QUEBEC’S SHRINES AND SACRED SITES
11 Days / 10 Nights
MONTRÉAL – LAC BOUCHETTE – CHARLEVOIX – QUÉBEC CITY
Basilica Notre-Dame, Oratorio St-Joseph, Hermitage Lac Bouchette, Basilica Ste-Anne-deBeaupré, Cathedral—Basilica Notre-Dame-de-Québec
Christianity first arrived in the territory later known as Canada in 1497, when the Catholic, John Cabot, landed on Newfoundland, raised the Venetian and Papal banners and claimed the land for his sponsor King Henry VII of England, while recognizing the religious authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

Inclusions
- Round-trip air: USA -MONTREAL / QUBEIC - USA
- Meet and Assist upon arrival by your Perillo Tours representative
- Private deluxe air-conditioning motor coach tour
- Choice of 3,4 or 5 star hotels
- Breakfast and dinner daily + 1 lunch
- Daily touring as indicated
- All entrance fees
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- Porterage of 1 suitcase per person at hotels
- All transfers
- USTOA 1 Million Dollar Travelers Assistance Program
This itinerary may be modified to the requirements of your group
**Ask about our Church donation program**
Occasionally local religious and national holidays, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of events or the missing of certain events/places. Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of events and places to be visited.

Inclusions
- Round-trip air: USA -MONTREAL / QUBEIC - USA
- Meet and Assist upon arrival by your Perillo Tours representative
- Private deluxe air-conditioning motor coach tour
- Choice of 3,4 or 5 star hotels
- Breakfast and dinner daily + 1 lunch
- Daily touring as indicated
- All entrance fees
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- Porterage of 1 suitcase per person at hotels
- All transfers
- USTOA 1 Million Dollar Travelers Assistance Program
This itinerary may be modified to the requirements of your group
**Ask about our Church donation program**
Occasionally local religious and national holidays, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of events or the missing of certain events/places. Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of events and places to be visited.

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At a Glance
- DAY 1: USA - MONTREAL
- DAY 2: MONTREAL
- DAY 3: MONTREAL - TROIS - RIVIERES
- DAY 4: TROIS - RIVIERES
- DAY 5: TROIS-RIVIERES – LAC BOUCHETTE
- DAY 6: LAC BOUCHETTE
- DAY 7: LAC BOUCHETTE – CHARLEVOIX
- DAY 8: CHARLEVOIX – BEAUPRE
- DAY 9: BEAUPRE – ILE D’ORLEANS – BEAUPRE
- DAY 10: BEAUPRE – QUEBEC - BEAUPRE
- DAY 11: QUEBEC – USA

