Day 01 – Day of Departure
Depart from U.S.A. on your international flight to Madrid, Spain.  Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.

Day 02 – Madrid - Avila
Upon arrival in Madrid, you will be met for a panoramic tour of Madrid and then transferred to Avila, the birthplace of St. Teresa.  This is a walled city dating back to the Middle Ages. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 03 – Avila – Segovia - Burgos
Breakfast.  After a morning tour of Avila, visiting St. Teresa’s Temple, the Convent of St. Thomas, and the Cathedral, you will continue on to Burgos via Segovia to see the famous Roman Aqueduct.  Dinner and overnight at hotel in Burgos.

Day 04 –  Burgos – San Sebastian - Lourdes
Breakfast.  Visit to the Cathedral, the third largest in Spain, and the Monastery of La Cartuja de Miraflores.  Depart for lunch via Bilbao and view the Guggenheim Museum.  Continue on to the city of San Sebastian.  After a brief visit, your pilgrimage will depart for one of Catholicism’s most important sites – Lourdes, France.  Lourdes is the birthplace of St. Bernadette to whom Our Lady appeared in 1858.  Upon arrival, you will check-into your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Days 05/06 –  Lourdes
Breakfast.  During your stay in Lourdes, you will have the opportunity to attend Mass daily, enjoy a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes, and walk in the footsteps of St. Bernadette.   You will see the Boly Mill where St. Bernadette was born and the “Cachot” an abandoned prison where Bernadette’s impoverished family lived.  Join your prayers with those of pilgrim’s from around the world, drink water from the miraculous spring or submerge yourself in the healing baths.  Experience Christ’s love as you walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto.  Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto, in obedience to the request of the Immaculate Conception.  Your role in the universal church will have new meaning as you join the candlelight procession and group rosary.  On these days breakfast, and dinner will be served at the hotel.

Day 07 –  Lourdes - Zaragoza
Breakfast. Then, you will have time for a last visit to the Shrine before departing for Zaragoza, Spain, where you will visit the “Catedral de Nuestra Senora del Pilar.”  Legend has it that Our Lady appeared to St. James the Apostle and asked him to build a cathedral in her honor.  Her image is on one of the pillars found in the church.  Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 08 –  Return home
Breakfast. Transfer to Madrid’s airport for your return flight home.