The pilgrimage starts with a flight from Los Angeles to France. We embark on a spiritual journey to experience the well known pilgrimage sites of France, Spain, and Portugal.

You will be welcomed by your tour escort and driver and transferred to the hotel in Lourdes for check-in, dinner and overnight stay. (Dinner included)

We spend the day in Lourdes. We visit the historical and spiritual sites associated with the visionary child Bernadette. We begin at the Grotto of the Apparitions, and then continue on a guided walking tour visiting the Basilica of St. Pius X, Boly Mill, Soubirous family home, the Basilica of the Rosary, the miraculous spring and the healing baths. Celebrate Mass. After dinner, we will join in the nightly rosary and candlelight procession. (Breakfast and dinner included)

After breakfast, we drive to Zaragoza. Upon arrival we will go to the city center for lunch and for a panoramic walking tour with the guide. We will visit the Basilica del Pilar with its magnificent altar built on the site where the Blessed Virgin appeared to the Apostle. Celebrate Mass. After we check in our hotel with dinner and overnight at the hotel. (Breakfast and dinner included)

After breakfast, we check out and drive to Madrid. Upon arrival we check-in at our hotel, where we will spend the next two nights. Then we reach the city center with a break for lunch - Enjoy a panoramic walking tour with the guide, to see Buen Retiro Park, Gran Via, Plaza de Espana, Puerta de Alcala, Puerta de Sol, Plaza Mayor and the Royal Palace (from outside). We also visit the Cathedral of Almudena where we Celebrate Mass. After, return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. (Breakfast and dinner included)

We start the day with an excursion to visit Toledo. Upon arrival, we will visit where Saint John of the Cross was imprisoned by the Inquisition in a monastery just below the Muslim Alcazar and later nursed back to health by St. Teresa. The city, surrounded by walls, hides great treasures such as its awesome Cathedral, the Santa María La Blanca Synagogue which also served as a Catholic church, the superb Church of San Juan de los Reyes, and the Church of Santo Tomé, with its famous el Greco masterpiece. by the rest of the day at leisure to explore the big metropolitan city of Madrid on your own. Perhaps you can enjoy restaurants serving tapas and churros, or shopping at the Gran Via, or visiting the world renowned Prado Museum and will meet again in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.

(Breakfast and dinner included)

After breakfast, we will depart hotel and drive to Segovia, the town where Saint John of the Cross is buried. After the mass at the Church of St. John of the Cross, we will continue the guided tour to discover this small city with a huge number of impressive monuments and buildings inside its medieval walls. We briefly see the convent of St. Jose, one of the convents of the Discalced Carmelite nuns founded by St. Teresa herself. Today we will enjoy lunch in a local restaurant to taste the famous Cochinillo, roasted suckling pig, typical of Segovia. In the afternoon, we will continue to Avila, where we will celebrate Mass at the Monastery of Incarnation. Check in at the hotel, dinner and overnight. (Breakfast and dinner included)

Today we will visit the sites related to the life of St. Teresa: the Cathedral and the Convent of St. Teresa, where there

are the relics of St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross. After lunch, we will drive to the village of Alba De Tormes. This town is home to the Carmelite Monastery that Saint Teresa founded in 1571. Upon arrival in Alba de Tormes, we will celebrate Mass at this Monastery. Following Mass, we will have the opportunity to visit the museum dedicated to St. Teresa of Avila, which also holds her incorrupt heart and left arm. Return the our hotel for dinner and overnight (Breakfast and dinner included)

After breakfast, we will drive to Salamanca, known for its large University, the oldest in Spain that is still active. We will visit the inside of the two joint Salamanca Cathedrals (old and new), one of which is a Romanesque style and the other a Gothic style. Celebrate Mass. Then we will continue to Fatima. Check in at the hotel, dinner and overnight at our hotel. (Breakfast and dinner included)

Today we visit the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Basilica and the tombs of Francisco, Jacinta and Sr. Lucia. We visit also the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In Aljustrel and Valinhos, we see the two homes of the little shepherds and site of the first and third visit of the “Angel of Peace”. We stop at the Parish Church and the cemetery where Francisco and Jacinta were once buried. Celebrate Mass. After dinner, we join the nightly candlelight procession. Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at the hotel in Fatima. (Breakfast and dinner included)

Today we will drive a short distance to Santarem to visit the church of the Eucharistic Miracle. Here we will celebrate Mass. Then we will continue to the city of Sintra, a charming Portuguese town hidden among its majestic pine forest, to visit the Palacio Da Pena. In the afternoon, we drive to Lisbon. We will enjoy a panoramic tour by bus before reaching our hotel. Check in, dinner and overnight. (Breakfast and dinner included)

As we go back home, we remember the the places and sights we've visited and hopefully this pilgrimage has you spiritually nourished, enlightened, and refreshed.