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Itinerary
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DAY 1: USA - MONTREAL
Today depart for your flight to Montreal. Upon arrival you will be greeted by your PerilloTours representative who will assist in transfering you in your group's air-conditioned motor coach to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Dinner and overnight accommodations at your hotel. (D.)
DAY 2: MONTREAL
Breakfast, folllowed by a guided tour of Montreal, the city at the hundred church towers. Visit the museum and the Chapel of NotreDame du Bonsecours, the Cathedral Marie-Reine-du-Monde and the basilica Saint-Patrick. After lunch (included) in the afternoon visit the Basilica NotreDame and either stay for meditation or book a visit at the museum Pointe-a-Callières that tells the history of Montreal at its first days. Dinner and overnight a your hotel. (B.L.D.)
DAY 3: MONTREAL - TROIS - RIVIERES
After breakfast we visit one of the icons of Montreal: the Oratorio St Joseph, its chapel, the crypt and the way of the cross. Meditation time. In the afternoon drive along the Saint-Lawrence River toward Trois Rivières. Dinner and overnight in Trois-Rivières. (B. D.)
DAY 4: TROIS - RIVIERES
Breakfast, then discover the second Shrine of your trip: Notre-Dame-duCap. Dedicated to the Virgin Marie, the first chapel has been built there in 1635. As the Shrine is by the Saint-Lawrence, you can meditate or walk along the river. Should you wish to learn more about the history of the region, we will book a visit at the Blacksmith forge or the Musée Québécois de la Culture Populaire. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. (B.D.)
DAY 5: TROIS-RIVIERES – LAC BOUCHETTE
Breakfast. In the morning, enjoy some meditation time on site. Continuation to Lac Bouchette, following the River Saint-Maurice who used to be the transportation mode of logs cut in the forest, heading to Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan. Overnight at the Hermitage du Lac Bouchette. (B.D.)
DAY 6: LAC BOUCHETTE
Breakfast. Visit the Hermitage at your own pace; meditate by the lake Bouchette or on the path of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, part of the Kapatakan (“path” in native language). Walk with a Capuchin Friar. Optional visit to the Zoo of Saint-Félicien, the Historic ghost town of Val-Jalbert or walk on nearby the inside sea Lac Saint-Jean. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight accommodatios. (B.D.)
DAY 7: LAC BOUCHETTE – CHARLEVOIX
Breakfast. In direction of Tadoussac you will have the Salmon River Sainte-Marguerite on the side of the road, throughout the mountains. As you arrive in Sacré-Coeur, a stop at the wharf will let you see the Saguenay Fjord and its cliffs up to 400m. Tadoussac is the first fur trading post of New-France and is part of the “Most beautiful bay in the world”. An optional whale watching cruise on the St. Lawrence River is available. Overnight in Baie-Sainte-Catherine. (B.D.)
DAY 8: CHARLEVOIX – BEAUPRE
Breakfast. In Baie-Saint-Paul, visit the Franciscan-de- Marie Sisters, their museum relate their history, their inheritance to the city and else in the world. Meditation in the chapel. In the afternoon, visit the Basilica Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, the third Shrine you’ll visit. Have a closer look to the copper doors; tomorrow you will visit the workshop where they have been hand carved. Meditation. Time available to walk the way of the cross. Overnight in Beaupre.
(B.D.)
DAY 9: BEAUPRE – ILE D’ORLEANS – BEAUPRE
Breakfast. This morning see the magnificent Montmorency Waterfalls facing the St-Lawrence River. Cross the bridge to get on Orleans Island and have panoramic tour and explanation of its history. In the afternoon, on your way back to the hotel, you will stop at the Copper Art Museum & Workshop Albert Gilles. This is where the Basilica’s doors are coming from. Take time to have a look to the 50 religious scenes made of carved silver. Overnight as previous night. (B.D.)
DAY 10: BEAUPRE – QUEBEC - BEAUPRE
Breakfast. Begin your day with a guided tour of the iconic city of Quebec. Learn about the very first days of this new nation, the buildings and majors’ sites as the walls of the city. In the afternoon, visit the Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, where the 7h Holly Door, and the first one to be outside of Europe (sealed in December 2016 for the next 25 years). celebrate mass. Dinner and overnight accommodation. (B.D.)
DAY 11: QUEBEC – USA
Breakfast., a visit at the First Nation Museum, see the Jesuits artifacts such as Sculpted altar facing (1669) and Chalice veil (18th century). These have been found in a forgotten chapel on the native reserve of Wendake, discover circa 1967 and restored in 2013-2014. Transfer to the airport for your flight home. (B.)
