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Itinerary
Day 1: Paris
Upon arrival at Paris airport, you will be transferred to your centrally located hotel for dinner and your overnight stay.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2: Paris - Lisieux
After breakfast enjoy a guided tour of Paris, a city full of history and magnificent monuments including the Champs-Elysees, Arc the Triomphe, Grands Boulevards, Opera, Concorde, the Eiffel Tower, Louvre museum, Hotel de Ville and the Notre Dame cathedral. You'll also visit the Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse. After lunch you will have some free time to explore Montmartre, one of the most characteristic areas of the capital, with place du Tertre and the Sacre-Coeur basilica. We will then depart for Lisieux.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Lisieux - Mont-Saint-Michel
After breakfast this morning enjoy a guided tour of Lisieux, a place of pilgrimage, featuring les Buissonnets, the house where Saint Theresa spent a part of her childhood, Carmel chapel, Saint Theresa basilica, the relics room and Saint Peter cathedral. After lunch you'll have some time at leisure before we depart for Mont-Saint-Michel, where we will stay overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Mont-Saint-Michel - Tours
Today we will explore Mont-Saint-Michel, whose rocks and bay are a UNESCO World Heritages Site. Tour the medieval town, including the Parish church and the abbey. Afterwards you have some free time to continue exploring this remarkable site. After lunch we will depart in the direction of Rennes, Le Mans and Tours.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5: Tours - Rocamadour
After breakfast you'll visit the Old Tours and Saint Gatien cathedral. The town was a major religious centre during the Middle Ages and pilgrims came to worship at the tomb of Saint Martin. Today, only two vestiges of the basilica of this Saint remain: Charlemagne Tower and the Clock Tower. We will then head to Poitiers for lunch, and then continue onto Brive-La-Gaillarde and Rocamadour, where you'll stay overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Rocamadour - Lourdes
After breakfast we will tour Rocamadour, a place of legend and cult of the Black Virgin: Notre-Dame de Rocamadour. Walk through the town, perched on the side of a cliff along the spectacular Alzou canyon. You will also have some free time to walk around some more or mediate in the sacred places of the area such as the Notre-Dame chapel. After lunch we will depart for Cahors, Toulouse, Tarbes and Lourdes.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Lourdes
This morning we will have a guided tour of Lourdes and the sanctuaries, one of the greatest centres of Christian pilgrimage in the world. Your local guide will take you on a discovery tour of the upper town as well as the sanctuaries of the Notre-Dame of Lourdes, including the grotto of Massabielle and the basilica of the Immaculate Conception. After lunch enjoy some free time this afternoon in this sacred place, visited by millions of pilgrims each year. We will stay overnight in Lourdes.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8: Lourdes - Toulouse
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport in Toulouse.
Meals: Breakfast
Group Tour Package Includes:
- Tour in a luxury long-distance coach
- Accommodation in 2/3 star hotels in a double room
- Full board from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 8
- Tours and visits mentioned in the program
- Tours of Paris, Lisieux and Lourdes with local guides
- Presence of a guide during the trip
- One free booking for every 40 participants
Not Included:
- Single room supplement
- Cancellation and assistance insurance
- Drinks
- Supplement per person for 3* hotel accommodation $170.00 per person
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