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Shrines of Italy
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From the hallowed Basilica of St. Francis to the glorious Sistine Chapel, discover why Italy is a bastion of Catholicism. Spend time at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the beloved saint’s hometown. Stay two nights in San Giovanni Rotondo. Reflect at the Grotto of Michael the Archangel. Discover the cathedral of Salerno and the abbey of Montecassino. Explore the burial sites of the Catacombs where the early Christians hid and venerated their dead. Attend the weekly Papal audience and receive the blessing given by the Holy Father. Discover Michelangelo’s Last Judgment mural and explore St. Peter’s Basilica. See the world’s most inspirational sites and relics on a journey through the rolling hills and lively cities of Italy.
Your Tour Includes
- 4 Handpicked Accommodations
- 15 Meals
Included Highlights
- Rome
- Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
- Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto
- San Giovanni Rotondo
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Accommodations
Cardinal Hotel St. Peter
Nights 1-9
Hotel Cenacolo
Nights 2-3
Hotel Parco delle Rose
Nights 4-5
Hotel Scapolatiello
Night 6
Cardinal Hotel St. Peter
Night 7
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Most memorable part of this tour was Papal audience, St. Peter’s basilica, Vatican museum, and walking tour of Pompei.
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Vatican and Pompeii
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Our trip was amazing. All of the sights were wonderful. The sights were well planned with special privileges given to our group. Our tour guide, Valeria was very knowledgeable about Italian regions and cities. She dealt with some challenging situations with ease.
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Too, too many to even give an idea of just how memorable this tour was. If anything I would have loved to have stayed an extra day in Assisi and also in Pompeii so as to visit the Amalfi coast. This is a truly beautiful country and our tour guide Valeria was phenomenal and gave us so much more education that I could have hoped for. Would love to come back and would definitely look to book through Colette again.P Stewack
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Great Experience during my time in Italy; favorite memorable experience-having the opportunity (twice) to stand within ten (10) feet of the Pope during our trip to the VaticanJohn D.
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Tour Manager is excellent! Well informed on the different places we visited. Local tour guide is also great except the ones in catacombs. The driver made us fall safe.
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Tour guide is the best! I rate him at 1000%. Hotel in Rome is warm no air con! Rest of the hotels are very good! First dinner was not great!Daisy
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In general, it was a wonderful Tour. Except for the choice of two of the hotels, it would have been a magnificent tour.
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Our Tour Manager is very nice, helpful and very knowledgeable of what he does. Colette is very lucky to have him. Excellent job Mr. Giampaolo. We’re so blessed and lucky to have you as our Tour Manager.
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I don't favor one place over the other. All the places we visited were memorable in special and unique way. I would love to visit Italy again in the future.
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Seeing the Pope and having the perfect close seating. The weather was beautiful throughout the tour.Cheryl Tiefert
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This was an excellent tour. It was well run and well managed from the booking to the Tour Manager to all of the local tour guides and the terrific bus driver. The entire experience was a pleasure and it exceeded expectations. It is hard to choose a favorite experience as one day great day led to another.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the trip
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Not given aisle seats on the return flight which we were told we would have. Also, did not stop at a gift shop in Asissi where we had hoped to purchase several medals and a few other things.
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Excellent tour guide, Giampaolo Naso and excellent bus driver. Giorgio. My trip was totally amazing, thank you Collette.Sherry Rappa
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Our tour guide in Italy did an outstanding job. Giampolo not sure of spelling of his name. He was very caring and personable and professional. He made sure everyone always stayed together so no one got lost. He was extremely knowledgeable on all the tours. I would highly recommend him and Collette to my family and friends.Deborah Sianni
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We saw much more with an organized itinerary and tour guides.Beatrice Koveleski
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Soooo Many! St. Clare of Montefalco- the sweet cloistered nun who gave us a tour, since we are from St. Clare of Montefalco in Michigan. The golden altar at St. benedict's monestary and saying Mass there with our priest, such a small chapel inside a castle. Plus saying Mass with our Michaelite priest at St. Michael's grotto was special too. Our Tour guide Marco was the best! And our bus driver Pasquale was super sweet and an awesome driver!Michelle Fisher
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An excellent tour with lots of sites to visit.
