A Pilgrimage to Mexico City & Puebla
July 21 Day 1: Depart USA: Flights to Mexico
Once you arrive to Mexico City, we are immediately transferred to Puebla in time for dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Puebla
July 22 Day 2: Puebla
Mass at Chapel of the Rosary in the Church of St. Domingo. Visit the Cathedral and other points of interest in Puebla with its beautiful colonial facades and interesting buildings. Lunch at a local restaurant and in the afternoon, visit the suburb of Cholula and the Indian Church to Sta. Maria Tonantzintla.
Overnight: Puebla
July 23 Day 3: Mexico City
Depart Puebla for Mexico City, stopping enroute at San Miguel del Milagro with its interesting history and engulfed in miraculous happenings. Continue to the nearby town of Ocotlan for Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Ocotlan, site where Our Lady burnt her image in an oak tree. Time for a visit to the beautiful Church of San Francisco nearby. Continue to Mexico City and transfer to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Mexico City
July 24 Day 4: Mexico City
This morning, enroute to the Shrine, a stop will be made at the Plaza of the 3 Cultures (Tlaltelolco) to see the Church of St. James where San Juan Diego was baptized Continue to the Shrine to attend Mass and visit the grounds. Continue to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan to see the Pyramids of the Sun, the Moon, Quetzal Butterfly Temple. Lunch included at Gran Teocalli.
Overnight: Mexico City
July 25 Day 5 Mexico City
Today we will visit Coyoacan to visit the Frida Kahlo Museum. Free time in the Plaza. After lunch, we will head to the museum of anthropology. Free time in the neighborhood before we return to our hotel for overnight.
Overnight: Mexico City
July 26 Day 6 Mexico City
Today we visit the Zocalo with Metropolitan Cathedral, Templo Mayor, and National Palace – murals of Diego Rivera. We then transfer to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe where we will have Mass. In the evening, we have dinner at a local restaurant near our hotel.
July 27 Day 7 return home
After breakfast, we board our flight home, carrying with us memories and keepsakes that will last a lifetime.