MALTA
14D VATICAN SICILY + MALTA PILGRIMAGE
Vatican - Manoppello - San Giovani Rotondo - Barletta - Bari - Palermo - Tindari - Cefalu - Taormina - Catania - Siracusa - Gozo - Valletta - Medina - St Paul's Bay
Itinerary:
DAY 1 / 21 Feb (Sun): KUL - ROME
- Assemble at KLIA 3 hours before departure.
- Check in at Airport for flight to Rome via Dubai.
DAY 2 / 22 Feb (Mon): ROME (D)
- Arrive Rome, proceed for immigration and customs clearance.
- Visit Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.
- MASS.
- Dinner, check in to hotel and overnight.
DAY 3 / 23 Feb (Tue): ROME - MANOPELLO - SAN GIOVANI ROTONDO (B/L/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- MASS.
- Visit St Peter's Basilica.
- Proceed for lunch.
- Depart for Manopello. Upon arrival, visit Basilica del Volto Santo di Manoppello.
- Continue journey to San Giovani.
- Dinner.
- Check in to hotel and overnight.
DAY 4 / 24 Feb (Wed): SAN GIOVANI ROTONDO (B/L/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- After that, proceed to visit St. Michael Archangel Cave.
- Lunch at local restaurant.
- Visit the Padre Pio Old Church Our Lady of Grace and St. Pio Pietrelcina Church and St. Mary of Grace Church.
- MASS.
- Dinner.
- Rosary at Padre Pio Old Church Our Lady of Grace. Overnight.
DAY 5 / 25 Feb (Thu): SAN GIOVANI ROTONDO - BARI - PALERMO (B/X/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- After that, drive to Bari.
- OWN LUNCH.
- Visit Basilica St. Nicola and Bari Cathedral.
- MASS.
- Transfer to airport for flight to Palermo. Upon arrival, continue to hotel for checkin.
- Dinner and overnight.
DAY 6 / 26 Feb (Fri): PALERMO - MONREALE - PALERMO (B/L/D)
- Breakfast and then proceed to visit Sanctuary of St. Rosalia, Mount Pellegrino.
- Photo stop at Cappella Palatina, Palazzo della Zisa, Palazzo Senatorio and Piazza Bellini.
- Lunch at local restaurant.
- MASS.
- Transfer to Monreale.
- Entrance to Duomo Monreale. Dinner and overnight.
- Transfer back to Palermo.
DAY 7 / 27 Feb (Sat): PALERMO - TINDARI - CEFALU - PALERMO (B/X/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel and proceed to Tindari.
- Visit Santuario Maria.
- OWN LUNCH.
- Proceed to visit Cathedral of Cefalu and transfer to Messina.
- MASS.
- Transfer back to Palermo.
- Dinner and overnight.
DAY 8 / 28 Feb (Sun): PALERMO - SICILY - TAORMINA – CATAΝΙΑ (B/X/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Transfer to Sicily Outlet Village for shopping.
- OWN LUNCH. Continue drive to Taormina.
- Visit Chiesa di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria.
- MASS. Drive to Catania.
- Proceed to hotel and check in.
- Dinner and overnight.
DAY 9 / 1 Mar (Mon): CATANIA - SIRACUSA - CATANIA – MALTA (B/X/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Drive to St Agatha Catania.
- MASS. Continue drive to Siracusa.
- OWN LUNCH.
- Visit Cathedral of Siracusa and sightseeing.
- Transfer to Catania Airport for flight to Malta.
- Upon arrival, continue to hotel.
- Check in, own dinner and overnight.
DAY 10 / 02 Mar (Tue): VALETTA (B/L/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to Saint John's Co-Cathedral and Oratory for Caravaggio painting, St Paul's Shipwreck Church.
- Continue to Three Cities: Birgu (Vittoriosa), Senglea and Cospicua.
- Proceed for lunch.
- Then continue to Medina and St Paul's Grott (Wigna Court Museum).
- MASS.
- Continue for dinner.
- Back to hotel and overnight.
DAY 11 / 03 Mar (Wed): VALETTA - MDINA - RABAT (B/L/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Proceed for full day exploring Mdina and Rabat.
- Leave Valletta to Mdina in the morning.
- Once arrive, enter Mdina through its historic Mdina Gate.
- Visit St. Paul's Cathedral and a walk along the Mdina Bastion Walls, where you can enjoy wide views over the Maltese countryside.
- MASS.
- Lunch at Mdina enjoying the calm atmosphere of the old city.
- Continue on foot to Rabat, where you can visit the St. Paul's Catacombs and the Wignacourt Museum.
- In the evening return to Mdina to watch the sunset from the bastion walls before heading back to Valletta for the evening.
DAY 12 / 04 Mar (Thu): GOZO - MALTA (B/L/D)
- Breakfast at the hotel then proceed to Gozo.
- MASS.
- Lunch along the way.
- Proceed to transfer to St Paul's Bay.
- Transfer back to hotel for dinner and overnight.
DAY 13 / 05 Mar (Fri): MALTA - KUL (B)
- Breakfast at hotel then check out.
- MASS.
- Proceed to Marsaxlokk (Malta Fishing Village).
- OWN LUNCH.
- Then continue to transfer to airport for flight back to Kuala Lumpur via Dubai.
DAY 14 / 06 Mar (Sat): KUL
- Arrive Kuala Lumpur with beautiful memories of Malta and Italy.
- For Borneo pilgrims, continue back to Borneo.
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