The pilgrimage starts with a flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City, Mexico. For the next couple of days, we will embark on a spiritual journey to experience the well known pilgrimage sites and culture of Mexico. After landing, we will be greeted by our tour guide and driver who will transfer and check us in comfortably in Mexico City.

We start the day exploring Ocotlan where the famous sanctuary of Our Lady of Ocotlan is known for a water well with healing water. We will explore Puebla – a Unesco World Heritage Site – its streets lined with churches and colonial mansions, many adorned with the beautiful hand-painted Talavera tiles for which the city is famous. This is also the place where Mexico’s national dish – the ‘mole poblano’ – originated. We will visit the Templo De Santo Domingo and the surrounding historic centre ; Casa del Alfeñique – its delicate whiteornamental plasterwork resembles alfeñique, asugar and almond paste; Mercado El Parian – a crafts market in the ‘artist’s quarter’; and Calle 6 Oriente – known for its typical candy shops. Back to hotel for dinner and stay overnight.

In the morning, we start the day with a mass at the Holy Family Church of Miguel Pro. After, we will get the chance to float in the calm rivers of Xochimilco using brightly colored boats that transport passengers through the canals called Trajineras. Xochimilco is also named the "Venice of Mexico City." Later we visit visit Coyoacan, a former colonial village, located in the south of Mexico City. Coyoacan still has its own identity, with narrow colonial era streets, plazas, cafes and a lively bohemian atmosphere. We will walk along Coyoacan’s main plaza, churches and beautiful old buildings. Dinner at a local restaurant in Coyoacan before heading back to our hotel in Mexico City.

Breakfast at the hotel followed by a city tour of the Zocalo which includes the government buildings, a large central square, and the Cathedral. After, we visit Teotihuacan, one of the best preserved cities in Mexico. The holy city of Teotihuacan translates to ‘the place where the gods were created’. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles.

We visit the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine where Juan Diego received the message to build a church for our Mother on top of Tepayac Hill. We will get the chance to explore the grounds of this place as well as time for personal reflection, prayer and Mass. After Lunch, we will make our way to check in at the airports to catch our flights back home.