ITALY TOUR PACKAGES! TRAVEL PERIOD: APRIL 25 TO MAY 13 Tour Cost: USD 5,648.00 Per Person INCLUSIONS: • - Round Trip Economy Class International Airfare via Etihad • - 17 Nights Hotel Accommodation based on 4* hotel (Twin Sharing) • - Arrival and Departure Transfers • - Transportation during tours • - Daily Breakfast and Dinner • - Applicable Entrance fees and sightseeing visit as per itinerary • - Services of an English Speaking Guide as per itinerary EXCLUSIONS / OTHER FEES: • - Airline Taxes: Estimated USD 550.00 per person (Subject to change upon issuance of ticket) • - Philippine Travel Tax: Php 1,620.00 • - Terminal Fee (to be paid directly at the airport) • - Schengen Visa Fee (Php 9,000.00/person) • - Travel Insurance (Php 2,161.00/person - up to 70 years old) • - Lunches and other meals not specified • - Beverages during meals • - Tips for the Guide & Driver (USD 10.00 per person per day) or (USD 180.00 for 18 days) • - Porterage at the airport BOOKING CONDITIONS: • - Non Refundable /Non Transferable deposit of USD 600.00 per person upon booking. The amount shall be collected in US Dollars only. • - Schengen Visa processing fee of Php 8,000.00 per person will be collected upon receiving the documents.If the guests already have their own valid Schengen Visa, only the non refundable booking deposit of USD 1000 per person shall be collected. • - Travel Insurance shall also be collected upon filing of visa. • - This is applicable for all nationality. NOTE: Itinerary and rates are subject to change without prior notice! ANILA- ARRIVAL ROME (D) Departure at NAIA Terminal 1, enjoy your onboard flight. Arrival Rome International Airport, after the immigration and customs formalities, proceed half day guided tour to see the Vatican Museum to admire the frescoes of Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel. Visit also the St. Peter Square, destination of all Catholics coming from all over the world. Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at the hotel. DAY 2 / APRIL 26: ROME (B/D) Breakfast at the hotel and then proceed for a full day guided tour to visit the Basilica San Paul Outside the Walls, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, and The Holy Steps. In the afternoon, visit The Classical Rome: Venezia, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps. Have dinner at local restaurant. Return to hotel for overnight. DAY 3 / APRIL 27: CANONIZATION (B/D) Breakfast at the hotel. Attend the CANONIZATION of the 2 POPE. Dinner at local restaurant and overnight at the hotel. DAY 4 / APRIL 28: ROME?MONTECASSINO?SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO (B/D) After breakfast, check out of the hotel. We take a long distance drive to Montecassino, the Abbey founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 and built on top of a mountain. The Benedictine rule of ?Ora et Labora?, meaning ?Pray and Work? follows 8 hours of prayer, 8 hours of sleep & 8 hours of manual work of spiritual reading or charity. It is written that one notorious monk disagreed with this rule and tried to poison St. Benedict. When St. Benedict made the sign of the cross, the chalice that contained the poison broke and the plot was discovered. In another mountain was the abbey where his twin sister St. Scholastica once led young women to the monastic life. We proceed to San Giovanni Rotondo- the small town where Padre Pio?s incorrupt body is entombed in the Church of Our Lady of Grace. Check-in hotel. Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at hotel. DAY 5 / APRIL 29: SAN GIOVANNI?MONT SANT?ANGELO?SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO (B/D) After celebrating Holy Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Grace, we pay homage to the exhumed incorrupt body of St. Rio of Pietrelcina. Padre Pio bore the 5 wounds of Jesus for 50 years. Throngs of people were drawn to his confessional. He brought peace of mind, consolation and serenity to thousands. He had the gifts of healing, bilocation and prophecy. His burial was attended by more than 100,000 people. People would line up at the church entrance for 2 hours to attend his masses. He died at the age of 81. We continue to the
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