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Padre Pio's Shrine and Pietrelcina Private Day Tour from Rome
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Pietrelcina
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The “Road of Pilgrims” that runs to the Arcangelo Michele Grotto in San Giovanni Rotondo (Apulia) was created in the late 1800s. San Giovanni Rotondo is now famous all over the world as the native city of St. Pio (meaning Pius, and known in Italian as Padre Pio) of Pietrelcina, and as the city where the venerated monk worked his miracles. Pio was beatified in 2002, and it was he who founded the Sanctuary adjacent to the ancient Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Next to the Convent a second, larger Sanctuary (designed by noted architect Renzo Piano) was inaugurated on July 1, 2004.
Highlights
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in Portuguese & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in Portuguese & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance in the Church and in the Museum of San Pio in Pietrelcina
Entrance in the Churches in St. Giovanni Rotondo and St. Pio's Museum
Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
St. Pio's birthplace and visit of the stigmata elm tree
Private English speaking tour escort at your disposal
Lunch (fixed menu)
Visit of the cript which hosts the body of St. Pio
Gratuities. If you are satisfied with the service, a gratuity is customary.
Padre Pio's Shrine and Pietrelcina Private Day Tour from Rome
(2) Reviews
Pietrelcina
About
The “Road of Pilgrims” that runs to the Arcangelo Michele Grotto in San Giovanni Rotondo (Apulia) was created in the late 1800s. San Giovanni Rotondo is now famous all over the world as the native city of St. Pio (meaning Pius, and known in Italian as Padre Pio) of Pietrelcina, and as the city where the venerated monk worked his miracles. Pio was beatified in 2002, and it was he who founded the Sanctuary adjacent to the ancient Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Next to the Convent a second, larger Sanctuary (designed by noted architect Renzo Piano) was inaugurated on July 1, 2004.
Highlights
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in Portuguese & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in Portuguese & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance in the Church and in the Museum of San Pio in Pietrelcina
Entrance in the Churches in St. Giovanni Rotondo and St. Pio's Museum
Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
St. Pio's birthplace and visit of the stigmata elm tree
Private English speaking tour escort at your disposal
Lunch (fixed menu)
Visit of the cript which hosts the body of St. Pio
Gratuities. If you are satisfied with the service, a gratuity is customary.
Itinerary
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Pietrelcina
The picturesque town of Pietrelcina is a small village in the Apennine Mountains of Campania. Already a beautiful sight, the town now attracts throngs of faithful Catholics worshipping Saint Pio, one of the most famous saints of the 20th century. Also known as Padre Pio (Father Pio), he gained global celebrity for claiming to exhibit stigmata and supernatural abilities such as communicating with angels, receiving visions, and performing miracles. Many attractions in the town are dedicated to the mystic saint, who was born and raised in Pietrelcina before taking the Franciscan habit and becoming a friar. Padre Pio was born as Francesco Forgione in 1887 in a poor and deeply religious family of farmers, and soon decided that he would dedicate his whole life to God. The house where his family lived is now open to visitors, offering insight not only into the early life of the saint but also society in rural southern Italy at the turn of the 20th century.
2 hours
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Chiesa di San Pio
After the death of Padre Pio, the Saint’s friars thought of constructing a new church, because too sensitive to the material and spiritual needs of the devotees, that the existing church could not contain. After the presentation of several projects, Friars entrusted the design of a new church to the architect Renzo Piano, so that it could accommodate 6,500 people. For its size it is the second largest church in Italy, after St. Peter's Church in Rome.
2 hours
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Cella di Padre Pio
Originally built in 1540, the Capuchin Monastery is the site where the Saint lived from September, 1916 until his death in September 1968. It was here that Pio received the stigmata in 1918, and where all those supernatural events that led to his sainthood and canonization took place as well. Visiting this Monastery and viewing the chambers where St. Pio conducted his life means jumping into a context of spirituality and mysticism; it is a destination that the devout and tourists alike should make every effort to visit.
