Day 1: Krakow
Arrival at the airport in Warsaw, transfer to Krakow. Accommodation in the reserved hotel.
Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Krakow/Wieliczka/Krakow
In the morning, guided tour of the city of Krakow, once the capital of the Polish kingdom, and its historic center, the first European site to be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Lunch in a restaurant.
In the afternoon, excursion to Wieliczka where you will visit the oldest operating salt mines in the world.
At the end, return to Krakow, dinner and overnight stay
Day 3 : Krakow/Auschwitz/Czestochowa/Krakow
In the morning, guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi concentration camp that has now become a symbolic memorial site for the deportees of World War II. Lunch in a restaurant. At Term continue to Czestochowa, one of the most important Catholic places of worship and a destination for pilgrims from all over the world. Visit to the Shrine of Jasna Gora where the famous icon of the Black Madonna is preserved. At the end, return to Krakow, dinner and overnight stay
Day 4 : Krakow/Brno/Prague.
After breakfast, depart for Prague, stop for lunch in Brno, short city tour, and on to the capital of the Czech Republic. Expected arrival late afternoon, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5 : Prague
After breakfast, meet with the local guide and full-day guided tour of the city of Prague, also called the city of a hundred spires or the golden city, and its historic center declared a world heritage site.
Lunch in a restaurant.
In the evening, return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay
Day 6 : Prague/Frankfurt
After breakfast, depart for Frankfurt, one of Europe’s major financial centers
Stop for lunch en route, expected arrival in the afternoon and visit the heart of the city: the Roemerberg Square, the Town Hall and the Cathedral where the emperors of the Holy Roman Germanic Empire were crowned in the Middle Ages.
Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7 : Frankfurt/Luxembourg/Paris.
Depart for France in the morning. Stop for lunch in Luxembourg, brief tour of the historic center and on to Paris, capital of France nicknamed “la ville lumiere” for its beauty.
Arrive late afternoon, check into hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Paris
Breakfast at the hotel. Full day dedicated to a guided tour of the city, in particular you can admire the Cathedral of Notre Dame, a masterpiece of Gothic art, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which dominates the city from the hill of Montmartre, and the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal, site of numerous apparitions of the Madonna. Free lunch.
Return to the hotel in the evening, dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 9 : Paris/Versailles
After breakfast, depart for excursion to Versailles and guided tour of the famous Palace built by Louis XVI, the Sun King, in the 17th century and its magnificent gardens. At the end return to Paris for lunch. Free afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 10 : Paris/Loire Castles/Tours
After breakfast, departure for the Loire Valley, famous for its numerous castles.
Stop in Blois to visit the Royal Castle, a fascinating mix of the main French architectural styles. Lunch in a restaurant. Continue to Chambord where you can visit the Castle of the same name, an imposing Renaissance building, a masterpiece of King Francis I. Continue to Chenonceaux to visit the Castle built in Renaissance style on the Cher River and called “of the ladies” because it was wanted and mainly inhabited by women. We will then continue to Tours surroundings with evening arrival, accommodation in the Hotel. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
Day 11: Tours/Bordeaux/Tours
Breakfast and departure for Lourdes, stopping for lunch in Bordeaux. Expected arrival late afternoon. Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 12 : Lourdes
Breakfast at the Hotel – The day will be entirely dedicated to visiting the Sanctuary, the Grotto of the Apparitions, the places of Saint Bernadette and participating in the liturgical celebrations. Full board at the Hotel
Day 13 : Lourdes/Zaragoza/Madrid
After breakfast, departure for Madrid, stop for lunch in Zaragoza and free visit to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pilar, the oldest in Spain and perhaps in Europe.
Continuation to Madrid. Arrival expected in the late afternoon, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 14 : Madrid/Avila/Madrid
Breakfast at the hotel. Guided tour of the capital city of Spain, full of splendid museums and monuments such as the Royal Palace and the Prado Museum.
Lunch in a restaurant
In the afternoon, excursion to Avila, a jewel of medieval Spain where the relics of Santa Teresa are preserved. At the end, return to Madrid, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 15 : Madrid/Retour
After breakfast, transfer to the airport and departure for your places of origin