Padre Pio’s Shrine and His birthplace in Pietrelcina Private Day Tour from Rome

900€ per person

Full Day

Puglia

Religious, Shrine & Pilgrimage

Wheelchair Accessible

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. 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.

PRIVATE TOUR MINIMUM 2 PEOPLE

EXTRA PERSON €400,00

Includes:

Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
Private English-speaking tour escort at your disposal
Entrance in the Church of San Pio in Pietrelcina
Entrance in the museum of St. Pio in Pietrelcina
St. Pio’s birthplace and visit of the stigmata elm tree
Entrance in the Churches in St. Giovanni Rotonno
Visit of the cript which hosts the body of St. Pio
Entrance ticket at St. Pio’s Museum
Lunch

Not Included:

22% vat tax
Gratuities. If you are satisfied with the service, a gratuity is customary.

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