DAY 1: USA - MONTREAL
Today depart for your flight to Montreal. Upon arrival you will be greeted by your PerilloTours representative who will assist in transfering you in your group's air-conditioned motor coach to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Dinner and overnight accommodations at your hotel. (D.)
DAY 2: MONTREAL
Breakfast, folllowed by a guided tour of Montreal, the city at the hundred church towers. Visit the museum and the Chapel of NotreDame du Bonsecours, the Cathedral Marie-Reine-du-Monde and the basilica Saint-Patrick. After lunch (included) in the afternoon visit the Basilica NotreDame and either stay for meditation or book a visit at the museum Pointe-a-Callières that tells the history of Montreal at its first days. Dinner and overnight a your hotel. (B.L.D.)
DAY 3: MONTREAL - TROIS - RIVIERES
After breakfast we visit one of the icons of Montreal: the Oratorio St Joseph, its chapel, the crypt and the way of the cross. Meditation time. In the afternoon drive along the Saint-Lawrence River toward Trois Rivières. Dinner and overnight in Trois-Rivières. (B. D.)
DAY 4: TROIS - RIVIERES
Breakfast, then discover the second Shrine of your trip: Notre-Dame-duCap. Dedicated to the Virgin Marie, the first chapel has been built there in 1635. As the Shrine is by the Saint-Lawrence, you can meditate or walk along the river. Should you wish to learn more about the history of the region, we will book a visit at the Blacksmith forge or the Musée Québécois de la Culture Populaire. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. (B.D.)
DAY 5: TROIS-RIVIERES – LAC BOUCHETTE
Breakfast. In the morning, enjoy some meditation time on site. Continuation to Lac Bouchette, following the River Saint-Maurice who used to be the transportation mode of logs cut in the forest, heading to Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan. Overnight at the Hermitage du Lac Bouchette. (B.D.)
DAY 6: LAC BOUCHETTE
Breakfast. Visit the Hermitage at your own pace; meditate by the lake Bouchette or on the path of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, part of the Kapatakan (“path” in native language). Walk with a Capuchin Friar. Optional visit to the Zoo of Saint-Félicien, the Historic ghost town of Val-Jalbert or walk on nearby the inside sea Lac Saint-Jean. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight accommodatios. (B.D.)
DAY 7: LAC BOUCHETTE – CHARLEVOIX
Breakfast. In direction of Tadoussac you will have the Salmon River Sainte-Marguerite on the side of the road, throughout the mountains. As you arrive in Sacré-Coeur, a stop at the wharf will let you see the Saguenay Fjord and its cliffs up to 400m. Tadoussac is the first fur trading post of New-France and is part of the “Most beautiful bay in the world”. An optional whale watching cruise on the St. Lawrence River is available. Overnight in Baie-Sainte-Catherine. (B.D.)
DAY 8: CHARLEVOIX – BEAUPRE
Breakfast. In Baie-Saint-Paul, visit the Franciscan-de- Marie Sisters, their museum relate their history, their inheritance to the city and else in the world. Meditation in the chapel. In the afternoon, visit the Basilica Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, the third Shrine you’ll visit. Have a closer look to the copper doors; tomorrow you will visit the workshop where they have been hand carved. Meditation. Time available to walk the way of the cross. Overnight in Beaupre.
(B.D.)
DAY 9: BEAUPRE – ILE D’ORLEANS – BEAUPRE
Breakfast. This morning see the magnificent Montmorency Waterfalls facing the St-Lawrence River. Cross the bridge to get on Orleans Island and have panoramic tour and explanation of its history. In the afternoon, on your way back to the hotel, you will stop at the Copper Art Museum & Workshop Albert Gilles. This is where the Basilica’s doors are coming from. Take time to have a look to the 50 religious scenes made of carved silver. Overnight as previous night. (B.D.)
DAY 10: BEAUPRE – QUEBEC - BEAUPRE
Breakfast. Begin your day with a guided tour of the iconic city of Quebec. Learn about the very first days of this new nation, the buildings and majors’ sites as the walls of the city. In the afternoon, visit the Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, where the 7h Holly Door, and the first one to be outside of Europe (sealed in December 2016 for the next 25 years). celebrate mass. Dinner and overnight accommodation. (B.D.)
DAY 11: QUEBEC – USA
Breakfast., a visit at the First Nation Museum, see the Jesuits artifacts such as Sculpted altar facing (1669) and Chalice veil (18th century). These have been found in a forgotten chapel on the native reserve of Wendake, discover circa 1967 and restored in 2013-2014. Transfer to the airport for your flight home. (B.)

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