Catholic pilgrimages and Tours to the Holy Land and Rome

Catholic Pilgrimages

Good Shepherd Travel offers Catholic pilgrimages for groups, individuals and families. Your group will grow in their faith as they visit sites like the Holy Land, the lands of the Saints, and more. On your tour, you will learn more about your faith and make lasting memories. We know that every group is unique, which is why we work with each group leader to customize your pilgrimage. When you are ready, we'll work together to design a once-in-a-lifetime trip for all the pilgrims in your group.

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Catholic Pilgrimage Itineraries

We are ready to partner with you to create your customized Catholic pilgrimage itinerary. Trust us to be your travel experts when it comes to planning your trip. We understand that planning a trip of this magnitude can be overwhelming. Good Shepherd Travel is here to help with suggestions and sample itineraries to get you started. Once you're ready to start planning, simply contact us, and we'll get started with itinerary ideas for a life-changing trip for you and your group.

Example Destinations

13 Day Spain & Morocco Pilgrimage

Day 1 – Madrid
Day 2 – Madrid – Avila – Segovia – Madrid
Day 3 – Madrid – Toledo – Seville
Day 4 – Seville
Day 5 – Seville – Cordoba – Granada
Day 6 – Granada
Day 7 – Granada – Malaga – Tarifa – Tangier
Day 8 – Tangier – Chefchaouen – Fez
Day 9 – Fez
Day 10 – Fez – Rabat – Marrakesh
Day 11 – Marrakesh
Day 12 – Marrakesh – Casablanca
Day 13 – Departure from Casablanca Airport

11 Days in Rome, Naples, and the Shrines of Sicily

Day 1: U.S.A. / Europe
Day 2: Rome
Day 3: Rome / Naples
Day 4: Naples / Palermo
Day 5: Palermo / Monreale / Palermo
Day 6: Palermo / Santo Stefano Di Camastra / Cefalu’ / Catania
Day 7: Catania / Taormina / Catania
Day 8: Catania / Siracusa / Ortigia
Day 9: Siracusa / Noto / Agrigento
Day 10: Agrigento / Selinunte / Palermo / Rome
DAY 11: Rome / USA

11 Day Pilgrimage to Prague With A Classical Danube Cruise

Day 1: Depart USA
Day 2: Prague arrival
Day 3: Prague
Day 4: Prague – Prachatice and Cesky Krumlov - Passau
Day 5: Passau – Altotting – Passau
Day 6: Linz: full day excursion to Salzburg and Maria Plain (by bus) – Emmersdorf
Day 7: Emmersdorf (Melk) – Durnstein – Vienna
Day 8: Vienna (Classical Music Concert)
Day 9: Bratislava
Day 10: Budapest
Day 11: Budapest departure

7 Day Pilgrimage to Mexico

Day 1: Depart for Mexico City
Day 2: Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Museum of Anthropology
Day 3: Mexico City. Miguel Pro, Zocalo
Day 4: To Puebla
Day 5: San Miguel del Milagro and Ocotlan
Day 6: Tulpetlac and Teotihuacan
Day 7: Return Home

13 Day Pilgrimage Exploring Early Christian History of Italy

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Malta
Day 3: La Valletta
Day 4: St. Paul Island / Rabat / Mdina
Day 5: Sicily – Agrigento / Siracusa
Day 6: Siracusa
Day 7: Taormina / Mount Etna / Catania / Ferry
Day 8: Salerno / Amalfi / Pozzuoli
Day 9: Pozzuoli / Pompei
Day 10: Minturno / Foro Appio / Rome
Day 11: Rome
Day 12: Rome
Day 13: Departure

11 Day Pilgrimage to Spain and El Camino through The Way of St. James

Day 1: Depart for Madrid
Day 2: Arrive in Madrid
Day 3: Madrid - Foncebadon - Iron Cross - O Cebreiro - Sarria
Day 4: Sarria - Portomarin
Day 5: Portomarin - Palas de Rei
Day 6: Palas de Rei - Arzua  
Day 7: Arzua 
Day 8: Arzua - Arca de O Pino 
Day 9: Arca de O Pino - Monte del Gozo - Santiago de Compostela  
Day 10: Santiago de Compostela 
Day 11: Return Home

Canada and East Coast Program

Day 1: Flushing, NY / New York, NY
Day 2: New York, NY / West Point, NY / Woodbury, NY / Atlantic City, NJ
Day 3: New York, NY
Day 4: Philadelphia, PA
Day 5: Corning, NY
Day 6: Niagara Falls, Canada, ON / Toronto, ON
Day 7: Thousand Islands, ON / Ottawa, ON / Montreal, QC
Day 8: Quebec City, QC / Boston, MA
Day 9: Boston, MA

