A pilgrimage that visits both Fatima and Lourdes is deeply meaningful for those seeking to connect with the roots of their faith.
Starting with a visit to Santarem, known for the Eucharistic Miracle. Moving on to Fatima, one of the most significant Marian pilgrimage sites. You will also visit Valinhos where the Angel of Peace appeared, and Aljustrel, where the three shepherd children lived, this will deepen your understanding of the Marian apparitions. Excursions to Bathalha and Nazare add historical and cultural depth to the trip with their unique charm and spiritual significance.
In Lourdes, nestled in the Pyrenees, the journey continues with visits to key sites connected to St. Bernadette. Seeing the Cachot, her humble living quarters during the apparitions, her birth house, and the hospice where she received her First Communion, will be a deeply moving experience, providing a connection to the life of this remarkable saint.
Such a pilgrimage offers not just the chance to visit holy sites, but also an opportunity for personal spiritual growth and reflection.
R53 995.00 pp/s based on 20 persons
(Subject to change)
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Tour Itinerary
Day 1: JOHANNESBURG WED, 15 OCT 2025
Meet at the O.R Tambo International Airport and check in to your flight to Lisbon.
Overnight on board your flight
Day 2: LISBON / SANTAREM / FATIMA THU, 16 OCT 2025
Arrive in Lisbon, meet your driver and transfer to Fatima. Stop in Santarem en route and discover the church of the Holy Miracle related to what happened in Santarem in the XIV century. The Eucharistic Miracle of Santarem occurred in the 13th century when a woman looked to a sorceress for help dealing with her unfaithful husband. The sorceress assured the woman she could rid their marriage of infidelity in return for a consecrated host. The woman went on to celebrate Mass at the Church of St. Stephen and after receiving communion, took the host out of her mouth and wrapped it in a veil to bring home. Almost immediately following this act of sacrilege, the host began to bleed intensely. The woman stowed the bleeding host in a trunk in her bedroom and in the middle of the night, a bright light began emanating from the trunk that woke the husband and wife. When she explained to him what she had done, the couple knelt at the trunk and repented. In the morning, they told the Priest at St. Stephens what had happened. The Priest kept the host in a Wax container at the church and soon word spread, bringing many to visit the church to witness. The next time the Priest opened the tabernacle, another miracle was discovered, the wax container was shattered and the host was now enclosed in a crystal pyx. This pyx was placed in a silver monstrance, where Pilgrims can still view it today. After an official investigation, the miracle was approved and the church was renamed the Church of the Holy Miracle.
Continue to Fatima and check in to your Hotel upon arrival and enjoy dinner.
After dinner, participate in the Rosary and Candle Procession.
Dinner and overnight in Fatima
Day 3: FATIMA / VALHINOS / ALJUSTREL FRI, 17 OCT 2025
After breakfast, meet your guide and transfer for a visit of Valinhos and Aljustrel, to see the houses of the three Shepards.
Return to Fatima and enjoy a guided visit of the Shrine. The Sanctuary of Fatima , officially titled Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, is a Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima located in Fatima, in the municipality of Ourém, in Portugal. It consists of a group of Catholic religious buildings and structures with the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary as the main building.
In the afternoon, enjoy time at leisure and celebrate Mass.
Return to the hotel for dinner
After dinner, participate in the Rosary and Candle Procession.
Dinner and overnight in Fatima
Day 4: BATALHA / NAZARE SAT, 18 OCT 2025
After breakfast, depart to Batalha, to visit the Santa Maria da Vitória Monastery. Continue to visit the charming fishing village of Nazare (named after Nazareth) home to a local devotion to the Blessed Mother. The Chapel of Our Lady of Nazare is dramatically set on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Then take some time to stroll along this quaint seaside village. Enjoy time at leisure for lunch. (for own account)
Return to your Fatima for dinner.
After dinner, participate in the Rosary and Candle Procession.
Dinner and overnight in Fatima
DAY 5: FATIMA SUN, 19 OCT 2025
After breakfast, enjoy International Concelebrated Mass.
Enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure for private devotion and visits.
After dinner, participate in the Rosary and Candle Procession.
Dinner and overnight in Fatima
Day 6: FATIMA / LISBON / LOURDES MON, 20 OCT 2025
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart to Lisbon. Meet the guide and enjoy a city tour, with some of the main highlights of the city, including St. Anthony church.
Continue to Lisbon airport for your flight to Pau. Transfer to your accommodation in Lourdes and check in.
After dinner, participation in the candle light procession on the shrines’ esplanade.
Dinner and overnight in Lourdes
Day 7: LOURDES TUE, 21 OCT 2025
After breakfast, enjoy a guided tour of Lourdes: we are going to see the places where Bernadette use to stay, the Cachot where she was living during the time of the apparitions, her birth house and the hospice where she retired after the apparitions and where she received her first Holy Communion. Bernadette Soubirous, also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes and is best known for experiencing apparitions of a “young lady” who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto. These apparitions occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the woman who appeared to her identified herself as the “Immaculate Conception“.
Then we will end the tour on the shrine and see the underground basilica and the rosary basilica.
Time at leisure for private devotion: possible private Mass.
After dinner, possible participation to the candle light procession on the shrines’ esplanade.
Dinner and overnight in Lourdes
Day 8: LOURDES WED, 22 OCT 2025
After breakfast, celebrate private Mass in a chapel of the shrine or concelebrated Mass at the Grotto.
Enjoy the day at leisure for private devotion, with opportunity to visit the healing baths and take part to the Way of the Cross. The Baths in Lourdes are known for the miraculous healing waters from the spring which came forth when Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette.
After dinner, possible participation to the candle light procession on the shrines’ esplanade.
Dinner and overnight in Lourdes
Day 9: LOURDES THU, 23 OCT 2025
After breakfast, enjoy the morning at leisure for private devotion.
In the afternoon, half day coach excursion to Bartres, a small village outside of Lourdes where Bernadette lived for part of her life.
Celebrate private Mass or participate in the international Mass
Dinner and overnight in Lourdes
Day 10: LOURDES / JOHANNESBURG FRI, 24 OCT 2025
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight back to South Africa.
Overnight on board your flight
Day 11: JOHANNESBURG SAT, 25 OCT 2025
Arrive at O.R Tambo International Airport
