In the footsteps of St. John Paul II

07.00 h. Breakfast at the hotel and check out.

07.30 h. Meeting at the hotel reception and departure by private bus to El Prat airport in Barcelona (approximately 3 hours).

11.30 h. Check in and luggage check-in for the LOT airline flight to Warsaw, 27 MAY BCN - WAW (13.25 h. - 16.30 h.).

16.30 h. Arrival at Frédéric Chopin airport in the capital of Poland.

• Meeting with the accompanying guide and transfer to the hotel to make the check in.
• Walk to the city for the celebration of the Holy Mass.
• Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Tomorrow. Breakfast at the hotel and check out.

• Meeting with the accompanying guide at the hotel lobby and start of the day's activities.
• Sightseeing tour of the city. Highlights of the visit include the Old CityThe beautiful Royal Route, rebuilt with great reverence after World War II, to see its palaces, aristocratic residences, statues and historic churches, the sites of faith and spirit of the Polish people. Visit to the most famous baroque church in Warsaw, the St. Anne's ChurchThe visit will continue to the site where Pope John Paul II celebrated Holy Mass during his first pilgrimage in 1979. It will be followed by the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the BaptistThe church is the oldest Gothic church in Warsaw and the resting place of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. Afterwards, the group will head to the Church of St. Stanislaus KostkaJerzy Popiełuszko, a great personality of the Catholic Church who was murdered by the security police in 1984 and beatified by St. John Paul II in 2010.
• After the visit, Holy Mass will be celebrated.
• Lunch in one of the restaurants in the Old Town. We will taste the famous Polish pierogi, thin pies with a variety of fillings.

Afternoon. Transfer to Częstochowa, the religious center of Poland, with a tradition of pilgrimages dating back to the 14th century (about 2.5 hours).

• Check in and dinner at the lodge.

Tomorrow. Breakfast at the hotel and check out.

• Meeting with the local Pauline guide and visit to the Sanctuary of Jasna Góra. It includes: visit to the basilica with the chapel of the Black Madonna; visit to the exhibition of the 600 years of the Monastery, the Armory, the Treasure Room where the Golden Rose offered by St. John Paul II as an act of his devotion to the heart of Our Lady of Częstochowa, Queen of Poland. You can also see the sash of the Pope's cassock with his blood on it, as it was the one he wore when he was wounded in 1981. Visit to the exhibition The Polish Church and Solidarity, which was the party created and led by the trade unionist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Lech Wałęsa. 
• Celebration of the Holy Mass.
• Transfer to Konzentrationslager (approx. 2 hours drive).
• Lunch and visit to the Museum of Auschwitz.

Afternoon. Transfer to Wadowice, where our Pope St. John Paul II, Karol Wojtyła, was born. We will see his childhood home, the basilica where he was baptized. And the church of St. Peter the Apostle, which was built by the people of Wadowice as a vow to save the life of the Pope, after he was shot and wounded.

• Visit the exhibition that illustrates and commemorates the Pope's life and work in Poland up to the time he left Krakow to attend the conclave in Rome in 1978.
• Transfer to Krakow (approx. 1 hour). Check in and dinner at the hotel.

Tomorrow. Breakfast at the hotel.

• Panoramic tour of this city, KrakowThe Episcopal Palace, where he lived, the church of St. Florian, where he was vicar, or the beautiful Franciscan church, his favorite place to pray. At Floriańska 3, pilgrims gather every April 2, to pray, light candles and sing the Pope's favorite songs. We will also see the Collegium Novum, the main building of the Jagiellonian University, where after World War II, Karol Wojtyła taught Theology. We will stroll through the Market Square, the largest medieval square in Europe, and the Gothic church of St. Mary with the largest wooden altar in the world. Continue to Wawel Hill to visit the cathedral, the site of Karol Wojtyła's ordination as bishop.
• Lunch.
• Departure for Łagiewniki, the capital of the Divine Mercy. Visit to the sanctuary, the convent chapel of St. Faustina and her tomb. In this place the Pope solemnly entrusted the world to the Divine Mercy. Celebration of the Holy Mass.
• Afterwards, a visit to the salt mines in WieliczkaThe mine, an impressive labyrinth of galleries, subway lakes, chambers and chapels excavated in saline rock at a depth of more than 300 meters. The mine, apart from its exceptional beauty, also boasts 700 years of operation, being the oldest mine in Europe. We will take the special "God bless you" tour.

Afternoon. Return to Krakow.

• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Tomorrow.

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out. 
• Transfer by private bus to the airport of Krakow St. John Paul II to take flights to Madrid, flight with stopover in Warsaw, both flights with LOT airline. Holy Mass.
  First flight: 31 MAY KRK-WAW (08.50 h. - 09.45 h.)
  Second flight: 31 MAY WAW-MAD (10.40 h. - 14.35 h.)
• Support from the accompanying guide for check-in and check-out formalities, and check in. After boarding the first flight, end of service of the travel agency.