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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. Italy: Assisi, Siena and OrvietoFour nights in Assisi with day trips to Siena and Orvieto, then four nights in Rome. Italy: Rome and the Papal AudienceFive days in Rome with a Papal Audience in St. Peter’s Square, the four papal basilicas, the Holy Stairs and the catacombs. Italy: Assisi and RomeA night in Assisi at the tomb of St. Francis, then five nights in Rome with a Papal Audience and the four papal basilicas.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.Portugal & Spain: The Douro River CruiseThirteen days from Lisbon to Madrid, seven of them aboard a river ship on the Douro, by way of Santarém, two days at Fátima, Porto and St. Teresa’s Ávila.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. France: The Seine River CruiseTwelve days out of Paris, seven of them aboard a river ship on the Seine, by way of Reims, the Normandy beaches, Rouen and Giverny.Greece and TurkeyIn the footsteps of Saint Paul: Athens, Corinth, Ephesus and Patmos.SpainBarcelona, Montserrat and Zaragoza, ending at the tomb of St. James in Santiago.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 MaltaMalta in the footsteps of St. Paul, then Rome, San Giovanni Rotondo and Assisi.Malta in the Footsteps of St. PaulSix days on Malta and Gozo from one hotel base, with Valletta, Ta’ Pinu, Mosta, Mdina and Rabat.Malta, the Amalfi Coast and RomeMalta, Montecassino, Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri and Pompeii, ending in Rome for the Papal Angelus.Greece and Malta in the Footsteps of St. PaulPhilippi, Thessaloniki, Meteora, Delphi, Athens and Corinth, then a flight to Malta and Gozo.

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.JordanMount Nebo, Madaba, Anjara, Petra, Kerak and the Baptism Site, from one base in Amman.Jordan: Israel, Jordan and Wadi RumJerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem, a night in the desert of Wadi Rum, Petra and Mount Nebo, then Nazareth, Haifa and Akko.Jordan: the Holy Land in Seventeen DaysA full week in Jordan, then Caesarea, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Bethlehem and five nights in 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. Ecuador and Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

South AmericaQuito and the Ecuadorean shrines, Las Lajas in Colombia, and Lima.PeruChiclayo and Eten, the shrines of Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu.Argentina: In the Footsteps of Pope FrancisFlores and Lujan, San Nicolas, and the Jesuit block at Cordoba.Brazil: Our Lady of AparecidaChrist the Redeemer, the National Shrine at Aparecida, and Sao Paulo.

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.

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.

Specialty pilgrimages

Everything that is not a country: pilgrimages named for a saint or a shrine, and pilgrimages defined by the occasion or the group, from choirs and youth to dioceses, anniversaries and the dated events of the Church.

CanterburyThe cathedral where St. Thomas Becket was martyred, St. Augustine’s Abbey and the Pilgrims’ Way.ChoirYour choir sings Mass and gives concerts. Five recommended routes across Europe and the Americas.Choir: Austria and Germany in AdventVienna, Melk, Salzburg and Munich in Christkindlmarkt season, with a sung Mass at Salzburg Cathedral.Choir: Prague, Vienna and SalzburgConcerts in Prague and Vienna, Melk Abbey, and sung Masses at Our Lady before Týn and Salzburg Cathedral.Choir: Berlin to AmsterdamBach and the Reformation, with St. Hedwig’s, Erfurt, Mainz, a Rhine cruise, Brussels and Bruges.Choir: Québec and MontrealSung Mass at Notre-Dame de Québec and St. Joseph’s Oratory, with Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and Our Lady of the Cape.Choir: Buenos Aires and LujánThree concerts in Buenos Aires and a sung Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, with Tigre and La Plata.World Youth Day Seoul 20273 to 8 August 2027. Parish, school and diocesan groups, with the Korean Martyrs route as an extension.Christmas MarketsAdvent in Vienna, Salzburg, Prague, Budapest and Kraków. Six recommended routes, one a Danube river cruise. Latin Mass PilgrimagesThe Traditional Latin Mass celebrated daily, for groups travelling with their own priest. Rome, Lourdes, Fátima, Kraków and the Holy Land.Guadalupe Jubilee Year12 October 2026 to 12 October 2027 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with a plenary indulgence. Mexico City and four routes.Pilgrimages by SaintSaints and the shrines where they rest, each linked to the pilgrimage that goes there. Start from a patron rather than a country.Pilgrimages with a HostThe Catholic speakers, authors and radio hosts who lead Canterbury pilgrimages, and what each of them has open now.Christmas Markets: Salzburg and ViennaEight days in Advent. Salzburg, the Silent Night Chapel, Mariazell, Melk Abbey and Vienna.Christmas Markets: Salzburg, Vienna and RomeEleven days in Advent. Salzburg, the Silent Night Chapel, Mariazell and Vienna, then Rome and the Papal Audience.Christmas Markets: KrakówEight days in Advent. The Kraków Christmas Market, Jasna Góra, Wadowice, Auschwitz and Divine Mercy.Christmas Markets: Budapest, Vienna and PragueTwelve days in Advent. Budapest, Vienna, Mariazell, Salzburg and Prague.Christmas Markets: the Danube by River ShipTen days in Advent. Nuremberg to Budapest by Regensburg, Passau, Melk, Vienna and Bratislava. Parish PilgrimagesYour own priest and daily Mass, your own dates, a custom brochure, and registrations and payments handled for you. Diocesan PilgrimagesYour own bishop and clergy, several hundred pilgrims across many coaches, and registrations handled for every parish. Youth PilgrimagesPaced for the age group, built to your chaperone ratio and safeguarding policy, with registrations taken from each family. Ordination Anniversary PilgrimagesA priest’s jubilee marked by the parish he serves, built around the date and the place that matter to him. School PilgrimagesThe dates your calendar allows, your chaperone ratio and safeguarding policy, and payments taken from each family. Pilgrimages for Catholic OrganisationsKnights of Columbus councils, the Legion of Mary and lay movements, built around your patron and your members. Seminary, Clergy and Religious PilgrimagesA seminary class, a presbyterate or a community visiting its founder, with the Hours and daily Mass built into the day.Pilgrimage ChaplainsFor a priest who would like to travel: serve as chaplain to a group that has no priest of its own, and travel free.Private PilgrimagesFor a family or a group too small to fill a coach: your own party, your own pace, on your own dates.Pilgrimages for Vatican EventsJubilees, papal audiences, canonizations and beatifications: the Church sets the date, we build the group around it.Guadalupe 2031Five hundred years since the apparitions at Tepeyac. Groups travel any month of 2031; register yours before the program is announced.Pilgrimages with Franciscan UniversityPilgrimages for students, alumni, staff and friends of Franciscan University of Steubenville, built and operated by Canterbury.