15 Days in Egypt, Jordan & Holy Land

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Arrival Cairo – Transfer to Hotel
Day 3: Great Pyramids – Egyptian Museum – Cairo
Day 4: Cairo – Flight to Sharm el Sheikh – Rest of Day Leisure
Day 5: Sharm el Sheikh – Transfer to St. Catherine
Day 6: Climb Mt. Sinai – Back to Hotel for Breakfast – St. Catherine’s – Taba – Petra
Day 7: Petra Full Day – Amman
Day 8: Amman – Madaba – Nebo – Allenby – Jericho – Nazareth
Day 9: Nazareth – Mt. Tabor – Cana
Day 10: Sea of Galilee – Capernaum – Tabgha – Nazareth
 Day 11: Haifa – Caesarea – Bethlehem – Shepherd’s Field – Jerusalem
Day 12: Mt. Olives – Mt. Zion
Day 13: Masada – Qumran – Dead Sea – Jerusalem
Day 14: Via Dolorosa – Holy Sepulchre – St. Anne – Ein Karem
Day 15: Departure

14 Day Pilgrimage to Fatima, Santiago, Lourdes, Paris

Day 1: USA/Lisbon
Day 2: Lisbon/Santarem/Fatima
Day 3: Fatima
Day 4: Fatima/Coimbra/Oporto/Santiago De Compostela
Day 5: Santiago De Compostela
Day 6: The Santiago’s Camino
Day 7: Silos/Burgos/Loyola/San Sebastian/Lourdes
Day 8: Lourdes
Day 9: Lourdes
Day 10: Lourdes/Paray Le Monial
Day 11: Paray Le Monial/Nevers/Chartes/Paris
Day 12: Paris
Day 13: Paris
Day 14: Paris/USA

14 Days in the Holy Land and Rome

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Arrival
Day 3: Rome
Day 4: Rome Classical and Ancient
Day 5: Rome – San Giovanni Rotondo
Day 6: San Giovanni Rotondo Rome
Day 7: Rome – Tel Aviv – Tiberias
Day 8: Cana – Nazareth – Haifa
Day 9: Sea of Galilee – Mount Tabor – River Jordan
Day 10: Tiberias – Qumran – Dead Sea – Jericho – Bethlehem
Day 11: Mount of Olives and Mount Zion
Day 12: Jerusalem New City – Ein Karem – Bethlehem
Day 13: Old City of Jerusalem
Day 14: Bethlehem – Tel Aviv Airport – USA

13 Days Visiting the Shrines and Abbeys of Ireland

Day 1: Departure USA / Ireland
Day 2: Arrival — Welcome to Ireland
Day 3: Dublin / St. Valentine
Day 4: Dublin / Armagh
Day 5: Armagh / Belfast
Day 6: Belfast
Day 7: Belfast / Letterkenny
Day 8: County Donegal
Day 9: Donegal / Mayo
Day 10: County Mayo
Day 11: Mayo / Galway
Day 12: Galway / Dublin
Day 13: Departure

13 Day Marion Shrines in Fatima, Lourdes, and Barcelona

Day 1: USA / Lisbon
Day 2: Lisbon / Santarem / Fatima
Day 3: Fatima
Day 4: Fatima / Coimbra / Braga / Santiago De Compostela
Day 5: Santiago De Compostela
Day 6: The Santiago’s Camino
Day 7: Silos / Burgos / Loyola / San Sebastian / Lourdes
Day 8: Lourdes
Day 9: Lourdes
Day 10: Lourdes / Barcelona
Day 11: Barcelona
Day 12: Barcelona
Day 13: Barcelona / USA

12 Days Divine Mercy Pilgrimage to Poland

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Gdansk arrival
Day 3: Gdansk – Gdynia – Sopot - Gdansk
Day 4: Gdansk – Torun – Plock - Warsaw
Day 5: Warsaw
Day 6: Warsaw – Czestochowa – Krakow
Day 7: Krakow - Wieliczka Salt Mines – Krakow
Day 8: Krakow
Day 9: Krakow - Lagiewniki (Divine Mercy) – Have No Fear Saint John Paul II Centre - Krakow
Day 10: Krakow – Auschwitz – Wadowice - Krakow
Day 11: Krakow – Zakopane – Krakow
Day 12: Krakow Departure

12 Day Pilgrimage to Fatima Lourdes, Madrid and Rome

Day 1: USA - Lisbon
Day 2: Lisbon – Fatima
Day 3: Fatima - Santiago
Day 4: Santiago De Compostela - Burgos
Day 5: Burgos – San Sebastian – Lourdes
Day 6: Lourdes - Madrid
Day 7: Madrid
Day 8: Madrid - Rome
Day 9: Rome
Day 10: Rome
Day 11: Rome – Assisi – Rome
Day 12: Rome – USA