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Great experience! Everything went smoothly and as planned. The meals were great. The tour guides were knowledgeable.Daniel Sosa
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The spiritual faith our tour guide shared with us as a church pilgrimage.
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It was a great "whirlwind" tour. We saw the east and west coasts of Italy, and visited some beautiful places along the way.Daniel Sosa
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Timeline was a perfect match.
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It was a memorable experience to be in holy place like where Padre Pio was.Yolanda Cabarloc
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The memories I carry from this trip are priceless
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Florence day trip; Monte Sant' Angelo - Grotto of St. Michael the Archangel; Sanctuary of Eucharistic Miracle - Lanciano, Italy; Abbey of Montecassino, all the Rome sights.Raymond Dufresne
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As noted earlier, seeing the first of the Eucharistic Miracles, the one at Lanciano in the eighth century moved me tremendously. I also was fascinated by the abbey built into the side of the mountain, wondering just how an 11th-century society could accomplish what would be considered challenging today, even with our tools, machines and computers to help map out structural soundness.Mark Schwartz
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Renewal of wedding/marriage vows at the Holy House of Loreto, shopping in FlorenceSimplicio Coronel
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Liked the tours and tour guides.
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Excellent trip in planning and follow-throughMary Goodman
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I did enjoy the ciesteen chapelGary Otterstrom
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They deserve it.William Mccluskey
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STRESS from moment we signed up for trip and thru the tripGay Scherer
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Hotels, meals and tour manager. I explained my rating in the comments in the previous section.Timothy Osullivan
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See initial write up. Lack of communicationGeorge Anderson
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Great travel tour company. I would highly recommend themMairi Hayamoto
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Great tour. Would have liked more time in some of the churches.Anita Denker
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Loved seeing all the beautiful cathedrals, basilicas, etc. as well as the sights in Florence Also enjoyed some of the side toursKaren Weber
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Seeing the Pope in Vatican City was a big highlight for me.Kevin Devlin
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We saw many beautiful and memorable sites on this pilgrimage and were blessed to have such a wonderful group to enjoy them. Collette should have shown us more of Rome aside from the many churches.
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We certainly kept on schedule allowing us to see so much. Our tour manager was truly remarkable. Our driver, the best!
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Well organized, food was very good, small group enhanced pilgrimage.Catherine Collins
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The shrines and the Vatican.
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MY favorite place was Cava de Terreni. Hope there is another day.
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Being able to attend several masses said by our priest, Father George. And visiting the Vatican. and seeing the Pope..
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The Sistine Chapel, Our stop in Salerno and the Tomb of St Matthew. Our tour manager Catano was the BEST!
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Having Fr. George say mass at many sites including 2 monasteries and a cathedral. Getting to see the Pope and having him pass by us so closely was a sure highlight. The Sistine Chapel was simply amazing.
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Perfect from start to finish.Steven Sarossy
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Visiting the Holy Stairs. Very spiritual experience
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Everything was on time and as schedule.Jose Cuevas
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Stunning and well done!!!Bridgette Schwartz
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It was a wonderful experience, the tour manager and driver were amazing.
