Day 1
Depart the United States
We depart on our overnight flight to Warsaw. Dinner and breakfast are served on board.
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Warsaw, Częstochowa, Wadowice, Kraków and the Shrines of Rome
Twelve days joining the Polish saints to the city where St. John Paul II was buried. Eight days in Poland, then a flight to Rome for the Papal Audience, St. Peter’s and the major basilicas.
Upcoming departures to Poland. Each group has its own host, dates, and itinerary. The route below is our standard.
Warsaw, Niepokalanów, Świnice Warckie, Częstochowa, Wadowice, Kraków, Zakopane, Auschwitz, Łagiewniki, Wieliczka and Rome.
Twelve days with one internal flight, Kraków to Rome on day nine, arriving in Warsaw and departing from Rome. Your group travels on its own dates, and the itinerary can be adjusted to fit the time you have and the places that matter most to your pilgrims.
“Canterbury treats you like family! They handle everything, from creating exciting itineraries to managing calls, registrations, and payments.”
Patrick Madrid
Tell us the window you have in mind and we will build the itinerary around it: the time you have, and the places that matter most to your pilgrims.
These inclusions can be easily tailored to the individual needs of your group
Every group earns complimentary places. The more pilgrims you bring, the more you earn. How complimentary places work
If the group does not fill, deposits are returned. You owe nothing and neither do your pilgrims. What happens if a group does not fill
Flyers, a registration page, and what you need to invite your people. Our guide to promoting a pilgrimage
Registrations, rooming lists, payment plans and the phone calls. How leading a pilgrimage works
Every pilgrim in your group gets the app. Their itinerary, hotels and flights, the prayers of the day and a way to reach one another, all in one place and kept current as the pilgrimage unfolds.
Your whole group in one thread, so a change of plan reaches everyone at once.
The full day-by-day schedule, always current, in every pilgrim’s pocket.
Where the group is staying each night, with addresses and dates.
Flight details kept alongside everything else, not in a separate email.
The prayers of the day, including the Liturgy of the Hours.
A keepsake record of the shrines your group visits along the way.
Times and meeting points pushed to everyone the moment they change.
“They’re big enough to handle any problem that arises, and small enough to craft truly unique experiences.”
Chris StefanickGroups travel from late April through to early October. May, June and September suit both halves of this route: Poland is mild and green, and Rome is warm without the August heat. Note that the general audience is normally suspended through July while the Holy Father is at Castel Gandolfo, and groups travelling then visit Castel Gandolfo instead.
Moderate. Most days involve two to four hours on your feet, with walking on uneven ground, ancient stone, and steps at archaeological sites. Pilgrims who can manage a full day of sightseeing at their own pace do well. If anyone in your group has mobility limitations, tell us early and we will adapt the days around them. What activity level means.
Travel insurance, lunches, drinks beyond those served with included meals, personal expenses, and gratuities for your tour manager and driver. Any of these can be built into your package on request, so tell us what you would like covered and we will arrange it. Passports and visa fees are the one exception and remain the responsibility of each pilgrim.
The general audience is held each Wednesday the Holy Father is in residence, so day ten of this itinerary must fall on a Wednesday. We confirm that when your dates are set and shift the itinerary if it does not line up. During July the audience is normally suspended while the Holy Father resides at Castel Gandolfo, and pilgrimages travelling in that period visit Castel Gandolfo instead, including the Papal Palace, the Vatican Observatory and the Barberini Gardens above Lake Albano.
Yes. Daily Mass is built into the itinerary, and we arrange times and locations in advance with each church. Your priest should travel with a celebret or letter of good standing from his bishop or superior. We handle the scheduling.
Most of our groups are between 20 and 50 pilgrims, and we can arrange smaller tours as well. We have also organized pilgrimages for groups as large as 2,500, so whatever size your group turns out to be, we can build for it. Minimum group size for a group flight.
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