JOIN FR. CARLOS SERRANO IN A UNIQUE LIFETIME PILGRIMAGE TO ITALY A 12 Days 10 Nights Tour
(September 28-October 9, 2026)
START TIME
09/28/2024
END TIME
10/09/2024
PRICE
$4,490 Double Room $5190 Single Room
INCLUDED
- Airline Ticket- Round trip Flights
- Accommodation at 4-star hotels
- Two Meals per day (Breakfast and Dinner)
- Transportation in Deluxe Motorcoaches with Air Condition
- Professional Tour Guide all through
- Handling of luggage at the Hotels.
- Daily Mass at all Holy sites
NOT INCLUDED
- Transpiration to and from airport in USA
- Travel Insurance (Optional)
- Tips
- Alcoholic Drinks
ITINERARY
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Monday SEP 28: USA – MILAN (ITALY)
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Tuesday SEP 29: MILAN
Arrive to Milan airport. Meet with your tour escort and transfer to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
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Wednesday SEP 30: MILAN – VENICE
Breakfast at the hotel and start our visit to Milan with a local guide by the famous Cathedral of the
Duomo (entrance included), built at the end of the fourteenth century on the site of the Forth century
church dedicated to St. Thecla. An orientation tour will take us through the major streets and
monuments of Milan before heading to Venice. Arrive at Venice, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Thursday OCT 01: VENICE
Breakfast. Visit to Venice, highlighting St. Mark’s Square, the Doge’s Palace, the Clock Tower, the
Rialto Bridge, or the majestic St. Mark’s Basilica, where we can attend Holy Mass. Return to the
hotel, dinner, and accommodation.
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Friday OCT 02: VENICE – FLORENCE
Breakfast. Depart to Florence and visit to the historic center to discover places like the Cathedral
of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Baptistery and the Gates of Paradise, Piazza della Signoria, the
Loggia, or the Uffizi Gallery, Piazza della Repubblica, the Straw Market, or the iconic “Ponte Vecchio.”
Free time. dinner, and accommodation at your hotel.
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Saturday OCT 03: FLORENCE – PISA – ASSISI
Breakfast at the hotel and leave for Pisa, very famous for its leaning tower. Continue to Assisi,
the hometown of St. Francis. Visit to the Basilica of San Francisco where his tomb is located. Celebration
of Holy Mass. Visit also the Church of St. Mary of the Angels. Arrive to your hotel
for dinner and overnight
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Sunday OCT 04: ASSISI – CASCIA – LANCIANO – LORETO
Breakfast. Departure to Cascia, where we can visit the Church of Santa Rita and learn about her history.
Continuing to Lanciano where we will adore the first and greatest Eucharistic Miracle of the 700s.
Continue to Loreto, very most famous for the Basilica della Santa Casa, a grand sanctuary that houses
the Holy House of the Virgin Mary. According to tradition, this is the very house where Mary lived and
received the Annunciation, miraculously transported from Nazareth to Italy in the 13th century. Arrive to
hotel. Dinner and overnight.
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Monday OCT 05: LORETO – ORVIETO – ROME
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning visit the Sanctuary of the Holy House. Continue
to Orvieto where in 1263 a Eucharistic Miracle occurred when a consecrated Host began to bleed onto
the Corporal cloth the host and chalice were resting on. The relic is preserved in the Orvieto Cathedral.
In the afternoon, continue our trip to Rome. Arrive to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
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Tuesday OCT 06: CHRISTIAN ROME
Breakfast. The first stop is on the Esquiline Hill, where the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is
located. Continue to the Holy Stairs, the Lateran Palace, the Basilica of St. John, and the Basilica
of St. Paul Outside the Walls. In the afternoon, transfer to a catacomb. Possibility of celebrating
Mass. Dinner in the popular Trastevere district. Return to the hotel and accommodation.
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Wednesday OCT 07: ROME – PAPAL AUDIENCE – VATICAN MUSEUMS AND ST. PETER
Breakfast. Transfer to St. Peter’s Square to attend the papal audience. Free time. In the afternoon,
we will visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave is held to elect the
successor of Peter. We will end the visit by seeing the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica. Free time.
Return to the hotel, dinner, and accommodation.
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Thursday OCT 08: ROME (CLASSICAL AND BAROQUE)
Breakfast. Visit to Classical Rome: Church of San Pietro in Vincoli, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum,
the Palatine, the Capitoline Hill and the imposing monument to Vittorio Emmanuelle II and the Trajan’s
Forum. In the afternoon, we will visit Piazza Navona, Piazza della Rotonda, the Trevi Fountain, and Piazza
di Spagna. Return to the hotel, dinner, and accommodation.
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Friday OCT 09: ROME - USA
Breakfast at the hotel. In due time, transfer to Rome airport to board your flight back home.
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