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JOIN S T . MARK CHURCH ON A P I LGRIMAGE TO . . .
AUSTRIA, GERMANY & MEDJUGORJE September 23 - October 7, 2019
$5,999 per person from Tampa, FL
Salzburg, Austria St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna
Medjugorje
www.pilgrimages.com/stmarkchurch
MEDJUGORJE ONLY: September 29 - October 7, 2019| $2,994 pp from Tampa, FL
Optional Post stay in Dubrovnik: October 7 - 8, 2019 | Additional $159 pp
(all prices are per person, based on double occupancy)
GROUP LEADER / PARISHIONER: MARY SEAMAN
Visionary: Ivan Dragicevic
SAMPLE DAY BY DAY ITINERARY Day 1 : Monday, September 23 | Depart Tampa
Depart Tampa & board a transatlantic flight to Frankfurt. Dinner
will be served on board. Our spiritual director from St. Mark will
be with us throughout the tour and will provide daily mass at
each location.
Day 2 : Tuesday, September 24 | Frankfurt - Rothernburg ob der
Tauber
Upon arrival in Frankfurt you will be greeted by your tour escort/
driver and will be escorted to your transportation to the nearby
town of Rothenburg which means “Red Fortress above the
Tauber” in the region of Bavaria Germany. This medieval
walled city with cobblestone streets in the historic town centre
attracts tourists from all over the word who enjoy the stores for
woodcrafts, local schnapps, christmas ornaments and fine
food. Overnight in Rothenburg.
Day 3: Wednesday, September 25 | Rothernburg ob der Tauber
- Munich
After breakfast at the hotel, there will be a guided tour through
this picturesque town straight from the middle ages. Highlights
include the famous St. James Cathedral. After lunch and some
free time, we will depart for Munich, the capital of Bavaria.
After we check into our hotel, there will be free time to explore
and experience the famous Oktoberfest.
Day 4: Thursday, September 26 | Munich - Alotting - Salzburg
This morning, we enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After check out,
there will be a guided city tour of Munich. Sites include:
Marienplatz with the world famous “Glockenspiel” and the
twin-towered Frauenkirche, the most familiar landmark of old
Munich. Continue to Asamkirche, dedicated to the martyr St.
John Nepomuk, Town Hall and the magnificent boulevards
created by infamous “Mad” King Ludwig in the middle of the
19th Century. After lunch we depart toward Austria. En route
we will stop at Altotting, one of Germany’s most celebrated
shrines and a city whose purpose is pilgrimage. Altotting has
been the spiritual center of Bavaria for more than 1250 years
and for more than 500 years the most significant place of
pilgrimage in Germany in veneration of the Virgin Mary. While
there, you will have the opportunity to see the Basilica, St. Kon-
rad’s Monastery and more. Continue towards Mondsee and
check into our 5* hotel Bristol upon arrival in Salzburg.
Day 5: Friday, September 27 | Salzburg - Sound of Music Tour -
Salzburg
After breakfast, we enjoy a day trip to explore Salzburg & the
picturesque Salzkammergut Region for a guided tour of its
narrow streets and secluded passageways. The heritage of the
Catholic Church is evident in the Archbishops Residence at
Domplatz. During the tour you will visit the mighty Romanesque
Cathedral and Mirabell Palace with its beautiful gardens.
Mirabell Palace is one of the most important shooting locations
for the Hollywood musical, “The Sound of Music”. Maria and
the children dance around the Pegasus Fountain in front of the
palace, singing the song, “Do Re Mi”. Experience the unique
views across Mirabell Gardens towards Hohensalzburg Castle.
