Today we will depart hotel and drive to Torre-Cuidad one of the five main Marian Shrines in the Pyrenean region. The Shrine of Our Lady of Torre-Cuidad situated on cliffs overlooking the Cinca River. The Image of the Virgin Mary have been a center of veneration for 9 centuries where generation after generation of surrounding neighbors have gone on pilgrimage to pray at the Shrine. We visit the New Basilica and the Ermita Chapel. Mass. 

Independent Lunch. Depart for Lourdes. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel and time to rest. 

Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. 

After dinner, we will join in the nightly rosary and candlelight procession. (B, D) 

Over the next two days, you will wake up in a small town that is nestled within the Pyrenees Mountains. During your time in Lourdes, you will pray and meditate in yet another site of Our Lady's apparitions. Our Lady first appeared to Bernadette in 1858, and announced herself as "The Immaculate Conception", near the Grotto of Massabielle. During the first two apparitions, little Bernadette prayed the Rosary with Our Lady and left without any exchange of words. During the following apparitions, Our Lady emphasized God's love for us, penance and the necessity of performing acts of penance for sinners. Mass at the Grotto, where Our Lady appeared to Bernadette (subject to confirmation); watch a video presentation that explains, in detail, the story of Lourdes; drink water from the miraculous spring that has healed many; and submerge yourself in the healing baths. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to experience Christ's unconditional love, as you meditate upon the "life size" Stations of the Cross that overlook the Grotto of Massabielle. 

Also, while in Lourdes, you will walk in and meditate upon the footsteps of St. Bernadette. Your group will have the opportunity to see Boly Mill, the birthplace of St. Bernadette, and the "Cachot," an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family lived. Will also have time for Water Gesture at the Shrine. 

In the evening following dinner, you will have an opportunity to attend the candlelight procession and the Rosary before a restful overnight. (B, D)

Transfer to the airport for our return flights home! After breakfast, board the coach and transfer to the airport for your return flight. 

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