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1Day 1 Milano
Meals included: dinner
Meeting with one of our assistant at Milan Malpensa or Linate or Bergamo Orio al Serio airport or at Milan Centrale train station. Transfer to hotel by a private coach. Accommodation in reserved rooms. Dinner and overnight stay.
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2Day 2 Milano
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Meeting with the guide, getting on the coach and a whole day dedicated to visiting the Lombardy capital, known as the economic center of Italy. External view of the Sforzesco Castle, via Manzoni, La Scala theatre, the Gallery, Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Piazza Duomo with its magnificent Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente. It is the largest church in Italy, as the largest St. Peter’s Basilica is in the territory of the Vatican City, the third in the world in terms of surface area, the sixth in terms of volume. Visit to the Basilica of S. Ambrogio, one of the oldest churches in Milan. It is located in Piazza Sant’Ambrogio and represents not only a monument of the early Christian and Romanesque era, but also a fundamental point in the history of Milan and the Ambrosian Church. It is traditionally considered the second most important church in the city after the Milan Cathedral. Meeting with an Ambrosian Bishop or with one’s compatriots who have moved to Milan. Possibility of celebrating Holy Mass in a significant church in the Milan area. Going back to the hotel.
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3Day 3 Milano / Roma
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
The Holy Year includes, among the rites to be carried out, a journey by foot that prepares the faithful for entry into Rome. For this occasion in Milan two Sacred Ways will be highlighted. “the short way” and “MilanoIncima”. The first route crosses the historic center, with stops in the oldest churches in the city, while the second crosses three city parks. Possibility to make one of your choice. At the end, transfer to the Milan Central train station. Accommodation in reserved 2nd class carriages. Departure by high speed train for Rome. Arrival, transfer to the hotel by coach. Accommodation in reserved rooms
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4Day 4 Roma
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Meeting with the guide, getting on the coach and a whole day dedicated to a guided visit to Rome, the cradle of Christianity, historical base of the Roman Empire and political center of Italy; of the basilica of S. Pietro papal seat, of S. Giovanni in Laterano, of S. Maria Maggiore and of S. Paolo futuro le mure. Possibility to celebrate Holy Mass.
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5Day 5 Roma / Napoli
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
With a guide along Via della Conciliazione, view of Castel S. Angelo with the bridge of the same name. Also visit on foot the worldly Rome with Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Piazza di Spagna, the Altare della Patria and the Trevi Fountain. In the afternoon transfer to Rome Termini train station. Accommodation in reserved 2nd class carriages and departure by high-speed train to Naples. Arrival, getting on the coach, and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation in reserved rooms
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6Day 6 Napoli
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Whole day dedicated to a guided tour of the Neapolitan capital by bus and by foot. Passing through Spaccanapoli, visit the cloister of S. Chiara, the Cathedral with the chapel of S. Gennaro and his miraculous blood and the chapel of S. Severo with the magnificent Veiled Christ. Possibility to celebrate Holy Mass
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7Day 7 Napoli
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Morning dedicated to continuing visits to the Campania capital. Starting from the Caracciolo seafront, passing through the districts of Posillipo and Mergellina, you reach via S. Gregorio Armeno famous for its nativity scene statues. Free time. In the afternoon by bus, departure for Mercogliano in the province of Avellino. Arrival and ascent to Montevergine to visit the Sanctuary, a Marian monastic complex. Inside, the painting of the Madonna of Montevergine is venerated and it is estimated that it is visited by around one and a half million pilgrims every year. Possibility to celebrate Holy Mass
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8Day 8 Napoli/Pietrelcina/Napoli
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Full day, excursion by bus and guide to Pietrelcina in the province of Benevento, to visit the places of Padre Pio. Visit to the church of S. Anna where he was baptized and received his first communion and confirmation, to the church of S. Maria degli Angeli where the saint celebrated his first mass, to the museum where some objects that have some connection with St. Pious like the tunic with traces of blood which was the one used during his weekly flagellation and of the Chapel of San Francesco in Piana Romana, a sacred place built in 1958 in the locality “Piana Romana”, where the countryside of the Forgione family of the Saint was located . The chapel was built in the place where Padre Pio loved to gather in prayer in a straw hut. In the sacred place, the elm tree where he received the first stigmata is preserved. Not far from the chapel there is a well that was dug in the place that Padre Pio indicated to his father, irritated because he could not find a point with the presence of water. In the afternoon panoramic tour of Benevento called by the ancient Romans first Maleventum and then Beneventum. The city boasts a conspicuous historical-artistic and archaeological heritage, the result of the various dominations and affiliations that have occurred throughout its history. Since June 2011, the church of Santa Sofia, built in 760 by the Lombard duke Arechi II, has become part of the UNESCO world heritage site. The symbol of the city is the Arch of Trajan, which appears to be one of the Roman triumphal arches with the best preserved reliefs. Also of interest are the Rocca dei rectori, the Cathedral and the church of S. Ilario, a monumental complex of Lombard origin, built around the 6th – 7th century on the ruins of a previous building. The name of the complex, in the past used as a church, derives from the proximity to the Arch of Trajan, which in the Middle Ages, inserted in the city walls, took the name of Porta Aurea. A convent was then added to the church building, of which some remains are visible; noteworthy are the cisterns and wells for collecting water. Possibility to celebrate Holy Mass. Return to Naples.
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9Day 9 Napoli/Roma
Meals included: breakfast
Bus transfer to Rome Fiumicino airport. Processing of boarding and departure formalities
MILAN-ROME-NAPLES-PIETRELCINA, THE WAY OF SAINTS
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