After lunch, we enjoy the Sound of Music Tour taking you to see
the original shooting location from this beloved classic motion
picture. See the Nonnberg Convent of Benedictine nuns,
where young Maria was a novice and the Schloss Leopoldskron,
the house where the von Trapp family lived in the film. Stop at
Hellbrunn Palace to enjoy its gardens and fountains. Afterwards,
leave Salzburg behind and travel through picturesque moun-
tain ranges to the charming town of St. Gilgen at Wolfgangsee,
famous for the opening scene of the movie. Finally transfer to
Mondsee to see the St. Michael Basilica, which served as the set
for the wedding of Maria and the captain. Back to our hotel in
Mondsee.
Day 6: Saturday, September 28 | Salzburg - Melk - Vienna
After breakfast, we depart through the mountains of Austria to
Mariazel, the most important pilgrimage place in Austria. Visit
the Mariazell Basilica also known as the Basilica Maria Geburt
(Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary). Mariazell Basilica is a
Marian Basilica, which holds the miraculous statue, housed in
the Lady Chapel or the Chapel of Miracles. After lunch we
continue on to Melk best known as the site of the baroque
Benedicitne monastery named Melk Abbey overlooking the
Danube River. The abbey holds the tomb of St. Coloman of
Stockerau and the remains of several members of the House of
Babenberg, Austria’s first ruling dynasty. After some free time in
Melk, we continue onto Vienna and check into our 5* Hotel
Sacher.
Rothernburg ob der Tauber
Munich
Salzkammergut Region
Highlights of Terms & Conditions (For Complete Terms & Conditions Please Visit www.206tours.com/terms ) DEPOSIT AND REGISTRATION A $400 per person deposit is required at the time of booking with a completed reservation application. Fax, internet, e-mail, or phone reservations are welcome. Deposit and/or payment in full must be received within 7 days of booking or reservation will cancel. Full payment is due 60 days prior to the departure date. If a booking is made within 60 days of departure, full payment is required at the time of booking. If payment is received less than 30 days before departure, please include a $50 late fee. Packages shipped outside of the USA will incur additional shipping charges. PASSPORTS, VISAS & DOCUMENTS A valid US passport is required for US citizens. If you do not have a valid passport please contact your closest passport office or see Passport Information. Passports must be valid at least 6 months after return date. US or Canadian citizens do not need to obtain visas for most countries 206 Tours services. For all other nationalities please consult the country of 's consulate. When and if visa is required it is passen-ger’s responsibility to obtain one. Cancellations due to lack of appropriate documents will incur usual penalties. CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS Once a deposit or partial/full payment has been made, cancellations will only be accepted in writing. Cancellation terms will be applied based on the date that the written cancellation is received. In addition to a $300 per person administration fee, the following charges apply: 60 - 46 days prior to departure 10% 45 - 21 days prior to departure 50% 20 - 03 days prior to departure 80% 02 days prior to departure or less no refund
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SAMPLE DAY BY DAY ITINERARY Day 7: Sunday, September 29 | Vienna
After breakfast, enjoy a guided tour of Vienna, home of Strauss
and Mozart. Visit the spectacular St. Stephen’s Cathedral
which is one of the most important Gothic structures in Austria.
At St. Stephen’s we will see the miraculous image of Our Lady
of Mariapocs and tour the cathedral and catacombs (and
somewhere along the way), we will have time to enjoy famous
Vienna pastries such as Sacher cake. After lunch, we will con-
tinue with a visit of the Schronbrunn Royal Palace, where Mozart
performed at the age of six before Marie Antoinette Louis. We
continue our journey in Vienna and view the Belvedere Palace
well known for its beautiful gardens. Back in the city center, we
go to Karlsplatz with its Church of St. Charles Borromeo and Otto
Wagner’s Stadtbahn pavilions before returning back to our
Hotel.
Day 8: Monday, September 30| Vienna - Medjugorje
Depart Vienna for our flight to Split/Dubrovnik or Sarajevo where
we will be greeted by our well known tour guide Ivanka who will
take us by motorcoach to the village of Medjugorje and the
Retreat House of Ivan Dragicevic the visionary who came to
Tampa to break ground for the Shrine Beautification Project at
St. Mark Evangelist Catholic Church last March. Ivan Dragicevic
is one of the visionaries who has received nine of the ten secrets
from Our Lady and still has an apparition every day. After
checking in, there will be dinner and the apparition of Our Lady
in the Chapel at Ivan’s.
