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GRAND CATHOLIC ITALY

Overview

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On this vacation, discover Italy from Rome to Venice. Start your trip in Rome, Italy's capital, with a welcome dinner and guided tours with a Local Guide to the Holy Stairs, St. John Lateran Basilica, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. Mary Major Basilica, the Catacombs, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.

Travel to Montecassino to visit the first of the Benedictine monasteries founded by St. Benedict around 529 AD. Then journey to Italy's eastern coast and San Giovanni Rotondo, home to the beloved St. Padre Pio. Visit his Friary, the Old Church, and the New Church. Next, visit the Shrine of Monte Sant'Angelo, one of Christendom's most celebrated shrines and where St. Michael the Archangel appeared in the 5th and 17th centuries.

Via Lanciano's Church and the Holy House of Loreto, travel to Assisi, where guided visits to the Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Clare are included. See the crucifix that spoke to St. Francis and visit the St. Mary of the Angel's Basilica and the Portiuncula.

On the way to Florence, stop in Siena and visit the Sanctuary of St. Catherine and the Basilica of St. Dominic. Spend two nights in Florence and enjoy a guided sightseeing tour including a visit to Michelangelo's David. Stop in Padua to visit St. Anthony's Basilica and arrive in Venice. Enter Venice by private boat to meet your Local Guide and visit St. Mark's Square and Basilica. Later, enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant—a perfect ending to your Grand Catholic Italy vacation.

City Highlights
Headsets throughout the tour

Rome:
Welcome dinner at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit St. Paul Outside the Walls, the Catacombs,
St. John Lateran Basilica, the Holy Stairs, St. Mary Major Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum, and the Roman Forum; Papal audience (subject to availability)

Montecassino:
Visit the Benedictine abbey and its museum

San Giovanni Rotondo:
Visit Padre Pio's Friary, the Old Church, and the New Church

Monte Sant'Angelo:
Visit the Shrine

Lanciano:
Visit the Eucharistic Miracle Church

Loreto:
Visit the Holy House of Loreto

Assisi:
Celebrate Mass; guided walking tour, visit the Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Clare; also visit the St. Mary of the Angels Basilica and the Portiuncula

Siena:
Guided walking tour, visit the Sanctuary of St. Catherine and the Basilica of St. Dominic

Florence:
Guided walking tour, visit Michelangelo's David, and the cathedral

Padua:
Visit St. Anthony's Basilica

Venice:
Private boat ride; guided walking tour, visit St. Mark's Square and Basilica; farewell dinner at a local restaurant