12 Days Marion Shrines in Fatima, Lourdes, and Rome

Day 1: Depart USA
Day 2: Lisbon / Fatima
Day 3: Fatima
Day 4: Fatima / Lisbon / Toulouse / Lourdes
Day 5: Lourdes
Day 6: Lourdes / Toulouse / Rome / Assisi
Day 7: Assisi
Day 8: Assisi/ Lanciano / San Giovanni Rotondo
Day 9: San Giovanni Rotondo
Day 10: Rome
Day 11: Rome
Day 12: Depart Rome

12 Day Pilgrimage to Greece and Greek Islands

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Athens
Day 3: Athens City Tour
Day 4: Athens / Piraeus (Embarkation) / Mykonos
Day 5: Kusadasi / Ephesus / Patmos
Day 6: Heraklion (Crete) / Santorini
Day 7: Piraeus (Disembarkation) / Athens / Thessalonica
Day 8: Thessalonica / Philippi / Kavala / Thessalonica
Day 9: Thessalonica / Vergina / Veria / Kalambaka
Day 10: Kalambaka / Meteora / Delphi
Day 11: Delphi / Corinth / Cenchrea / Athens
Day 12: Thessalonica Airport

12 Day Pilgrimage to Fatima, Avila, Madrid, Burgos, La Rioja, Zaragoza, and Paris

Day 1 – Departure
Day 2 – Lisbon / Fatima
Day 3 – Fatima
Day 4 - Fatima / Avila
Day 5 - Avila / Madrid / Avila
Day 6 - Avila / Santo Domingo De Silos / Burgos / La Rioja
Day 7 – La Rioja / Zaragoza
Day 8 - Zaragoza / Torrecuidad / Lourdes
Day 9 & 10 - Lourdes
Day 11 - Lourdes / Paris
Day 12 - Paris / Miraculous Medal / Notre Dame Cathedral
Day 13 - Depart Paris

12 Day All Italian Shrines and Venice Pilgrimage

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Arrival / Padova, City of St Antony
Day 3: Venice, La Serenissima
Day 4: Venice / Pisa / Florence
Day 5: Florence The Cadre of Renaissance
Day 6: Florence / Siena / Assisi
Day 7: Assisi
Day 8: Assisi / Lanciano / San Giovanni Rotondo
Day 9: San Giovanni Rotondo / Rome
Day 10: Papal Audience / Major Basilicas
Day 11: Vatican Museums / Trevi Fountain
Day 12: Departure

12 Day Egypt Pilgrimage with Nile Cruise

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Airport pick up - Cairo
Day 3: Cairo - Giza
Day 4: Cairo - Museum and Old Cairo
Day 5: Aswan
Day 6: Nile Cruise, Kom Ombo
Day 7: Nile Cruise to Luxor
Day 8: Luxor to Hurghada, Red Sea
Day 9: Hurghada, Red Sea
Day 10: Hurghada, Red Sea
Day 11: Cairo, Alexandria
Day 12: Back to Cairo and Home

11 Day Holy Land Pilgrimage

Day One: Departure
Day Two: Arrival
Day Three: Nazareth/Cana of Galilee/ Mount Tabor
Day Four: Golan Heights/Sea of Galilee
Day Five: Haifa/ Mount Carmel/ Jaffa/Bethlehem
Day Six: Shepherd’s field/ Bethlehem
Day Seven: Bethany/ Dead Sea/ Qumran/ Jericho
Day Eight: Mount of Olives/ Mount Zion
Day Nine: Old City of Jerusalem
Day Ten: Ein Karem
Day Eleven: Departure

11 Day Devine Mercy Pilgrimage to Poland

Day 1: Depart USA
Day 2: Krakow
Day 3: Krakow – Wadowice – Krakow
Day 4: Krakow
Day 5: Krakow – Wieliczka – Lagiewniki – Krakow
Day 6: Krakow – Auschwitz – Kalwaria Zebrzydowska – Krakow
Day 7: Krakow – Zakopane
Day 8: Zakopane – Czestochowa
Day 9: Czestochowa – Swinice Warckie – Glogowiec – Warsaw
Day 10: Warsaw
Day 11: Warsaw Departure

11 Days Touring South Italy Shrines

Day 1: U.S.A. / Europe
Day 2: Rome/Norica
Day 3: Norica/Lanciano
Day 4: Lanciano/San Giovanni Rotondo
Day 5: San Giovanni Rotondo/Matera
Day 6: Matera/Naples
Day 7: Naples/Rome
Day 8: Rome
Day 9: Rome
Day 10: Rome
Day 11 : Rome/U.S.A.

