Custom Groups of 10+

Sacred Europe: Medjugorje, Lourdes, Fatima & More

Begin your spiritual journey in Medjugorje, joining pilgrims for prayer, reflection, and visits to sacred sites.
Continue to Lourdes to explore the Shrine, Grotto, and Basilica where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette.
Travel through Spain, visiting the Sanctuary of Loyola and the walled city of Avila, home of St. Teresa.
Arrive in Fatima, one of the world’s most revered pilgrimage sites, dedicated to Our Lady’s apparitions.
Conclude in Lisbon with visits to Santarem’s Eucharistic Miracle and St. Anthony’s Church before your farewell.

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55 Years of Expertise in Tailor-Made Travel

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55 Years of Expertise in Tailor-Made Travel

ExcellentBased on 5,219 Reviews

Trip Features

Epic Scenery

Showcases landscapes that elevate parts of the journey.

Iconic Landmarks

Features renowned sites that capture the essence of each destination.

Rural Charm

Highlights countryside settings rich in character, culture, and tranquillity.

Custom Groups of 10+

Private vacations fully customized for you and your crew.

Epic Scenery

Showcases landscapes that elevate parts of the journey.

Iconic Landmarks

Features renowned sites that capture the essence of each destination.

Rural Charm

Highlights countryside settings rich in character, culture, and tranquillity.

Custom Groups of 10+

Private vacations fully customized for you and your crew.

Trip Itinerary

At a Glance

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Arrival to Croatia & Medjugorje

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Medjugorje Pilgrimage

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Medjugorje Pilgrimage

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Medjugorje to Lourdes

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Lourdes Shrine

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Lourdes Shrine

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Lourdes to Loyola and Avila

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Avila to Fatima

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Fatima

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Fatima to Lisbon

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Depart Lisbon

Travel Itinerary

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Detailed Itinerary

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Arrival to Croatia & Medjugorje

Upon arrival in Split (alternatively Dubrovnik), you will meet with your guide & head towards Medjugorje. Only a few minutes after crossing the border, you will be in Medjugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina! Check in to your hotel and enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.

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Arrival to Croatia & Medjugorje

Your Accommodation

Hotel Quercus

Hotel Quercus is the right choice for everyone looking for classical elegance and modern comfort. Top quality hotel services in a pleasant decor awaits all of our guests. Hotel Quercus is located only 10 minutes by foot from st. James church in Medugorje. One of our main goals is to always be sure our guests feel welcome and comfortable. Knowing they can put their trust in us fills us with the sense of satisfaction. Hotel Quercus boasts the professional and helpfull members of the staff as well as good geographical position in Medugorje, making us very attractive destination to travel to.

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Medjugorje Pilgrimage

Our Medjugorje pilgrimage will be filled with the prayer, daily morning English-speaking Holy Mass, and in the evening at the time of the apparition of Our Lady International Mass and prayer of the Rosary. This will be a genuine spiritual retreat, and your life for a few days will go to the triangle of Podbrdo (Apparition Hill), St. James church, and Krizevac (Cross Mountain). With thousands of pilgrims worldwide, you will celebrate daily mass at St. James church. Visiting Bijakovici village, all six visionaries come from it; you will go up the Apparition Hill, Podbrdo place where Our Lady first appeared. Holy Rosary is prayed during the evening program with Mass; Our Lady repeated many times how important it is to come to mass where "we meet Jesus alive." Messages of Prayer of the Rosary, Holy Mass, and Confession are the center of the evening program at St. James church. According to the three visionaries, they still receive the apparition of Our Lady every day, pray with her, and are blessed by Gospa daily! The apparition takes place at 5:40 pm or 6:40 daylight savings time, and Vicka, Ivan, and Marija are the ones who experience this daily. Mirjana, Jakov, and Ivanka are the three visionaries who don't have daily apparitions but once a year. Among other activities, you will have a chance to climb the "Cross Mountain," Krizevac, as Croats call it, and visit the "Blue Cross," another place of the apparition. Each pilgrim will have time for private devotions, shopping, or simply enjoying your "freedom of prayer" as the Rosary in the hands of people you see on the streets or in the fields in Medjugorje isn't a strange thing!

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Medjugorje Pilgrimage

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Breakfast, Dinner

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Medjugorje Pilgrimage

A second full day enjoying your Medjugorje Pilgrimage

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Medjugorje Pilgrimage

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Breakfast, Dinner

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Medjugorje to Lourdes

Medjugorje – early departure for the Split Airport (alternatively Dubrovnik) for a flight to France! Upon arrival to Toulouse (alternatively, Pau) follows the transfer to Lourdes! Check into the hotel, dinner, and our first night in the Shrine of Immaculate Conception - Lourdes!

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Medjugorje to Lourdes

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Breakfast, Dinner

Your Accommodation

Hotel Alba Lourdes

At the foot of the Pyrenees, the 4-star Hôtel Alba enjoys privileged access to the sanctuaries in Lourdes and seems to be the perfect starting point for many tourist trips, and many touring and mountain biking circuits our valleys offer. The establishment is by the edge of the Gave de Pau river, surrounded by lush green grounds and away from the commotion in Lourdes, promising you’ll enjoy an unique experience in a calm space getting away from it all. Apart from its exceptional situation, the place itself has been designed to make your stay unique: it has a cosy lounge, bar, outside terraces, a large private garden, but also a cycle space for those who love bike riding... In other words, a multitude of invitations to relax and take the time to reconnect with enjoying simple things. It’s a feeling of well-being our welcoming, qualified staff contribute to. They are available to help you at any time

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Lourdes Shrine

Tour of the Shrine, visiting the Grotto of Massabielle, where the Blessed Virgin appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. The tour will also include The Baths, The Basilica of Immaculate Conception with a Crypt, which is underneath and was the first chapel built here as a place of worship, also Rosary Basilica, Church of St. Bernadette. A visit will then continue with the town of Lourdes, the visit to all of the sites associated with St. Bernadette. The Bolly Mill on Rue Bernadette Soubirous, where the saint was born on January 7th, 1844, is where she spent the first years of her life. The group will also visit "Cachot," or jail, where Bernadette lived with her family in the most devastating poverty at the time of the apparitions. Return to the Sanctuary area for lunch on your own. Free afternoon until dinner, and the evening group can participate in Candlelight Marian Procession starting each day at 9:00 pm. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.

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Lourdes Shrine

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Breakfast, Dinner

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Lourdes Shrine

Today we will have a chance to plan our private program for Lourdes. After breakfast and a private Holy Mass, we will have time for personal devotions, confessions, Lourdes water Baths, shopping… We will again attend the candlelight procession to Our Lady of Lourdes in the evening!

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Lourdes Shrine

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Lourdes to Loyola and Avila

After breakfast in Lourdes, we will depart for LOYOLA. Visit the Sanctuary of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola. After the visit here, we are on our way to Avila. In the evening, after dinner in our hotel located within the city walls, we can take a walk along the streets of Old Avila! Today we are at our hotel for dinner.

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Lourdes to Loyola and Avila

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Breakfast, Dinner

Your Accommodation

Sercotel Cuatro Postes

The Sercotel Cuatro Postes is a refuge in nature from which you’ll be able to embark on enjoying Ávila, but it’s also accommodation for anyone travelling on business. This is why we’ve created a Business Center where you’ll find the peace and quiet and privacy you need to get on with your work, answer your emails or put the finishing touches to your next meeting.

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Avila to Fatima

This morning we will spend in Avila a guided tour of this gorgeous town surrounded by high walls! We will walk the narrow cobblestone streets of the city as we trace the life of St. Teresa of Avila. We will see the garden where she played as a child and visit the museum dedicated to her life. The gallery also contains relics of St. Teresa and her spiritual advisor St. John of the Cross. We'll also have the opportunity to visit the Convent of the Incarnation, where St. Teresa first took her orders and would remain based for over thirty years! Museum has an impressive drawing of the crucifixion by St. John of the Cross and a reconstruction of the cell used by the saint when she was prioress there. After the morning visit, we will continue toward Fatima in Portugal! Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Fatima.

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Avila to Fatima

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Breakfast, Dinner

Your Accommodation

Hotel Fatima

Situated near the Shrine esplanade, the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity and the Chapel of Apparitions, Hotel Fatima benefits from an unparalleled location, as it is the closest hotel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Its proximity to tourist reference points and to the main city's road network makes it the ideal choice for those seeking spiritual refuge or simply a welcoming place to relax.

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Fatima

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Fatima

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Breakfast, Dinner

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Fatima to Lisbon

We are leaving Our Lady of Fatima today, breakfast, load our luggage, and a short bus ride to Lisbon! On the way to Lisbon, a stop for a visit to Saint Stephen's church in Santarem, hosting the Eucharistic Miracle Relic from the 13th century! In Lisbon, we will have a couple of hours' tour visiting the Church of St. Anthony and the next door Cathedral! Story on St. Anthony will be the last one we will enjoy in Portugal before the farewell dinner & a glass of Portuguese wine!

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Fatima to Lisbon

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Breakfast, Dinner

Your Accommodation

Turim Av Liberdade Hotel

Close to the Marquês de Pombal, with its main entrance to one of the most famous avenues in Europe, Avenida da Liberdade, nr. 247, Turim Av Liberdade Hotel has 66 rooms with standard, superior and executive rooms. Inside the hotel, the Gin Twist Bar offering a menu with several signature Gin’s. You can also organize group lunches and dinners, since we have at your disposal several menus to complement the service of your wedding, baptism, anniversary or other meeting of a personal or professional nature. Invest in your business with our meeting rooms, which include a Multimedia Auditorium.

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Depart Lisbon

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out of the hotel and then group will be picked up and transferred back to the airport for return flight home.

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Depart Lisbon

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Breakfast

What to Expect

Explore what moves you.

Sanctuary of Fatima, Portugal

Monument and Santuario de San Ignacio de Loyola

Monument & Santuario de San Ignacio de Loyola

Walls of Avila

Alfama district, Lisbon

Know when to go.

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Conditions

Daily max temperatureMonthly rainfall

LisbonMostly Sunny

34°C / 93°F

4mm / 0.2"

Weather data is based on monthly averages.

Popularity rating

ExcellentBased on 5,219 Reviews

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The booking processs was really easy. Katie was very communicative and was very responsive. Every change we asked for, she quickly replied. The room arrangements had a small hiccupp but Katie fixed it within minutes! All the excursions were a blast and well planned. The trip was a bucket list trip and was everything we hoped for. Alison M

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Allan Birkett at Goway has been an absolute godsend! Over the past year, he has helped me plan numerous vacations—especially honeymoons—and has been an incredible partner every step of the way. He is always quick to respond, patient with my clients' frequent changes, and goes above and beyond to help whenever an issue comes up. His knowledge, professionalism, and dedication make my job as a travel advisor so much easier. I truly appreciate everything Allan does and highly recommend him to anyone looking for exceptional service. Thank you, Allan, for always being thereBrooke Echols

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Our 2-week trip to Normandy, Switzerland and Italy after we disembarked from the Queen Mary 2 in Southampton in mid-May was superb. Michael Keon did an amazing job of putting together highlights for us to see and visit with the short time we had. All the train reservations, private and small group tours and transportations were very well coordinated, on time, and usually exceeded our expectations. Drivers were courteous and knowledgeable. Mike did a wonderful job getting everything coordinated, in spite of our almost “last minute” booking. I booked a month-long trip through GOWAY back in 1989 for Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and they were superb then. So I tried them again, and found the entire organization to be even better. Mike was quick to respond to any questions that came up regarding booksings and times, regardless of the 6-hour time difference. Just superb! Although we had a nasty experience in Milan, GOWAY was very responsive and saw to our requests and our needs. Again, Michael Keon is the person who coordinated our travel. I will ask for Mike when I travel again with GOWAY. I recommend GOWAY highly. PJ Wheeler

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A BIG THANK YOU to Goway Travel, Brooke Theron and all of the partners onsite. Our trip to Africa was incredible, memories that will last forever. Everything planned and more went perfectly. The guides, the excursions, the accommodations, everything, was just spectacular. Fortunately, everything ran on time, no delays, no problems. Thank you again!! Linda Irias

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I have been blessed to have an amazing rep, Farooq Qaisar! He has helped me find the best spots for my clients to experience and when I am looking for something and just can't figure it out, he is able to put together something better than I was thinking. He my go-to and I am thankful for all his help over the years!Sherri

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Goway helped plan our two week trip to Peru and they (Virginia in particular) did a great job. The on-site logistics with Condor Travel went very smoothly, and the trip exceeded our expectations overall. They proactively suggested changes to our initial itinerary which were welcomed. I would recommend them and would work with them again in the future.Kate O'Neill

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I recently went on an African Safari with my brother-in-law and sister and another couple who I knew. The entire experience was absolutely unbelievable. The complete details were flawlessly coordinated from the transfers to the breathtaking lodges. Our guides Peter showed us Kenya and Maulid Tanzania were very knowledgeable and very sharp eyes for finding the animals. We were able to see the animals up close, learn a lot about the people, birds , vegetation etc. We had several sundowners in the bush really added to a magical experience with beautiful sunsets. I would highly recommend Goway to all my friends, they will not be disappointed. Thank you to Bijal for the excellent African Safari that you put together for us. You were wonderful.Nancy Hay

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Everything was planned perfectly. The excursions were so small and personal. Ask for Mark! I have already planned another trip back to the Oregon wine country with Mark. Claire