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Our pilgrimage begins with an overnight flight from Reno (RNO) to Mexico City.
Overnight in Mexico City
Pick up at the Hotel and transfer to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe beginning with Mass at the Basilica. After Mass we will have time for a tour of the shrine including the Museum, Tepeyac Hill, Capilla del Cerrito, Tepeyac Garden, and the Chapel of the Indians. There will also be time for personal devotions. Dinner.
Overnight Mexico City
After breakfast we will head to City to Tlatelolco, to visit the Three Culture Square, where is located the XVI Century Parish of Santiago Tlatelolco first catholic church of the New Continent that still exist dedicated to St. James, to honor the patron saint of the Spanish. Then to the TEOTIHUACAN, UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological zone, exploring the ruins of the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon and the Aztec Temple of Tlaloc and Quetzalcoatl. On the way back to the hotel stop at Acolman Agustinian Ex Convent and church, for a tour at the monastery. Dinner.
Overnight Mexico City
Following breakfast, leave Mexico City for a spectacular ride through the mountains to Tlaxcala to Ocotlan, “place of the burning oak”, where in 1531, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Juan Diego Bernadino. The Blessed Virgin Mary burned an image of her perfections into the trunk of an old oak tree. Also visit The Franciscan convent of Our Lady of Assumption, today the Cathedral of Tlaxcala. After lunch in Tlaxcala we continue on to Puebla where we will enjoy a tour that includes the Cathedral of Puebla and the magnificent Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, with its most famous scalloped gold leaf walls and ceilings, St. Dominic’s Church.
Overnight Puebla
Mexico City Historical Center beginning with Mass at the Mexico´s Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana) the oldest and largest cathedral in all of Latin America. Continue the visit at the Government Mexican Palace, then the visit to the Ancient City of the Mexicas and in the Histórical Center. visit the Aztec Exhibition room at the Anthropology Museum.Then the tour continues to Xochimilco, to the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco. Dinner.
Overnight Mexico City
After breakfast, check out, van or coach brings us to the Shrine of the Lady of Guadalupe for our farewell and then we will depart to the airport of Mexico City to fly back to Reno, Nevada USA.
