ITALY - ROME, ASSISI, LA VERNA, FLORANCE, PADUA AND VENICE

Departure from Miami

Private coach transfer from FCO Rome airport, orientations tour and transfer to your hotel

Visit to Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

Suggested Mass: At the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (thanksgiving for arrival and apostolic zeal)

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel, water and. wine included

Papal Audience and the Beauty of Faith

FD private coach hire for the Papal Audience and Vatican Museums

Attend the Papal Audience

6-hour licensed English-speaking guide for Vatican Museum (1 guide every 20 people)

Entrance fee to the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's basilica

Suggested Mass: At the Basilica of Saint Peter (papal encounter and Petrine primacy).

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel, water and. wine included

Here It All Began and transfer to Perugia

Private Coach transfer from Rome to Perugia with stop in Assisi

5-hours private walking tour in Assisi with English speaking guide

Admission to St. Francis Basilica, Chiesa Nuova, Basilica of Saint Clare, and Chiesa di St Maria Maggiore/Santuario della Spogliazione (Shrine of Saint Carlo Acutis)

Suggested Mass: At the Basilica of Saint Francis or Saint Clare (veneration and Franciscan charism).

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel, Water and, wine included

Places of Conversion and Farewell

FD private coach hire for Assisi

Admission to San Damiano and to St. Mary of the Angels (Porziuncola and Chapel of Transito)

Suggested Mass: At Santa Maria degli Angeli (humility, mission, and Francis’s final moments)

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel, Water and, wine included

Identification with Christ

Private coach transfer from Perugia to Florence with stop in La Verna

Admission to La Verna Sanctuary, and to Santa Croce Basilica in Florence

Suggested Mass: At Santa Croce (Franciscan art and expansion of the Order).

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel. Water and Wine included

the Accademia Gallery and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral

FD private coach hire for Florence

3-hour licensed English-speaking guide for Florence and Accademia gallery

Admission to the Accademia Gallery (1 guide every 19 people), Santa Maria del Fiore Basilica

Suggested Mass: At the Cathedral

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel. Water and wine included

Private coach transfer from Florence to Quarto d’Altino with stop in Padua

2-hour licensed English-speaking guide for Padua

Visit the Basilica of St. Anthony

Suggested Mass: At the Basilica of Saint Anthony (Franciscan evangelization and miracles).

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel. Water and wine included

Peace in the Midst of the World

2nd class train ride from Quarto d’Altino to Venice SL

Boat ride (not private) from Venice SL to Cornoldi dock (800 mt from St. Mark’s square)

2-hour licensed English-speaking guide for Venice (1 guide every 25 people)

Admission to St. Mark’s Basilica, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Suggested Mass: At Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (contrast between worldly opulence and Franciscan simplicity).

Boat ride (not private) from Cornoldi dock (800 mt from St. Mark’s square) to Venice SL

2nd class train ride from Venice SL to Quarto d’Altino

Dinner with a 3-course menu at the hotel. Water and wine included

Private coach transfer from your hotel to Venice airport