Day 9 - 14: Tuesday, October 1 - Sunday, October 6 |
Medjugorje
Spiritual Heaven Week! Here you will experience the beauty of
this simple village and all our activities are guided by Ivan’s per-
sonal Tour Guide Ivanka. Each morning we begin the day with
breakfast with Ivan and then proceed to his Chapel for morning
prayer. Afterwards, we walk (and/or taxi) through the vineyards
to assemble at St. James Church in the center of Medjugorje for
morning mass. Highlights of the week include: nightly appari-
tions in Ivan’s Chapel, as well as time with him to hear about
the stories of the first days of the apparitions. You can climb
Apparition Hill where the visionaries first encountered Our Lady
as well as climb Mt. Krizevac, the Hill of the Cross where lays a
three ton cement cross built in 1933 to commemorate the 19th
Century of our Lord’s Passion and Death. This is an intimate
experience for all as we pray the Stations of the Cross while we
head up the summit. In Medjugorje, you will have many oppor-
tunities to visit and pray at the “Blue Cross” a place of great
healings and graces at the base of Apparition Hill, visit the
Community of Cenacolo and Fr. Slavko’s Village for the
Orphans of the War. Confessions are available throughout the
day/evening and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is held
daily in the Adoration Chapel.
Day 15: Monday, October 7 | Return Home
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by
motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Split or Sarajevo) for return
flights home.
Or continue to Dubrovnik:
Day 15: Monday, October 7 | Post tour Dubrovnik
After breakfast, you will transfer to Dubrovnik. Upon arrival in this
city fronting the Adriatic, you will be able to spend the after-
noon at your leisure. Feel free to walk to the Old Town, also
known as the Pearl of the Adriatic.
Day 16: Tuesday, October 8 | Return Home
This morning you will be transferred to Dubrovnik Airport for your
return flights home.
Vienna
Dubrovnik
Your Trip Includes
† Round Trip Airfare from Tampa (or from other cities as per: www.206tours.com/airports)
† Airport taxes & fuel surcharges
† Accommodation at centrally located first class hotels as follows: (or similar) ~ 1 night: September 24 - 25: Hotel Rappen, Rothenburg ob de Tauber ~ 1 night: September 25 - 26: Maritim Hotel, Munich
~ 2 nights: September 26 - 28: Bristol Hotel, Salzburg ~ 2 nights: September 28 - 30: Hotel Sacher, Vienna ~ 7 nights: September 30 - October 7: Dragicevic Family Home † 1 night optional Post Tour to Dubrovnik: ~ 1 night: October 7 - 8: Hotel Neptune, Dubrovnik
† Breakfast daily in Austria & Germany † Breakfast & Dinner in Medjugorje only
† Wine with dinner while in Medjugorje only
† Transportation by private motor coach
INCLUSIONS & RESERVATION APPLICATION † Escorted by professional local Catholic guide(s) † Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary † Mass daily & Spiritual activities † Special times of prayer & group meetings † Unlimited use of the private home Chapel books and tapes at Ivan’s home in Medjugorje † Luggage handling (1 piece per person) † Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents Not Included: Lunches and Beverages unless mentioned. Dinners in Germany Austria and Dubrovnik. Tips to your guide & driver(€ 7-9 per day). Items of a personal nature. Optional: Travel Insurance (www.206tours.com/insurance), Extended Cancellation Protection Plan @ $299 (www.206tours.com/cancellationprotection)
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Pilgrimage to Austria, Germany & Medjugorje | September 23 - October 7| $5,999 pp from Tampa, FL
Medjugorje ONLY | September 29 - October 7 | $2,994 pp from Tampa, FL
Optional Post Tour to Dubrovnik | October 7 - 8 | Additional $159 pp