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CLASSIC SHRINES OF ITALY

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Enjoy 10 days in Italy and visit its most famous shrines. Start in Rome with a welcome dinner in a local restaurant and visit Rome's most important sights with a Local Guide: 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. Travel to Montecassino and visit the first monastery, founded by St. Benedict around 529. Arrive in San Giovanni Rotondo and visit the Friary of Padre Pio, including his tomb, cell, confessional, the Old Church, where he received the stigmata, and the New Church. Also visit the nearby Shrine of Monte Sant - Angelo. Next, travel to Lanciano to visit the church, and the Holy House of Loreto where, according to tradition, angels transported the home of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Assisi, celebrate Mass, then enjoy a guided walking tour of this hilltop village and visit the Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Clare. Also visit the St. Mary of the Angels Basilica and the Portiuncula. Return to Rome via Cascia with the basilica and chapel of St. Rita, and enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant.

City Highlights
ROME:
Welcome and farewell dinners at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing including headsets, visit St. Paul Outside the Walls, the Catacombs, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Holy Stairs, St. Mary Major, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum, and the Roman Forum

MONTECASSINO:
Visit the Benedictine abbey

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO:
Visit Padre Pio's friary, the Old and New Church, and the Shrine of Monte Sant - Angelo

LANCIANO:
Visit the Eucharistic Miracle Church

LORETO:
Visit the Holy House of Loreto

ASSISI:
Guided sightseeing, visit the Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Clare; also visit St. Mary of the Angels and the Portiuncula

CASCIA:
Visit the basilica, the Eucharistic Miracle, and the chapel