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• Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary (all necessary flights on your trip are included).
• Daily Mass will be scheduled.
• Airport taxes, security fees & fuel surcharges, saving you an average of $400-$600!
• Transfers as per itinerary. Transportation with luxury bus.
• Convents/Monasteries in downtown areas.
• All breakfasts and dinners at the hotel.
• All tips to driver, hotel, and tour guide. If you feel that the tour guide did a great job, offering them extra tips is greatly appreciated.
• Guided tours and tour fees ~ Our tour guides are very caring, licensed, and well educated. Many of our guides have their PhDs.
• Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person).
• Single Supplement: If the passenger wants a guaranteed room of their own, they have to pay $900 for a single supplement. As long as the passenger is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate the single supplement does not apply.
• Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip.
• NOTE: If you wish to deepen your knowledge of the Catholic Faith as a preparation for this pilgrimage, we recommend the following book as it is faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church (Imprimatur by ARCHBISHOP FELIPE AGUIRRE FRANCO): The Catholic Faith in Easy Terms. Introduction, Nihil Obstat, and Imprimatur by Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco.

• Lunches.
• Trip Insurance. Work directly with Travel Guard to protect your investment and insure your money. There are different packages to choose from depending on your travel needs. Use the above link or the link right below the picture of the pope on our home page to visit their site.

1. Call us (855) 842-8001 or register online with a credit card and pay your $500 deposit per person to save your spot. The $500 deposit is part of the total price of the trip.
2. A $1,000 Additional Deposit (AD) per person is due one month from the registration. The AD is paid ONLY in the form of check (personal, money order, or bank check).
3. The balance is due 4 months before the trip departure date. The balance is paid ONLY in the form of check (personal, money order, or bank check).

Proximo Travel
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Auburn, MA 01501

December 29, Day 1: Departure from USA.

December 30, Day 2: Arrival. Arrival. En route to Assisi stop in Orvieto. Our tour will include the cathedral and Eucharistic miracle before continuing to Assisi. Visit the Basilica of St. Maria degli Angeli, at the foothills of Assisi. Mass at Orvieto. Dinner and overnight in Assisi.

December 31, Day 3: Spend a full day in Assisi taking in the tranquility of the mountain village. We will see the tombs of St. Francis, St. Clare, and the body of Carlo Acutis. Enjoy the deep peace of Assisi. Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 1, Day 4: Visit the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Wall where the body of St. Paul is buried. It is the 2nd largest basilica in Rome and the 5th in the world. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. In the afternoon, we will be visiting St. Mary Major, the main Basilica dedicated to Mary in Rome. We will see the remains of Jesus' manger, the tomb of Bernini, the remains of St. Matthew the Evangelist, the tomb of St. Jerome, and the oldest icon in the world of the Virgin Mary painted by St. Luke: the famous Salus Populi Romani. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. Celebrate Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 2, Day 5: Start around 9:00am. Tour the Catacombs (San Calixtus) where 500,000 early Christians were buried and then celebrate Mass. Tour of the Colosseum from the outside, the symbol of the city of Rome; a great building that has been standing since 80 A.D. Proceed to St. John Lateran, the first Basilica ever to be built in the Roman Empire and the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. Visit the Scala Santa, the stairs on which Jesus walked in the residence of Pontius Pilate on Good Friday. Mass in the Catacombs. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 3, Day 6: Start the day around 9:30 am, by visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel (the Pope's private chapel). Proceed to St. Peter's in the Vatican, the largest Basilica in the world. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. There will be time for private devotion. lunch and shopping for religious items that will be blessed by the Pope during the Audience. Mass at St. Peter’s. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 4, Day 7: Sunday Day trip to Florence. Tour of the Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Michelangelo's masterpiece, The David, Flea Market, Duomo (Cathedral) and the Baptistery, Basilica della Santa Croce (where Michelangelo and 15 other glorious Italian artists and thinkers were buried) and the Convento di San Marco. Mass in Florence. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 5, Day 8: Visit the body of Santa Maria Goretti in Nettuno and enjoy a stroll on the Mediterranean Beach. Then visit the American Cemetery. Mass in Nettuno. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 6, Day 9: Tour of St. Clement: The basilica, dedicated to Pope Clement I, is not one of the most impressive churches of Rome at a first glance of its interior. What makes this Basilica of San Clemente special is that multiple church buildings were built on top of each other over the centuries. During your visit, you will have the opportunity to get to know the history of the church through excavations of a 4th-century church, a secret church from the 1st century and Roman foundations. Enjoy the sights of Trastevere and visit Santa Maria in Trastevere, which is on the opposite bank of the river Tiber where lies the old working-class neighborhood of Rome. Trastevere is a typical Italian neighborhood where you can get lost in a maze of narrow streets, old medieval houses... Celebrate Mass at Santa Maria di Trastevere. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 7, Day 10: We will have an early start as our private bus takes us to the Vatican to experience the Audience with the Pope. There will be time for lunch in the Vatican area. After lunch we will visit the Spanish Steps known for the area where the Romans gathered to meet followed by a walk to the Trevi Fountain. We will continue on from there to the Pantheon, the oldest functional building in the world. We will conclude by visiting the great artistic Piazza Navona. Mass in Rome. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

January 8, Day 11: Fly back home.

Please note: We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacrifice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Travel's very high standards. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas.