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Catholic Pilgrimage Destinations

Where we travel

Canterbury has been building Catholic group pilgrimages for over forty years. Every pilgrimage below travels on your group’s own dates, with daily Mass, a tour manager on the ground and an itinerary shaped around your people.

61 destinations

Europe and the Mediterranean

The pilgrimages that fill fastest, and the ones most parishes start with. Rome and Assisi, Fátima, Lourdes, and the cities Saint Paul wrote his letters to.

ItalyRome and the Vatican, Assisi, Siena, Orvieto and San Giovanni Rotondo.Italy: the Franciscan RouteIn the footsteps of Saint Francis: Assisi, La Verna, Siena and Greccio.Italy: Padre Pio and the Eucharistic MiraclesAssisi, Loreto, Lanciano and San Giovanni Rotondo.Italy: Rome to VeniceRome and the Vatican, then Orvieto, Assisi, Florence, Padua and Venice.PortugalFátima, the Eucharistic miracle at Santarém, and a day on the Camino Português.Portugal: the Camino PortuguésSeventy-five miles on foot from Tui across Galicia to Santiago de Compostela.Portugal: Fátima and LourdesOur Lady’s two great apparition shrines, with four nights at Lourdes.Portugal: Fátima, Salamanca and ÁvilaFátima paired with the Castilian cities of St. Teresa.Portugal: Shrines and Apparition SitesFátima, Santiago, Covadonga, Garabandal and Lourdes across three countries.FranceLourdes, Lisieux and Chartres, with Nevers, Paray-le-Monial and Ars, and four further routes.France: the Marian ShrinesLa Salette, Ars, Paray-le-Monial, Nevers, Chartres, Pontmain and Lisieux.France: Lourdes and ProvenceCarcassonne, Avignon, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, Cotignac and Cannes.France: the Carmelite SaintsLourdes, Avignon, Ars and Dijon for St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and Lisieux for St. Therese.France: In the Footsteps of St. Joan of ArcReims, Domremy, Orleans, Chinon, Mont-Saint-Michel and Rouen.Greece and TurkeyIn the footsteps of Saint Paul: Athens, Corinth, Ephesus and Patmos.SpainSantiago de Compostela and the Camino, with Montserrat, Zaragoza and Toledo.Spain: the Camino de SantiagoEighty-nine miles on foot from Sarria across Galicia into Santiago.Spain: the Carmelite SaintsSt. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross, from Ávila to Andalusia.PolandWarsaw, Jasna Góra, Wadowice and Kraków, the Poland of St. John Paul II, St. Faustina and St. Maximilian Kolbe.Poland: Kraków and the Southern ShrinesOne hotel in Kraków for the whole week, with day journeys to Częstochowa, Wadowice, Zakopane and Auschwitz.Poland: Gdańsk to KrakówThe length of the country by motorcoach, from the Baltic coast through Gietrzwałd and Licheń to Częstochowa and Kraków.Poland: Divine Mercy and VilniusVilnius, where the first image of the Divine Mercy was painted, then Sokółka, Warsaw and Kraków.Poland and RomeThe Polish shrines of St. John Paul II, then Rome and a Papal Audience.Poland, Prague and SalzburgKraków, Prague, Altötting and Salzburg, across Catholic Central Europe by motorcoach.Croatia and BosniaMedjugorje and the Adriatic coast, from Dubrovnik north into Slovenia.IrelandIn the footsteps of St. Patrick, from Armagh and Downpatrick to Knock and the holy mountain.Marian Shrines of IrelandGlendalough, Cashel and Kerry to the national Marian shrine at Knock.Irish Shrines and SaintsThe wide circuit: Connemara, Knock, the Ring of Kerry, Kinsale and Glendalough.St. Patrick’s WayForty-four miles on foot through the Mournes to St. Patrick’s grave.Ireland and MedjugorjeThe Marian route through Ireland, then four nights in Medjugorje.Austria and GermanyBoth national shrines, Mariazell and Altötting, from Vienna to Munich.Marian Shrines of the AlpsAcross the Alps from Vienna to Lucerne and the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln.Marian and Central European ShrinesPrague to Budapest through four countries and a thousand years of shrines.Central Europe and MedjugorjeThe shrines of Central Europe, then four nights in Medjugorje.Marian Shrines and Saints of the AlpsBavaria across the Alps to the Shroud of Turin and the tomb of St. Gianna.Danube River CruiseSeven nights on the river, from Altotting and Melk to Esztergom and Budapest.England & ScotlandEdinburgh and Lindisfarne south to Walsingham, Oxford and London.The English Shrines and MartyrsCanterbury and Dover, Ely and Walsingham, Birmingham and London.In the Footsteps of St. John Henry NewmanCambridge, Walsingham, the Birmingham Oratory, Maryvale and Littlemore.Scottish Saints and the HighlandsEdinburgh and St. Andrews across the Highlands to Glenfinnan and Glasgow.Our Lady of Walsingham and the Scottish SaintsLondon and Walsingham, then Edinburgh, St. Andrews and Carfin.Scottish Saints and Irish ShrinesEdinburgh and Carfin, then Glendalough, Cashel, Kerry, Galway and Knock.Croatia, Montenegro and SloveniaNine days on the Adriatic, from Dubrovnik to the Bay of Kotor and Bled.Rome, Assisi and MedjugorjeRome and a Papal Audience, a day in Assisi, then Medjugorje and Dubrovnik.Rome, Padre Pio and MedjugorjeRome and Assisi, the Eucharistic miracles, Padre Pio, then Medjugorje.Poland and MedjugorjeThe Polish shrines from Warsaw to Kraków, then four nights in Medjugorje.Poland, Prague and MedjugorjeKraków and the Divine Mercy shrines, Prague, then Medjugorje and Dubrovnik.Fátima, Lourdes and MedjugorjeThe three great Marian shrines: Fátima, Lourdes and Medjugorje.Netherlands & BelgiumAmsterdam, Ghent and Bruges, the approved apparitions at Beauraing and Banneux, and the Rhineland cathedrals The Marian Shrines of France and FlandersEleven days pairing Lisieux, Chartres and the Miraculous Medal with Amsterdam, Ghent and Bruges The Rhine River Cruise PilgrimageEleven days up the Rhine by river ship, from Amsterdam to Basel, unpacking once In the Footsteps of St. DamienTen days following St. Damien of Molokai from his birthplace at Tremelo to the Leuven crypt where he rests The Grand Marian Pilgrimage of Northern EuropeSeventeen days and five countries, the longest route we run ScandinaviaTen days through Denmark and Norway: St. Ansgar’s Copenhagen, Børglum Abbey, the stave churches and the Hardangerfjord The Shrines of St. BridgetNine days from Oslo across Sweden to Vadstena Abbey, founded by St. Bridget in 1346 Medjugorje, the Adriatic and SloveniaThirteen days from Medjugorje to Ljubljana, by way of Dubrovnik, the Bay of Kotor, Split, Plitvice Lakes and Bled

The Holy Land and beyond

Where it happened. Groups travelling to Israel often add Egypt or Jordan to the same itinerary rather than making a second trip.

The Holy LandJerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee.The Holy Land: the Jesus TrailThirty-five miles on foot from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee, then Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Emmaus.Jordan and the Holy LandPetra, Mount Nebo and Jerash, then overland into Israel for the Galilee, Bethlehem and Jerusalem.The Holy Land: In the Footsteps of Our LordThe essential eight days: the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, Bethlehem and Jerusalem.Rome and the Holy LandEight nights from the Galilee to Jerusalem, then Rome for the basilicas and the Papal Audience.EgyptThe Pyramids of Giza and a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan, with the Coptic shrines of the Holy Family.Egypt and JordanThe Pyramids and the Nile, then Petra, Kerak, Madaba and Mount Nebo.Egypt: in the Footsteps of the Holy FamilyThe flight into Egypt, from the Delta shrines and Wadi Natrun south to Assyut.LebanonSt. Charbel at Annaya, the Qadisha Valley and Our Lady of Lebanon.

Latin America

South America. The shrines and saints of Argentina and Peru.

ArgentinaFlores, Luján and San Nicolás.PeruThe saints of Lima, and the Andes.

North America

Shrines close to home. The California missions of St. Junipero Serra, the first American saints along the Washington to New York corridor, the only approved Marian apparition in the United States, the French Canadian shrines of the St. Lawrence, and Guadalupe, which draws the largest groups we run.

United StatesThe California mission trail from San Francisco to San Diego, with routes to the shrines of the Northeast, the Midwest and New Mexico.United States: American Saints of the NortheastWashington, Emmitsburg, Philadelphia, Doylestown and New York, following the first American saints.United States: North American Saints and MartyrsSyracuse and Auriesville north into Quebec, the martyrs and the first saints of North America.United States: Baltimore and the Nation’s CapitalAmerica’s first cathedral, the Grotto of Lourdes at Emmitsburg and the national shrines of the capital.United States: Midwest ShrinesChicago, Milwaukee, Holy Hill, Green Bay and La Crosse, with Our Lady of Champion.United States: New Mexico MissionsSanta Fe, Abiquiu, Chimayo, Albuquerque and Taos, the oldest Catholic ground in the country.CanadaMontreal, Kahnawake, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec City and Trois-Rivieres.Canada: MontrealSaint Joseph’s Oratory, the shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha at Kahnawake and Notre-Dame Basilica.MexicoOur Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac.Mexico: Girlstown ChalcoTlatelolco and Guadalupe, the Zócalo and the Cathedral, and an afternoon with the Sisters of Mary at Chalco.Mexico: the Cristero MartyrsGuadalupe and Blessed Miguel Pro, then Cristo Rey, San Juan de los Lagos, St. Toribio Romo and Guadalajara.Mexico: Marian Shrines and the Riviera MayaGuadalupe, Teotihuacan and Puebla, then four nights on the Caribbean coast.South AmericaQuito and the Ecuadorean shrines, Las Lajas in Colombia, and Lima.PeruChiclayo and Eten, the shrines of Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu.In the Footsteps of Pope FrancisFlores and Lujan, San Nicolas, and the Jesuit block at Cordoba.Our Lady of Aparecida and the Shrines of BrazilChrist the Redeemer, the National Shrine at Aparecida, and Sao Paulo.

Asia and the Pacific

Nagasaki, where the Church survived more than two centuries without a single priest, and Akita.

JapanTokyo and Mount Fuji, the martyrs of Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Kyoto, and Our Lady of Akita.Japan: the Hidden ChristiansTokyo and Mount Fuji, Akita and Kakunodate, Kyoto and Hiroshima, then five nights at Nagasaki.Japan: Akita and NagasakiThe twelve day route: Tokyo, Our Lady of Akita, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.South KoreaThe shrines of the Korean martyrs, from Seoul to Chon Jin Am and Mirinae.VietnamOur Lady of La Vang, Trà Kiệu and the Vietnamese martyrs, from Hanoi to the Mekong Delta.IndiaSt. Thomas the Apostle, Vailankanni and the churches of Old Goa.

By sea

One ship, several countries, and Mass on board every day. The simplest way to see a great deal without packing twice.

Pilgrimage CruisesBy river and by sea: the Greek Isles and Ephesus, the Rhine, and the Nile, with four more built on request

Do not see your destination?

These are the pilgrimages we run most often, not the limit of where we go. If your group has somewhere particular in mind, a patron saint, a shrine, a country your parish has ties to, tell us and we will build it. Start with a conversation.

Thinking of leading one?

You travel free, there is no financial risk if the group does not fill, and we handle the registrations and the paperwork. How complimentary places work, what happens if a group does not fill, and how to promote a parish pilgrimage.