Your Tour at a Glance

Stay: 9 Days | 8 Nights

Your Tour Includes

• 1 Handpicked Accommodations
• 11 Meals

Must-See Inclusions:

• Venture underground to the catacombs of St. Sebastian, where early Christians hid and buried their dead.
• Enter the Marian Basilica of St. Mary Major, where art and spirituality meet.
• In Assisi, visit the Basilica of St. Francis and see the Porziuncola chapel from where the Franciscan Order originated.

Cultural Experiences:

• Visit the Seven Pilgrim Churches that grant indulgence during the Holy Year.
• Pause at the Holy Stairs, believed to be the steps that Christ climbed when he appeared before Pontius Pilate.
• Daily Mass organized for you during your stay.

Highlights

• Rome
• Basilica of St. John Lateran & the Holy Stairs
• St. Paul Outside the Walls
• Catacombs
• Papal Blessing in Saint Peter’s Square
• Assisi & Basilica of Saint Francis
• Vatican City
• Sistine Chapel
• St. Peter's Basilica & Holy Door
• St. Mary Major Basilica
• Papal Audience

Customize Your Tour

Post Tour Venice & Padua +$999.00 pp

Optional Excursions Starting at $190.00

Day: 5

Papal Blessing & Prayer | Breakfast Hotel St. Martin

This morning, join the English-language neighborhood Mass at the Shrine of the Divine Mercy.** Afterward, walk on to St. Peter’s Square to await the Papal Blessing.*** Every Sunday when in residence, His Holiness pronounces a brief reflection on the Gospel of the day before reciting the Angelus prayer from his window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. This afternoon, visit the Shrine of our Lady of Divine Love, added to the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome by Saint John Paul II during the Jubilee of AD 2000.

Day: 6

Assisi - Rome | Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner Hotel St. Martin

Early this morning, travel north to Assisi, where St. Francis spent most of his life. Visit St. Mary of the Angels Basilica and the Chapel of the Porziuncola, built on the founding site of the Franciscan Order. After an included lunch, join a local expert on a tour of the 13th-century basilica of St. Francis, where you can see many of St. Francis’ possessions and a series of frescoes. Celebrate Mass at the basilica before returning to Rome in the evening for a late dinner at your hotel.

Day: 7

Vatican City - Rome | Breakfast Hotel St. Martin

This morning explore the Vatican Museums,**** including the Sistine Chapel where the Pope is elected and where Michelangelo’s famous Last Judgment mural is located. End your visit of the Vatican City in St. Peter’s Basilica, the world’s largest church. Feel the grace around you as you meander along towering marble columns and stand in awe before La Pietà, Michelangelo’s renowned sculpture. This afternoon, enter the Marian Basilica of St. Mary Major, where art and spirituality meet. Celebrate Mass before returning to the hotel for an evening at leisure.

Day: 8

Papal Audience | Breakfast & Dinner Hotel St. Martin

Early this morning attend the weekly Papal audience*** at the Vatican City to receive the blessing given by His Holiness the Pope. The afternoon is yours to do as you wish. You may choose to cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s to seek jubilar absolution if you have not done so yet. This evening, join your fellow travelers for a farewell dinner at a local restaurant celebrating the end of a memorable pilgrimage to Italy.

Day: 9

Rome - Tour Ends | Breakfast

Your spiritual journey to Rome and Assisi comes to a close. Return home with renewed faith as a Pilgrim of Hope.