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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 Pope. 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
- 5 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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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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