Veneto - Umbria - Rome

Take a boat ride to St.Mark’s Square to visit the Byzantine basilica and its golden mosaics with a private guide. A walking tour through the unique Venetian urbanscape follows.

Tour Padua with a licensed guide and see the Saint Anthony Basilica where relics of the saint are lain. Afterwards attend mass in Assisi, the city where the Franciscan movement started.

Visit the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli and its Porziuncola – the church within a church – that St. Francis dedicated his life to. Proceed through the Umbrian wood to the Carceri hermitage where the saint used to pray.

Take a guided tour of Loreto and its Basilica della Santa Casa, which enshrines the house where Mary was born and lived in Nazareth. Enjoy a mass in this sacred place before leaving the Marche’ region for Abruzzo.

Have mass at the Volto Santo Basilica in Manoppello, a church famous for its Sudarium. Then do a guided walking tour of San Giovanni Rotondo, the town that was home to Padre Pio.

Celebrate mass at the Montecassino abbey and enjoy the guided tour of its museum, which displays the many phases of monastery history and art.

Tour the Vatican - its museums & gardens, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica.

Visit some of the most beautiful basilicas in Rome and celebrate mass in one of the catacombs located on the ancient Appian Way.