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They were all too beautiful & I can not choose!Charlotte Di Liberto
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First the beginning flights wait time were unreasonably long. Because we (I)had no input on the airline of choice, the wait time for the Rome flight at the Philadelphia airport was 7.5 hours through American Airlines. Unreasonable! The special tour guide for the Rome events was horrible. He was to full of himself and absolutely ruined the tour through the Vatican Museum for me.Ernest Bruno
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Papal audience and climbing the Holy stairs on my knees
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Excelente!!! Grazie. I am 85 so I do not think I will be making another trip in the future. I really regret that. Thanks!!!Teresa Alcaraz Villalvazo
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I did not expect to see all the Cathedrals and tours around the southern part of Italy. very memorable to me that I can never forget all the places we went to visit. I love all the places and the information that was given to us by the tour managers in different places. All of them were very knowlegable of the history of the places we visited. I commend and appreciate all the information and the beauties of all the places we visited .No one can outdo and remove the information for all the information I gathered, it will remain in my memory till I die . I love it.Lourdes Hoagland
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Places that we visited are nice, great and interesting
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The Tour Manager’s Lack of professionalism and poor knowledge of the Company’s philosophy.Eduardo Medina
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the visit to saint Padre PioLuisa Domenech
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Most memorable experience was Florence, one day was not enough. Bus driver Antonio was amazing, maneuvering coach on narrow winding roads and hectic Rome traffic.Rome by night option was misleading, expected to tour the city sights instead it was an average meal.Joseph Gilmartin
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St.Peters square seeing the Pope.James Looks
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the tour was excellent for all sightsRonald Di Ramio
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The tour was great! We were unfortunately combined with another group, most of whom did not respect time issues and were frequently late delaying the entire trip. This is my 5th trip and the value for the money seems to be decreasing, less included meals and tours - they try to "market" this as giving the traveler more free time, but when you are in a foreign county and don't speak the language free time is not necessarily the best. Don't even think about trying to upgrade your airfare, Collette charges an excessive amount, you're better to do land only if you don't want to fly economy.
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Excellent values with high quality treatment from Collette staffJosanne Elder Harris
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I loved visiting the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel!
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Was a trip of a lifetime!
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Our tour manager and driver were fantastic.Robert Creagan
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Rushed through on one day. Plenty of options during alone time. A lot of ideas and options given by tour guide. Tour Guide over and beyond. So full of knowledge, patient and always smiling. She went way out of her way to make sure everybody was where they were suppose to be when they were supposed to be.
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All of them were fantastic.Elizabeth Gromes
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The most I’ve paid for a European tour of 10 days, eight actually due to flight in and out. Hotels were 3 1/2 - 4 stars I would say. We had a last minute ( 5 ) day change in Assisi for our hotel stay. Assisi and Padre pio made an impression.
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Heather V. made the trip great. We loved it.
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The local flair of Italy. Each day had something special.
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Not enough rooms for single guests, too many activities crammed into each day, and not enough time to do activities on own.
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The tour was great, but exhausting. One day off in the middle of the tour would have helped. Needed a little rest.Ruth Gaipa
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I had no complaints! It was all my favorite...if I had one complaint it might be that I would have liked to spend more time in certain areas.Renee Firth
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Excellent tour guide and the transport
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Seeing the Vatican and especially St. Peter's
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Florence was beautiful, but I was disappointed with our visit to Pompeii. The buffet food in the Assisi hotel was terrible. Overall, the food on the tour was uninspiring.Frank Kiraly
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seeing the pope. rome at night the music,food and gelatoDorothy Wise
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The beautiful mountain shrine’s were exceptionally beautiful and inspiringDavid Seth
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Favorite experience was the papal audience. Also the museums and the colosseum . However, the trip was presented as moderate walking, whereas in actuality it was strenuous walkingBarbara Cullen
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Did see beautiful churchesSusan Lewis
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Pompei, but I have to say i was surprise that the admission for Pompei was not include in the tour package pricing.This is a sugestion Florence should have at least 2 night stay so much to see so little time...
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VATICAN CITY AND MUSEUM GREATRosemary Thommen
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Being at the Vatican and seeing Pope Francis
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Our tour guide was kind and knowledgeable. Got us great seats to see Pope Francis
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very informative and helpfulRoseann Mcgrath
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Rome tours,tours to all the shrines, etc.Janet Robbins
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The food and our guide Ms. CarozziBonita Rupprecht
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I was happy with the tour. I will travel with Collette again.
