Embarking on this Catholic Pilgrimage through the revered sites of Rome,  Orvieto, Assisi, Siena, Florence, and the picturesque landscapes of Tuscany is a spiritual journey that weaves together history, faith, and art.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  

-PLEASE RESERVE EARLY

-SOME PILGRIMAGES DO SELL OUT BEFORE THE FIRST DUE DATE

-SPACE FOR THIS PILGRIMAGE IS VERY LIMITED

HEART OF ITALY: ROME-ASSISI-FLORENCE-TUSCANY

Including: Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Chianti -Tuscany Region

10 days / 9 nights (1 night on plane)

Spiritual director
Father James Gould
Pastor, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Diocese of Arlington, VA

• Roundtrip Airfare Lufthansa Airlines
  Washington Dulles-Rome, Italy Florence, Italy-Washington Dulles
  (Connecting through Munich, Germany) 
• All airport taxes, fees and fuel charges
• Private Motor Coach Transportation per itinerary
• First & Superior Class Accommodations in a double occupancy with private bath
• 4 Nights Rome, Italy
• 1 Night Assisi, Italy
• 3 Nights Florence, Italy
• Meals: Breakfast + Dinner or Lunch each day
• Wine Tastings
• All entrance fees as per program
• Spiritual Direction, Prayer by Father Gould
• Daily Mass / Rosary
• Catholic, english speaking tour guides and JMJ Tours staff
• Luggage Tags, Badges and Trip Booklet

IMPORTANT NOTE:  

-PLEASE RESERVE EARLY

-SOME PILGRIMAGES DO SELL OUT BEFORE THE FIRST DUE DATE

-SPACE FOR THIS PILGRIMAGE IS VERY LIMITED

• Rome’s Major Basilicas (St. Peter's. St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran, St Paul Outside the Walls)

• Historic Ancient Rome

• Vatican Museum (Sistine Chapel)

• Orvieto (Duomo, Eucharistic Miracle)

• Assisi (St. Francis and St. Clare)

• Siena (St. Catherine)

• Florence

• Wine Tasting-Tuscany /Chianti Region

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NOV 26 Solemnity of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE

Meet at Washington, Dulles

Meet at Dulles airport: 7:30 PM for distribution of trip envelopes and Father Gould pilgrimage prayer & blessing prayer.

• Departure
  Lufthansa Flight LH 415, 10:30 PM
  via Munich for Rome, Italy
• Arrival
  Nov 27 | 3:10 PM

• Arrival 3:10 PM Rome.
• We will depart from the airport aboard our private motor coach
• On arrival into the Eternal City (Rome) we will take a brief panoramic bus tour of the city including Capitoline Hill, Circus Maximus, Coliseum, Roman Forum, Piazza Venezia
• Check into our hotel
• Afternoon Mass TBA
• Dinner
• Free evening

• Early AM Holy Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica
• Return to hotel for Breakfast
• Depart by bus for St. Mary Major, Basilica John Lateran, Catacombs of St. Sebastian
• Brief lunch on your own. Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
• Return to hotel
• Dinner
• Free evening

• Box breakfast
• Walk
• Depart very early AM for Papal Audience (Subject to Papal Schedule)
• St. Peter’s Square
• Meet after for Pranzone (Lunch)
• Walking Tour of Old Rome / and notable churches including Church of the Gesù, Pantheon, Santa Maria Minerva, St Ignatius, Chiesa Nuova and more)
• Holy Mass TBA
• Dinner and Evening on your own

Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle

• Breakfast
• Early morning Mass TBA followed by tour
• Visit /Tour Vatican Museum / Sistine Chapel
• Free afternoon
• Meet at hotel TBA for Farewell Dinner
• Free evening

• Breakfast/Check-out. 8:30 AM Departure for Orvieto
• We will visit the beautiful Duomo housing the Corpus of the 13th century Eucharistic miracle (Orvieto is a beautiful city built on a mountain of volcanic rock. Also famous for Orvieto wine)
• Lunch in Orvieto. Departure for Assisi
• There we will visit the sites made famous by its two best-known citizens, St. Francis and St. Clare, including the tombs of these famous Saints, the Monastery of St. Damian and the convent founded by St. Clare. Check-in for our one night stay
• Dinner
• Free evening

• Breakfast
• Morning Mass TBA
• Walk Assisi followed by Departure to Siena
• Church of St. Dominic, we will visit relics of St. Catherine of Siena 
• Lunch in Siena
• We will continue our journey traveling through the beautiful Tuscany Region finally arriving in the capital city of Florence
• Check into our hotel
• Evening walk and dinner
• Free evening

DEC 3, FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

• Breakfast
• Walking Tour
• MASS- TBA We will take a guided walking tour of this great city including the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Franciscan church of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce), where Dante, Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli are buried, the Piazza Signora and Ponte Vecchio
• Lunch on your own
• FREE TIME all afternoon to explore Florence on your own shopping, museums etc.
• Dinner
• Free evening

• Breakfast
• Mass TBA
• Depart to visit Basilica San Miniato al Monte for an amazing view of Florence
• Depart by bus for the Tuscany-Chianti region
• Lunch wine tasting
• (Half Day) Farewell Dinner

• Breakfast
• 8:15 AM Depart from Hotel to FLR Airport
  Air Dolomiti Flight EN8195
  From Florence to Munich
  TIME: 12:25
  Arrive Washington, Dulles 7:55 PM