Religious Italy

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Overview

Embark on a profound spiritual journey through Italy, starting in Turin, where you can visit the Shroud of Turin. Travel to Milan to see the majestic Cathedral and Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. In Montichiari and Venera, explore their significant religious sites before heading to Padua, home of the Basilica of Saint Anthony.

In Venice, visit the Basilica di Santa Lucia, which houses the relics of Saint Lucy, known for her extraordinary life and martyrdom. Continue to Prato and Florence, where you can admire their rich religious art and historical churches.

Proceed to Cascia to honor Saint Rita, and explore Assisi, the birthplace of Saint Francis and a center of Franciscan spirituality. Visit Loreto, famous for the Holy House, and Lanciano, known for its Eucharistic Miracle. Visit San Giovanni Rotondo, the home of Saint Padre Pio, and take in the scenic beauty of the Amalfi Coast and Salerno.

Explore Pompeii and Naples, significant for their historical and religious context, before concluding your pilgrimage in Rome.

Itinerary

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Day 1 - TURIN
At the agreed time, meet the guide at the hotel. Free day
Day 2 - TURIN
Day dedicated to a city tour of the city of Turin. Among several attractions, we will visit its beautiful Cathedral that houses the Holy Shroud and some of its tourist attractions.
Day 3 - TURIN/MILÃO/MONTICHIARI/VERONA
Breakfast and departure towards Milan. Brief visit to its magnificent Duomo. Continuation to Montichiari, place of the apparition of Our Lady of the Mystic Rose. Arrival in Verona and accommodation. In the afternoon, we will take a walking tour of this incredible city with a charming historic center and marked by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Day 4 - VERONA/PADOVA/VENICE
Breakfast. Departure towards Venice. Before that, we will make a brief visit to Padova, where we will visit the relics of Saint Anthony. Arrival and Accommodation. We will take a city tour on foot through the main tourist attractions of Venice and discover its famous canals, St. Mark's Square and its Basilica, the Rialto Bridge, the Doge's Palace, the Bell Tower and the Bridge of Sighs. We will also visit the body of Santa Luzia. At dusk, we suggest an unforgettable gondola ride.
Day 5 - VENICE
Free day in Venice.
Day 6 - VENICE/PRATO/FLORENCE
Breakfast and departure from Venice towards the city of Prato, where we will visit the Belt of Thomas, a relic that, according to medieval legends, was the belt given by Our Lady to Thomas after her assumption. Arrival in Florence and accommodation. Time to take a walking tour of its historic center and discover its world-famous tourist attractions, including the Palazzo Vecchio and the Basilica Santa Maria del Fiori. Also visit the resting places of great names that made up Italy's artistic history, such as Donatello, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Rossini and Machiavelli.
Day 7 - FLORENCE
Free day in Florence
Day 8 - FLORENCE/ASSISI/CASCIA/LORETO
Breakfast. Departure towards the picturesque city of Assis. Time to visit the Basilicas of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare and their relics. We will continue our trip to Cascia. Visit to the Sanctuary where you find the incorrupt body of Saint Rita. We will continue our journey to Loreto, the city that houses the Holy House, which according to tradition and history, is the home of the Jesus family, brought by the angels of Nazareth so that it would not fall into the hands of the Mohammedans. Accommodation.
Day 9 - LORETO/LANCIANO/SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO
Breakfast. We will continue our journey to the city of Lanciano, where the Eucharistic miracle took place. We will continue to San Giovanni Rotondo. Accommodation. Visit to the incorrupt body of the Holy Priest Pio.
Day 10 - SAN GIOVANNI/SANT´ANGELO/SALERNO/AMALFI
Breakfast and departure towards Amalfi. On the way we will make a brief stop at the oldest Sanctuary in Western Europe, the Sanctuary of the Mount of Saint Michael the Archangel, where some appearances of Saint Michael the Archangel took place. We will continue to Salerno, where you will find the relics of Saint Matheus. We will continue to Amalfi, one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. Accommodation. We will visit the relics of Saint Andrew, the first disciple of Jesus. Accommodation.
Day 11 - AMALFI
Free day in Amalfi
Day 12 - AMALFI/POMPEII/NAPLES/ROME
Breakfast. Early in the morning we will leave to visit Pompeii, a historic city that was buried by the Vesuvius Volcano, and therefore remains extremely preserved today. We will continue to Naples, where we will visit the Basilica of Saint Philomena and her relics. Before arriving in Rome, we will visit the Basilica of Saint Paul Extramuros, where we will visit Saint Paul's tomb and the site of his execution. Accommodation.
Day 13 - ROME
Breakfast. In the morning, we will visit the Vatican, the Vatican museum and the Sistine Chapel. In the afternoon, we will take a city tour of the Italian capital where we will visit the Roman Forum, Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, among other places. Furthermore, we will stroll through some places that remember Christ's passion in Rome, such as the Flagellation Column, where Jesus was flogged during his passion; the Title of the Cross, an inscription that stood over Jesus on the cross saying that he was the “king of the Jews”; the Holy Ladder, which led to the top of the praetorium of Pontius Pilate, in Jerusalem, climbed by Jesus during his trial.
Day 14 - ROME
Breakfast. End of our services.