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I explained in earlier commentJanice Bisel
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Awesome experience! The Catholic themed locations were exactly what we were looking for. The tour manager and bus driver were outstanding!Douglas Bayley
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Loved the pace of the tour and enjoyed the tour manager's experience and help.
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I would say the monastery at Montocassino was the most impressive to me although every part of this tour was impressive. All these shrines had their own special aspect.Marie Bayley
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****** our tour manager was very knowledgeable and shared her experiences with all on the tour. Sites visited were exceptional.
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The Papal Audience and St Pio were the major reasons I wanted to take the tour. I also liked visiting the other tour cities and the Churches were wonderful; however, some of the tour days were too fast paced, especially the last day. We visited 4 Churches and the Colosseum side trip in one day - it was too rushed, not to mention lunch was rushed. Some of the meals left a lot to be desired. The first meal at Satiricus Restaurant was great. In general, the hotel meals were good. The farewell dinner was so so - nothing spectacular. I liked Hotel Columbus because of it's location near the Vatican. Hotel Scapolatiello was the best; however, we had to lug our carry on baggage up steep steps. Our tour manager, did find a way to take the road down to the bus rather than taking the steps the next morning. I was under the impression that all baggage transfers were included on this tour. I think the museum (Florence) and the Vatican and Church tour guides were knowledgeable; however, after the first 10 minutes of construction dates and more dates - I tuned out. In other words, more practical items of interest would have been nice and more time to explore the Vatican and Churches on our own would have been great. Finally, we were at the Church across the street from the steps Christ went up to talk to Pontius Pilot; however, the steps were not on the tour route - a disappointment. All in all, I am glad I took the tour. I also got to make new friends from Atlanta also.Noreen Moderalli
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The very memorable experience on that pilgrimage was when visited the places that was not in our itinerary , it was a bonus and we all loved it, thanks to our tour manager.
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Definitely the audience with the Pope and the Vatican. That day was THE BESTChristine
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Very Busy but greatly enjoyed the pilgrimage. I appreciated the added stop to Lanciano to see the Eucharistic Miracle. That same day we visited the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto. That was definately my most memorable day...seeing Pope Francis up close and personal is at the top of my list also. I was disappointed that we were not allowed in the Colosseum due to a large group of students that entered....we did get a discount for the day but still disappointing.Sandra
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Our tour manager Tony was a great guide.
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The shrines, the accommodations , our guide, the weather were all wonderful. One of my favorite places was San Giovanni Rotundo.
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The Shrines of Italy was an amazing experience! It’s full of rich histories ~ cultures, and the architectural elements/designs, beautiful landscapes at Tuscany, and all the surrounding natures were truly remarkable!!! The Highlights were in Vatican City ~ Rome, seeing Pope Leo XIV at his Papal Audience and as well all the Holy Churches, The Sistine Chapel, all were an absolute super creative!!! Truly a Blessings….
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This tour was made EXCEPTIONAL by our Tour Manager, Flavio Nicoletti- his knowledge, personality, experience and professionalism were exceeding all expectations! He knew the questions we would have ahead of time, he arranged for us to have daily mass at chapels withing significant cathedrals, he made alternative options available for those not going on each tour. The value added to this experience by virtue of Flavio is immeasurable, and he should be well rewarded for his contributions to Collette!Teresa M
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Great tour, Great Tour Guides, Great Bus Driver. Accommodations were OK, not everything worked properly, A/C, showers, etc. but all in all it was a lovely experience. The only complaint I have is that I left my hat at the Cardinal Hotel St Peter in Rome and they were VERY UNACCOMMODATING in helping me retrieve it. I am STILL working on finding a courier service that will help me get my hat back. The Hotel has it, they just won't help me.
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Excellent Tour GuideCheryl Loomis
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This was my first travel outside the US. It was so nice to let someone else do the planning, scheduling, driving and keeping us all safe. I learned so much as we traveled. I was able to just be in the space and soak it up.Janet Schwarz
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Being in Italy during the election of our new Pope. Seeing the tombs and bodies of saints that gave me chills just thinking about the succession of our faith. The history, art and architecture was amazing as well as the countryside. Great commentary by Flavio about the places we visited and the people we were with made the trip very enjoyable.Kenneth Roberts
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All of the churches and sacred locations were amazing…..we could feel the Holy Spirit present throughout our visits, Masses and prayers. We loved Rome of course, and being there was special when a new pope was elected. Assisi meant a lot as St Francis is one of our favorite saints and our Parish saint. The cave of St Michael is very Holy. Mass was occurring there when we arrived and it was absolutely beautiful. Our tour guide,Flavio, was the best we ever had. And bus driver,Mirko, handled that bus with ease.Susan Foster
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De tour in Pompeii in the Vatican is the more wonderful time all the places is amazing and beautiful, and I want to come back again and visit the Colosseum and more different places
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Giampaolo is an outstanding tour group guide. He is an asset to your company.Alicia Jimenez
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My most memorable experience was visiting the Vatican and St Peter’s Square. Our tour manager was very knowledgeable throughout the tours. I highly recommend this tour.Siria Reyes
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Had the best tour guide!! He was contentious, caring, understanding and very knowledgeable!Catherine DeLair
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The Tour Manager was very professional and very helpful. He listened to the pilgrims' concerns and likes/dislikes. Although the overall tour agenda was amazing, the schedule was very hectic, with a rushed breakfast almost every day.
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Padre PioLorna Loreto
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The best moments of the tour were the times spent quietly worshipping in the beautiful holy places. Our tour manager, Giampaolo, was the perfect guide, culturally and spiritually. He was warm, friendly, and at the same time, knowledgeable and professional. We felt secure and special— like we were visiting a favorite family member’s home. It wouldn’t have been the same without him.Gloria Hennessy
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The tour provides a sampling of the shrines of Italy. I wanted to see the home of Padre Pio and was not disappointed. I was lucky enough to experience a spiritual light here My son died of cancer and followed Padre Pio and it was here I finally knew he was at peace and so was I . The stories of the Nazareth at the church in Lareto was amazing. It would have been nicer to spend more time there. This tour is not for people who cannot do stairs, some of the churches require walking up and down. Food in some of the places was was like banquet food and was terrible at the dinners. The pasta was great but some of the meats were horrible, some of the food was oversalted. Breakfast was the best.Delphine Anderson
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Too, too many to even give an idea of just how memorable this tour was. If anything I would have loved to have stayed an extra day in Assisi and also in Pompeii so as to visit the Amalfi coast. This is a truly beautiful country and our tour guide Valeria was phenomenal and gave us so much more education that I could have hoped for. Would love to come back and would definitely look to book through Colette again.P Stewack
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Our trip was amazing. All of the sights were wonderful. The sights were well planned with special privileges given to our group. Our tour guide, Valeria was very knowledgeable about Italian regions and cities. She dealt with some challenging situations with ease.
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Vatican and Pompeii
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Most memorable part of this tour was Papal audience, St. Peter’s basilica, Vatican museum, and walking tour of Pompei.
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Great Experience during my time in Italy; favorite memorable experience-having the opportunity (twice) to stand within ten (10) feet of the Pope during our trip to the VaticanJohn D.
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Our Tour Manager is very nice, helpful and very knowledgeable of what he does. Colette is very lucky to have him. Excellent job Mr. Giampaolo. We’re so blessed and lucky to have you as our Tour Manager.
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In general, it was a wonderful Tour. Except for the choice of two of the hotels, it would have been a magnificent tour.
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Tour guide is the best! I rate him at 1000%. Hotel in Rome is warm no air con! Rest of the hotels are very good! First dinner was not great!Daisy
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I don't favor one place over the other. All the places we visited were memorable in special and unique way. I would love to visit Italy again in the future.
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Tour Manager is excellent! Well informed on the different places we visited. Local tour guide is also great except the ones in catacombs. The driver made us fall safe.
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Seeing the Pope and having the perfect close seating. The weather was beautiful throughout the tour.Cheryl Tiefert
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This was an excellent tour. It was well run and well managed from the booking to the Tour Manager to all of the local tour guides and the terrific bus driver. The entire experience was a pleasure and it exceeded expectations. It is hard to choose a favorite experience as one day great day led to another.
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Not given aisle seats on the return flight which we were told we would have. Also, did not stop at a gift shop in Asissi where we had hoped to purchase several medals and a few other things.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the trip
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Excellent tour guide, Giampaolo Naso and excellent bus driver. Giorgio. My trip was totally amazing, thank you Collette.Sherry Rappa
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Our tour guide in Italy did an outstanding job. Giampolo not sure of spelling of his name. He was very caring and personable and professional. He made sure everyone always stayed together so no one got lost. He was extremely knowledgeable on all the tours. I would highly recommend him and Collette to my family and friends.Deborah Sianni
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We saw much more with an organized itinerary and tour guides.Beatrice Koveleski
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Soooo Many! St. Clare of Montefalco- the sweet cloistered nun who gave us a tour, since we are from St. Clare of Montefalco in Michigan. The golden altar at St. benedict's monestary and saying Mass there with our priest, such a small chapel inside a castle. Plus saying Mass with our Michaelite priest at St. Michael's grotto was special too. Our Tour guide Marco was the best! And our bus driver Pasquale was super sweet and an awesome driver!Michelle Fisher
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An excellent tour with lots of sites to visit.
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Great experience! Everything went smoothly and as planned. The meals were great. The tour guides were knowledgeable.Daniel Sosa
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The spiritual faith our tour guide shared with us as a church pilgrimage.
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It was a great "whirlwind" tour. We saw the east and west coasts of Italy, and visited some beautiful places along the way.Daniel Sosa
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Timeline was a perfect match.
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It was a memorable experience to be in holy place like where Padre Pio was.Yolanda Cabarloc
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The memories I carry from this trip are priceless
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Florence day trip; Monte Sant' Angelo - Grotto of St. Michael the Archangel; Sanctuary of Eucharistic Miracle - Lanciano, Italy; Abbey of Montecassino, all the Rome sights.Raymond Dufresne
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As noted earlier, seeing the first of the Eucharistic Miracles, the one at Lanciano in the eighth century moved me tremendously. I also was fascinated by the abbey built into the side of the mountain, wondering just how an 11th-century society could accomplish what would be considered challenging today, even with our tools, machines and computers to help map out structural soundness.Mark Schwartz
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Renewal of wedding/marriage vows at the Holy House of Loreto, shopping in FlorenceSimplicio Coronel
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Liked the tours and tour guides.
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Excellent trip in planning and follow-throughMary Goodman
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I did enjoy the ciesteen chapelGary Otterstrom
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They deserve it.William Mccluskey
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STRESS from moment we signed up for trip and thru the tripGay Scherer
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Hotels, meals and tour manager. I explained my rating in the comments in the previous section.Timothy Osullivan
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See initial write up. Lack of communicationGeorge Anderson
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Great travel tour company. I would highly recommend themMairi Hayamoto
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Great tour. Would have liked more time in some of the churches.Anita Denker
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Loved seeing all the beautiful cathedrals, basilicas, etc. as well as the sights in Florence Also enjoyed some of the side toursKaren Weber
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Seeing the Pope in Vatican City was a big highlight for me.Kevin Devlin
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We saw many beautiful and memorable sites on this pilgrimage and were blessed to have such a wonderful group to enjoy them. Collette should have shown us more of Rome aside from the many churches.
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We certainly kept on schedule allowing us to see so much. Our tour manager was truly remarkable. Our driver, the best!
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Well organized, food was very good, small group enhanced pilgrimage.Catherine Collins
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The shrines and the Vatican.
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MY favorite place was Cava de Terreni. Hope there is another day.
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The Sistine Chapel, Our stop in Salerno and the Tomb of St Matthew. Our tour manager Catano was the BEST!
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Being able to attend several masses said by our priest, Father George. And visiting the Vatican. and seeing the Pope..
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Having Fr. George say mass at many sites including 2 monasteries and a cathedral. Getting to see the Pope and having him pass by us so closely was a sure highlight. The Sistine Chapel was simply amazing.
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Perfect from start to finish.Trusted Customer
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Visiting the Holy Stairs. Very spiritual experience
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Everything was on time and as schedule.Trusted Customer
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Stunning and well done!!!Trusted Customer
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It was a wonderful experience, the tour manager and driver were amazing.
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They were all too beautiful & I can not choose!Trusted Customer
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First the beginning flights wait time were unreasonably long. Because we (I)had no input on the airline of choice, the wait time for the Rome flight at the Philadelphia airport was 7.5 hours through American Airlines. Unreasonable! The special tour guide for the Rome events was horrible. He was to full of himself and absolutely ruined the tour through the Vatican Museum for me.Trusted Customer
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Papal audience and climbing the Holy stairs on my knees
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Excelente!!! Grazie. I am 85 so I do not think I will be making another trip in the future. I really regret that. Thanks!!!Trusted Customer
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I did not expect to see all the Cathedrals and tours around the southern part of Italy. very memorable to me that I can never forget all the places we went to visit. I love all the places and the information that was given to us by the tour managers in different places. All of them were very knowlegable of the history of the places we visited. I commend and appreciate all the information and the beauties of all the places we visited .No one can outdo and remove the information for all the information I gathered, it will remain in my memory till I die . I love it.Trusted Customer
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Places that we visited are nice, great and interesting
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The Tour Manager’s Lack of professionalism and poor knowledge of the Company’s philosophy.Trusted Customer
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the visit to saint Padre PioTrusted Customer
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Most memorable experience was Florence, one day was not enough. Bus driver Antonio was amazing, maneuvering coach on narrow winding roads and hectic Rome traffic.Rome by night option was misleading, expected to tour the city sights instead it was an average meal.Trusted Customer
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the tour was excellent for all sightsTrusted Customer
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St.Peters square seeing the Pope.Trusted Customer
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The tour was great! We were unfortunately combined with another group, most of whom did not respect time issues and were frequently late delaying the entire trip. This is my 5th trip and the value for the money seems to be decreasing, less included meals and tours - they try to "market" this as giving the traveler more free time, but when you are in a foreign county and don't speak the language free time is not necessarily the best. Don't even think about trying to upgrade your airfare, Collette charges an excessive amount, you're better to do land only if you don't want to fly economy.
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Excellent values with high quality treatment from Collette staffTrusted Customer
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I loved visiting the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel!
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Was a trip of a lifetime!
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Our tour manager and driver were fantastic.Trusted Customer
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Rushed through on one day. Plenty of options during alone time. A lot of ideas and options given by tour guide. Tour Guide over and beyond. So full of knowledge, patient and always smiling. She went way out of her way to make sure everybody was where they were suppose to be when they were supposed to be.
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All of them were fantastic.Trusted Customer
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The most I’ve paid for a European tour of 10 days, eight actually due to flight in and out. Hotels were 3 1/2 - 4 stars I would say. We had a last minute ( 5 ) day change in Assisi for our hotel stay. Assisi and Padre pio made an impression.
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Heather V. made the trip great. We loved it.
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The local flair of Italy. Each day had something special.
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Not enough rooms for single guests, too many activities crammed into each day, and not enough time to do activities on own.
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The tour was great, but exhausting. One day off in the middle of the tour would have helped. Needed a little rest.Trusted Customer
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I had no complaints! It was all my favorite...if I had one complaint it might be that I would have liked to spend more time in certain areas.Trusted Customer
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Excellent tour guide and the transport
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Seeing the Vatican and especially St. Peter's
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Florence was beautiful, but I was disappointed with our visit to Pompeii. The buffet food in the Assisi hotel was terrible. Overall, the food on the tour was uninspiring.Trusted Customer
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seeing the pope. rome at night the music,food and gelatoTrusted Customer
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The beautiful mountain shrine’s were exceptionally beautiful and inspiringTrusted Customer
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Favorite experience was the papal audience. Also the museums and the colosseum . However, the trip was presented as moderate walking, whereas in actuality it was strenuous walkingTrusted Customer
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Did see beautiful churchesTrusted Customer
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Pompei, but I have to say i was surprise that the admission for Pompei was not include in the tour package pricing.This is a sugestion Florence should have at least 2 night stay so much to see so little time...
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VATICAN CITY AND MUSEUM GREATTrusted Customer
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Being at the Vatican and seeing Pope Francis
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Our tour guide was kind and knowledgeable. Got us great seats to see Pope Francis
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very informative and helpfulTrusted Customer
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Rome tours,tours to all the shrines, etc.Trusted Customer
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The food and our guide Ms. CarozziTrusted Customer
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I was happy with the tour. I will travel with Collette again.
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I explained in earlier commentTrusted Customer
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Awesome experience! The Catholic themed locations were exactly what we were looking for. The tour manager and bus driver were outstanding!Trusted Customer
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Loved the pace of the tour and enjoyed the tour manager's experience and help.
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I would say the monastery at Montocassino was the most impressive to me although every part of this tour was impressive. All these shrines had their own special aspect.Trusted Customer
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****** our tour manager was very knowledgeable and shared her experiences with all on the tour. Sites visited were exceptional.
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The Papal Audience and St Pio were the major reasons I wanted to take the tour. I also liked visiting the other tour cities and the Churches were wonderful; however, some of the tour days were too fast paced, especially the last day. We visited 4 Churches and the Colosseum side trip in one day - it was too rushed, not to mention lunch was rushed. Some of the meals left a lot to be desired. The first meal at Satiricus Restaurant was great. In general, the hotel meals were good. The farewell dinner was so so - nothing spectacular. I liked Hotel Columbus because of it's location near the Vatican. Hotel Scapolatiello was the best; however, we had to lug our carry on baggage up steep steps. Our tour manager, did find a way to take the road down to the bus rather than taking the steps the next morning. I was under the impression that all baggage transfers were included on this tour. I think the museum (Florence) and the Vatican and Church tour guides were knowledgeable; however, after the first 10 minutes of construction dates and more dates - I tuned out. In other words, more practical items of interest would have been nice and more time to explore the Vatican and Churches on our own would have been great. Finally, we were at the Church across the street from the steps Christ went up to talk to Pontius Pilot; however, the steps were not on the tour route - a disappointment. All in all, I am glad I took the tour. I also got to make new friends from Atlanta also.Trusted Customer
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The very memorable experience on that pilgrimage was when visited the places that was not in our itinerary , it was a bonus and we all loved it, thanks to our tour manager.
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Definitely the audience with the Pope and the Vatican. That day was THE BESTTrusted Customer
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Very Busy but greatly enjoyed the pilgrimage. I appreciated the added stop to Lanciano to see the Eucharistic Miracle. That same day we visited the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto. That was definately my most memorable day...seeing Pope Francis up close and personal is at the top of my list also. I was disappointed that we were not allowed in the Colosseum due to a large group of students that entered....we did get a discount for the day but still disappointing.Trusted Customer
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Our tour manager Tony was a great guide.
