11 DAYS FATIMA & LOURDES PILGRIMAGE
with SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA

SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 6, 2011

Visiting

Lisbon • Fatima • Santiago de Compostela
Salamanca • Madrid • Lourdes

with spiritual director Rev. Gerald Myers

Co-ordinated by Erin Blanchette

$2999 from Phoenix

Round trip air transportation from Phoenix.
Accommodations at first class & select hotels.
Continental breakfast daily plus 7 dinners.
Services of a professional tour director.
Comprehensive sightseeing throughout.
All service charges, local taxes, porterageand entrance fees.
$100,000 automatic flight insurance.
Base price $2,999.00, $3,729.00 All Inclusive

For more details, contact the ministry at:
520-631-1408 or vineofgrace@cox.net

download the brochure and itinerary as a PDF

Day by Day Itinerary:

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY ITINERARY

MON, SEP 26 – PHOENIX/ACROSS THE ATLANTICDepart Phoenix today on board your overnight transatlanticjet flight. Enroute enjoy dinner followed by a full-length movie.

TUE, SEP 27 – ARRIVE LISBONArrive today in the capital city of Lisbon. In the 15th Century,Portugal was the first nation to begin exploration and trade farfrom the shores of the Mediterranean. Enjoy an orientation tourupon arrival. View Jeronimos Monastery, a Manueline Renais-sance masterpiece where Vasco da Gama is buried. See theTower of Belem, Castelo Sao Jorge, the Alfama district, thecobble-stoned streets of the Old Bairro Alto, the Lower Town(Baixa), the Praca do Rossio, arcade buildings and fountains,and the tropical Estela gardens.(D)

WED, SEP 28 – LISBON/FATIMAThis morning you depart for the village of Fatima, the world’smost famous Marian shrine. Here, on the thirteenth of eachmonth between May and October in 1917, the Blessed Motherappeared to three young children and exhorted the world topray for world peace. Your visit this afternoon will include theBasilica of Our Lady of Fatima, site of Francisco and Jacinta’sgraves, and the Little Chapel of Apparitions with the statue of“Our Lady of Fatima.” Time for devotion and worship.(B,D)

THU, SEP 29 –FATIMA/COIMBRA/BRAGA/SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELADepart today for Santiago De Compostela, famed pilgrimagecenter since the Middle Ages and Spain’s holiest city. As youdrive through the Portuguese countryside, you will see the holycities of Coimbra and Braga. Coimbra is the site of theMonastery of St. Clare, which is the resting place of QueenSanta Isabel, patron saint of Portugal. In Braga, see the NationalShrine of the Immaculate Conception of Portugal on Mt.Sameiro, and the Shrine of the “Good Jesus” on Mt. Espinho.(B,D)

FRI, SEP 30 – SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAYour morning tour of Santiago de Compostela, the capital cityof Galicia, will include the magnificent 12th centuryRomanesque and Baroque cathedral housing the remains of St. James, patron saint of Spain. You will also see the variousbuildings of the University, one of Europe’s oldest. The balanceof the day is at leisure.(B)

SAT, OCT 1 –SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA/SALAMANCAToday you will travel through the provinces of Galicia,journeying through wild and mountainous countryside withundulating farmlands to the old university town of Salamancafor overnight.(B,D)

SUN, OCT 2 – SALAMANCA/AVILA/MADRIDDepart today for the walled city of Avila where St. Theresafounded the Order of Carmelites and then to Segovia, famousfor its Alcazar and a still functioning Roman aqueduct. Crossthe rugged Sierra de Guadarrama on the way to Madrid, thecapital city of Spain.(B,D

)MON, OCT 3 – MADRIDThis morning you will see the white-trimmed 2,800-room RoyalPalace and the exquisite gardens that surround it, the Puertadel Sol, Cervantes Memorial, the Plaza de Espana, the acacia-lined Castellana, and the Avenida Jose Antonio. Then visit thePrado Museum, housing a collection of masterpieces bySpain’s artists Velazquez, Goya and El Greco. Your afternoonis at leisure for shopping or exploring on your own.(B)

TUE, OCT 4 – MADRID/LOURDESToday you head northeast through the quaint scenery of themountainous Spanish countryside. Then cross the border intoFrance to the shrine city of Lourdes where between February11th and July 16th, 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared in the Grottoof Massabielle to the poor shepherd girl, Bernadette, a total of18 times. Scratching the ground as instructed by Mary,Bernadette saw a miraculous spring well up where none hadexisted before.(B,D)

WED, OCT 5 – LOURDESThis morning you visit the Grotto of Apparitions, Rosary Basilica,Basilica of St. Pius X and Way of the Cross over the Hillside.Attend the Blessed Sacrament Procession, the Blessing of theSick and the famous Torchlight Procession. This afternoon is atleisure.(B,D)

THU, OCT 6 – LOURDES/PHOENIXYour pilgrimage is over as you drive to the airport in time foryour return flight back to Phoenix, arriving the same day. (B) B = Continental Breakfast D = Dinner

Nawas International reserves the right to make changes to the itinerary whenever in their sole judgment conditions warrant, or if they deem it necessary for the comfort, convenience or safety of the tour.

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11 DAYS FATIMA & LOURDES PILGRIMAGE with SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA