Itinerary:

DAY 1 / 02 APR (FRI): ASSEMBLE KLIA

• Meet and assemble at KLIA 4 hours before departure for check in.
• Flight departs for Munich via Dubai.

DAY 2 / 03 APR (SAT): DUBAI - MUNICH            (D)

• Upon arrival in Munich, collect baggage and clear immigration and customs. Proceed for city tour.
• MASS.
• Check in hotel.
• Dinner and overnight in Munich.

DAY 3 / 04 APR (SUN): MUNICH - ALTOTTING - AUGSBURG - OBERAMMERGAU     (B/X/D)

• Breakfast in hotel and check out.
• Proceed for local city tour.
• View New Town Hall (Neusrathaus), Olympic Tower, Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) and Bavarian Museum.
• Transfer to Germany Altotting (approx. 97km - 1h 30m).
• Visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Gnadenkapelle - one of Bavaria's most famous shrines. The "pole" of attraction of the Sanctuary is precisely the "Black Madonna", made of lime wood. Own Lunch. Continue to Augsburg (approx. 164km - 2h 30m).
• Visit St Peter am Perlach - has two special features: a small terracotta figure of Jesus just inside the church and, most notably, the original image of "Our Lady, Undoer of Knots".
• MASS.
• Dinner at local restaurant.
• Transfer to Oberammergau.
• Check in and overnight in Oberammergau.

DAY 4 / 05 APR (MON): OBERAMMERGAU - HOHENSCHWANGAU       (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Proceed for an excursion to Neuschwanstein Castle (approx. 50 km | 1 hr).
• Upon arrival proceed to visit The fairy-tale castle of King Ludwig II, Throne Hall and Singer's Hall, Marienbrücke (Mary's Bridge) for spectacular castle views and Scenic Bavarian Alpine landscapes.
• Transfer back to Oberammergau (approx. 50 km | 1 hr).
• MASS.
• Continue tour to visit Passion Play Theatre backstage, Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul and also Village centre with painted Lüftlmalerei houses depicting biblical scenes.
• Proceed to have dinner and transfer back to hotel.
• Overnight.

DAY 5 / 06 APR (TUE): OBERAMMERGAU - EINSIEDELN - LAUSANNE          (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel & check out.
• Proceed to Einsiedeln (approx. 326km | 4 hrs 10 mins).
• MASS.
• Transfer to Lausanne (approx. 266 km | 3 hrs 45 mins).
• Proceed to hotel for check in followed by dinner.
• Overnight at Lausanne.

DAY 6 / 07 APR (WED): LAUSANNE - LA SALETTE           (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel & check out.
• Proceed to La Salette (approx. 275 km | 4hrs).
• Visit the renowned Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette, one of France's most important Marian pilgrimage sites.
• MASS at La Salette.
• Dinner before participate in the Candlelight Procession (Subject to schedule).
• Overnight at La Salette.

DAY 7 / 08 APR (THU): LA SALETTE - AVIGNON          (B/X/D)

• Breakfast in hotel and check out.
• Depart for Avignon (approx. 251 km | 4 hrs 30 mins).
• Continue to visit Palais des Papes - Largest Gothic palace in Europe and former residence of seven popes, Pont Saint-Bénézet - Famous medieval bridge immortalised in French folklore and historic walled city centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• MASS.
• Dinner, check in hotel and overnight at Avignon.

DAY 8 / 09 APR (FRI): AVIGNON - LOURDES            (B/X/D)

• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Depart to Lourdes (approx. 330km | 4hrs 45mins).
• Upon arrival proceed transfer to hotel for check in.
• MASS.
• Free time to explore the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes - The name commemorates a series of 18 apparitions reported by a 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes, France in 1858.
• Dinner before participate in the Candlelight Marian Procession (subject to schedule).
• Overnight at Lourdes.

DAY 9 / 10 APR (SAT): LOURDES             (B/X/D)

• Breakfast in hotel.
• MASS.
• Proceed for the Stations of the Cross.
• Continue with Walking Tour - 'In the Footsteps of Bernadette'.
• Visit the Cachot, Parish Church and Boly Mill.
• Own lunch.
• Optional: Proceed for The Gesture of Water / Healing Bath subject to Shrine terms and conditions.
• Dinner before participate in the Candlelight Marian Procession (subject to schedule).
• Overnight.

DAY 10 / 11 APR (SUN): LOURDES - BORDEAUX             (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel and check out.
• Depart for Bordeaux (approx. 251km | 3hrs 45 min).
• View of Bordeaux Cathedral, Museum of Fine Arts.
• Proceed to the famous Bordeaux wine tasting.
• Outlet shopping at Bord'eau Village.
• MASS.
• Check in, dinner and overnight in Bordeaux.

DAY 11 / 12 APR (MON): BORDEAUX - MONT SAINT MICHEL          (B/X/D)

• Breakfast in hotel and check out.
• Drive to Mont Saint-Michel, one of France's most iconic pilgrimage sites (approx. 189km | 2hrs 45 mins).
• Proceed to visit the magnificent Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, dedicated to Michael the Archangel.
• MASS.
• Check in hotel.
• Dinner and overnight.

DAY 12 / 13 APR (TUE): MONT SAINT MICHEL - LISIEUX - CHARTRES - PARIS        (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel and check out.
• Depart for Lisieux, home of St. Therese of the Child Jesus.
• Proceed to visit Basilica of St. Therese.
• MASS.
• Proceed to visit Chartres Cathedral, Sancta Camisia, believed to be the veil worn by the Blessed Virgin Mary and continue to have Mass.
• Visit continue to Famous Chartres Blue stained-glass windows and Medieval labyrinth used by pilgrims as a symbolic spiritual journey.
• Continue to Paris.
• Check in, dinner and overnight in Paris.

DAY 13 / 14 APR (WED): PARIS            (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Visit Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Site of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Catherine Labouré in 1830 and Venerate the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Labouré.
• MASS.
• Continue to visit Saint Vincent de Paul Chapel - Houses the relics of St. Vincent de Paul and Notre-Dame de Paris - France's most celebrated Gothic cathedral, restored after the 2019 fire.
• Visit Notre Dame Cathedral - Towering, 12th-century cathedral with flying buttresses & gargoyles, setting for Hugo's novel.
• View of Place de la Concorde, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel tower, Les Invalides, Louvre Museum, and Seine river banks.
• Dinner and overnight.

DAY 14 / 15 APR (THU): PARIS - NEVERS - PARIS             (B/X/D)

• Breakfast at hotel and check out.
• Depart for Nevers (approx. 340 km | 4 hrs 30 mins).
• Visit Convent of Saint Gildard and Shrine containing the incorrupt body of St. Bernadette Soubirous.
• MASS. Continue to visit Museum displaying personal belongings of St. Bernadette.
• Back to Paris.
• Farewell dinner and overnight.

DAY 15 / 16 APR (FRI): PARIS - KLIA (B)

• Breakfast at hotel then check out.
• FAREWELL MASS.
• Transfer to airport for flight to Kuala Lumpur via Dubai.

DAY 16 / 17 APR (SAT): KLIA / BORNEO

• Arrive KLIA with fond memories of your pilgrimage of Marian Shrines Pilgrimage.
• For Borneo participants, onward flight to your final destination.

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