The religious tour in North Italy itineraries will accompany you to discover an intimate side of the territory. Not only the faithful or practitioners venture into these itineraries.
Religious tourism also means a path of research and inner enrichment, which can be an experience of great value for anyone who decides to give a slow and thoughtful pace to their tourism.
Discover the fascinated beauty and breathtaking history of Venice and Northern Italy.
Begin your journey in stunning Milan and disembark in romantic Venice. These two legendary cities will bookend unforgettable experiences set along Northern Italy’s exquisite coastline.
Even those who have never set foot there know the places that make the city of Venice famous all over the world.Piazza San Marco, the Rialto bridge, the Grand Canal. But Venice is also something else.
There are entire areas of the historic city to be explored, far from the places obliged by tradition, where every corner hides wonders.
Going off the beaten track, you will be lucky enough to look at the city from a less conventional, more intimate, authentic and original point of view.
In fact, the best way to get to know the hidden soul of Venice is to get lost in the streets and squares.
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Italy is a country of extraordinary beauty, for various reasons, food, monuments, sea but above all for its history. It is difficult to say which are the most beautiful cities , given that from north to south , each has something magical and attractive in itself, even the smallest ones … Let’s consider in this case, those of northern Italy starting from the Lombardy heading east to Venice.
Arrival at Milan airport. Transfer to the center to visit the Duomo, the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of Milan. It is one of the largest Catholic churches in the world (it is 157 meters long and can hold 40,000 people inside) and the choir windows have the reputation of being the largest known. Holy Mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart. Transfer to Montichiari. Accommodation in a hotel located in the historic center. Dinner.
Breakfast and transfer to Fontanelle (6 km from Montichiari) to visit the Sanctuary of Maria della Rosa Mystica. Guided tour and Mass. A woman named Pierina Gilli is credited with having been the first to witness the appearances of the dedication. She claims that a woman who would later identify herself as the Virgin Mary appeared to her in the spring of 1947. Gilli was a nurse from the Montichiari commune, and the meeting occurred in the hospital where Gilli worked.2 Transfer to the center of Montichiari and lunch in a typical restaurant. Free time. Dinner at the hotel in Montichiari.
Breakfast and transfer to Bonate. Visit of the Church of Our Lady of Ghiaie de Bonate. Between May 13 and 21, 1944, and from May 28 to 31 of the same year, a 7-year-old girl, Adelaide Roncalli, residing in the town of Il Torchio, in the village of Ghiaie (municipality of Bonate Sopra, in the province of Bergamo, in the diocese of Bergamo) would have witnessed thirteen Marian apparitions. The girl herself reported having visions of the Virgin, the Holy Family and the little angels. Lunch in a typical restaurant. Transfer to Vicenza and visit to the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Monte Berico. Mass. Transfer to Padua, dinner and accommodation in the center.
Breakfast and guided visit to the Basilica of San Antonio. Mass. Padua, in addition to housing the important relics of the Saint, is an ancient Roman city that after the fall of the Roman Empire regained its importance in the communal period, the city has an important cultural heritage that includes works by Donatello, Mantegna and later by Titian and Sansovino. Lunch in a typical restaurant. Visit of the San Leopoldo Mandic sanctuary. Free time and dinner at the hotel in Padua.
Breakfast and transfer to Piazzale Roma to take the vaporetto to the center. Guided tour of Venice: visit of the main squares and monuments. The capital of the Venetian region and the province of Venice. Its historic center, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, 2 is located on a group of islands in the Venetian lagoon, in the north of the Adriatic Sea. Its geographical peculiarity, as well as its millenary history and its rich monumental and artistic heritage, have made Venice one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
The city is built on an archipelago of 118 small islands (if we include the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello), almost all of them linked together by 455 bridges and includes six districts or municipalità on the mainland (terraferma veneziana). Lunch in a typical restaurant. Mass and free time. At the end of the afternoon, return to our hotel in the modern area of Venice (Mestre). Dinner and accommodation
Breakfast and Holy Mass. Free time until the agreed time for transfer to Venice airport.
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