Forbidden France:

In search of the Black Madonna

Itinerary

Day 1: Leave for Marseilles, France* See you in Marseille!

*Please note you will be flying into Marseilles and flying out from Paris for this trip.

Day 2: Arrive in Marseilles, First will be a stop at the Abby St. Victor and then to Aubagne.

Day 3: Today the group will go to Plan-d’Aups-Sainte-Baume where you will got on a walk to the grotto de Sainte Mary Magdalene.

Day 4: Today the group will head to Sainte-Maximin-la-Sainte-Bume where they will see the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Monastery and visit the basilica de Sainte Marie Madeleine.

Day 5: This morning the group will visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Sea. Afternoon the group will head to Carcassone.

Day 6: Today the group will go on a full day excursion. They will head to Montsegur where they will visit the castle. In Rennes-le-Chateau will visit the Berenger Museum and the Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. Then the group will visit the Church of Saints Nazaire and Celse.

Day 7: Group will be free at leisure and in the afternoon the group will head to Paris.

Day 8: Today the group will visit Sainte-Chapelle, the Cluny Museum and the Louvre.

Day 9: Free day in Paris

Day 10: The group will head to Chartres Cathedral and have a guided tour. Then the group will visit the L’eglise de la Madeleine.

Day 11: Flights back home.

What is Included:

Transport after arrival to Marseille, admissions to each site, hotel accommodations, Breakfast.

What is Not Included:

Air fare to Marseille, and return home from Paris.

Lunch and Dinners with exclusion of the welcome and farewell dinner.