FRIDAY, 28TH APRIL | We meet at the airport at 11.55am for our Air Malta direct flight departing at 1.55pm and arriving in Sarajevo at 3.55pm. From here we proceed to our hotel in Medjugorje. Check in and familiarization walk with group leader. Dinner at hotel.
SATURDAY, 29TH APRIL |Breakfast followed by our first full-day excursion which will take us to the Apparition Hill. It is the place where the first apparitions of Our Lady took place, a bare and stony hill overlooking Bijakovici - the area of Medjugorje where the little visionaries lived. We proceed to “Mother’s Village” and then to Etno Selo. Hercegetno village is situated only 3kms from the centre of Medjugorje and it represents an ideal opportunity to experience traditional Hercegovina. This vast complex represents a Herzegovinian village that is lost in time. There is a chapel, stable with animals, watermill, traditional shops and many other attractions. In the very heart of the village there is a restaurant Herceg that already established itself as a true gourmet and wine tasting paradise. Back to hotel and then at 7.00pm we proceed to St. James Church for the Adoration of The Holy Sacrament. Back to hotel for dinner.
SUNDAY, 30TH APRIL | Breakfast and today’s full-day excursion will start with a visit to Tihaljina, situated 35 km from Medjugorje. Here we can see the statue of "Our Lady of Grace” in the church of the Immaculate Conception. We will appreciate the underrated natural wealth of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the Ceveljusa waterfall. Then we go to the “Cross Mountain” for a short prayer and to visit the souvenir shops. Back to hotel, free time followed by dinner.
MONDAY, 01ST MAY | After breakfast, we will have a full-day excursion starting with visiting Mostar bridge, also known as the “Stari Most” (old bridge). Afterwards we will visit the small village of Blagaj. The village is famous for its Dervish monastery and is nestled beneath a vast jagged cliff and the gentle flow of a beautiful river, with a truly serene backdrop. We then proceed to Mother's village for Mass and return to hotel. After dinner we will head to Blue Cross, where Our Lady appeared to the visionaries when they were hiding from the communist police in the first days of the apparitions. A blue cross was erected to mark the location of the apparitions, which led to the name of the place, “Blue Cross”.
TUESDAY, 02ND MAY | After
breakfast we check-out of hotel and proceed to Sarajevo, the capital and cultural centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ringed by mountains, Sarajevo is a singular city with an enticing East-meets-West vibe of its own. It was once renowned as a religious melting pot, earning it the epithet 'the Jerusalem of Europe'. We then proceed to Sarajevo airport for our return flight departing at 4.05pm and arriving in Malta at 5.45pm.