11 days Shrines of Portugal & Santiago de Compostela

Day 1 – Departure
Day 2 – Arrival Lisbon
Day 3 - Lisbon
Day 4 – Lisbon – Santarem – Obidos – Fatima
Day 5 – Fatima
Day 6 – Fatima – Batalha – Nazare – Fatima
Day 7 – Fatima – Tomar – Coimbra – Porto
Day 8 - Porto
Day 9 – Porto – Bom Jesus Do Monte – Tuy – Santiago De Compostela
Day 10 – Santiago De Compostela
Day 11 – Departure From Santiago De Compostela Airport

11 Day Pilgrimage to Medjugorje and Dubrovnik

Day 1: Depart for Medjugorje
Day 2: Arrive at Medjugorje
Days 3 - 8: Experiencing Medjugorje
Day 9: Medjugorje - Dubrovnik
Day 10: Dubrovnik Day at Leisure
Day 11: Return Home

11 Days Exploring All Italian Shrines

Day 1: Depart for Rome
Day 2: Arrive in Rome
Day 3: Rome — Papal Audience – Trevi Fountain/Piazza Navona – Basilica of St. John the Lateran and St. Mary Major – Holy Steps
Day 4: Rome — Vatican Museum – Appian Way - Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls - Catacombs
Day 5: Rome – Montecassino – San Giovanni Rotondo
Day 6: San Giovanni Rotondo - Monte Sant’ Angel
Day 7: San Giovanni Rotondo – Lanciano – Assisi
Day 8: Assisi
Day 9: Assisi – Siena - Assisi
Day 10: Assisi – Loreto - Cascia - Rome
Day 11: Rome/USA

10 Day Holy Land Catholic Pilgrimage

Day One: Departure
Day Two: Arrival
Day Three: Nazareth/Cana of Galilee/Mount Tabor
Day Four: Golan Heights/Sea of Galilee
Day Five: Haifa/Mount Carmel/Jaffa/Bethlehem
Day Six: Shepherd’s Field/Bethlehem
Day Seven: Bethany/Dead Sea/Qumran/Jericho
Day Eight: Mount of Olives/Mount Zion
Day Nine: Old City of Jerusalem
Day Ten: Departure

10 Day Zagreb, Medjugorje, and Dubrovnik Pilgriamge

Day 1: Departure from the USA
Day 2: Arrival in Zagreb
Day 3: Zagreb – Plitvička Lakes – Split
Day 4: Split Half-Day Tour – Dubrovnik
Day 5: Dubrovnik Half-Day Tour – Medjugorje
Day 6: Walking Tour of Medjugorje
Day 7: Apparition Hill (Podbrdo)
Day 8: Cross Mountain (Križevac)
Day 9: Medjugorje – Sarajevo
Day 10: Departure from Sarajevo

10 Days in Dubai and Istanbul

Day 1: Departure USA
Day 2: Arrival Dubai
Day 3: Dubai City Tour — Dhow Cruise Dinner Dubai Creek
Day 4 : Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Fountain Show
Day 5 : Dubai Desert Safari Tour
Day 6 : Depart Dubai / Arrive in Istanbul
Day 7: Sun / Istanbul – Sightseeing Tour
Day 8: Bosphorus Cruise & Two Continents
Day 9: Istanbul — Free Day
Day 10: Istanbul — Departure

10 Day Pilgrimage to Italy

Day 1: Depart the USA
Day 2: Arrival
Day 3: Rome — City of Apostles, Missionaries, and Martyrs
Day 4: Vatican Museums/Saint Peter’s Basilica
Day 5: Basilicas of Rome — The Passion of Jesus Christ
Day 6: Rome, Eternal City – Ancient Rome & Artistic Treasures
Day 7: See of Peter and Center of History — Papal Audience & Central Rome
Day 8: Rome/Orvieto/Assisi – Christianity from Catacombs to Cathedrals
Day 9: Assisi – Land of Francis
Day 10: Departure

10 Day Lebanon Wine Tour

Day 1: Departure
Day 2: Arrival
Day 3: Jeitta Grotto Harissa by Cable Car & Byblos
Day 4: Beiteddine Palace, Moussa Castle, Deir el Kamar & Beirut
Day 5: Bekaa Valley Kozhaya Ceda, Becharre, Baalbeck
Day 6: Bekaa Valley Wine Tour
Day 7: Aitanite and Machghara
Day 8: Bhandoun, Zahle, Ksara Anjar & Rashaya
Day 9: Sido, Tyr & Maghdouche
Day 10: Departure-Arrival

Catholic pilgrimages

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Catholic pilgrimages and Tours to the Holy Land and Rome