7 Pilgrim Churches Jubilee Year 2025 – 4 Day Rome Pilgrimage
4-Day Pilgrim Jubilee Year 2025 Package – The 7 Pilgrim Churches of St Philip Neri including the 4 Major Basilicas and Holy Doors.
Our Crucis 4-Day 7 Pilgrim Churches Jubilee Year 2025 Package consists of five separate tours that cover all of the most important churches, relics and icons in the Eternal City of Rome, the centre of the Catholic world.
Eagle-eyed would-be pilgrims to Rome who have already read about our 3-Day Pilgrim Package may notice that five of St Philip Neri’s Seven Pilgrim Churches are visited. Our 4-Day Pilgrim Jubilee Year 2025 Package adds the final two: the Basilica of St Sebastian, including the catacombs there below, and the Basilica of St Lawrence.
All-in-all, our 4-Day Pilgrim Jubilee Year 2025 Package includes:
- St Philip Neri’s Seven Pilgrim Churches
- Rome’s four Major Basilicas and Holy Doors
- Relics of the Passion of Christ
- Relics of Saints Peter and Paul
All this not to mention an enchanting journey through some of the city’s oldest and most beautiful cloisters of religious life, evoking the legacy of St Benedict and the sublime beauty that confirms Rome as the Eternal City at the heart of the Catholic Church.
Our devout Catholic guides are also uniquely able to weave Catechesis and theology into a spellbinding spiritual journey through history that is just as applicable today as in the past. Unravelling the mysteries posed when history and scripture embrace, you’ll enjoy a pilgrim experience like no other.
Our 4-Day Pilgrim Package runs from Wednesday to Saturday (although private bookings may be tailored to your requirements) and as ever represents a great value way to explore the most religious sites in Rome in a short period of time.
The running order of tours is broken down in the Itinerary tab above and more can be learned about each individual tour on each dedicated page of our website. For tailored experiences and questions about mobility, please contact us directly.
A breakdown of what you will experience on this 7 Pilgrim Churches Jubilee Year 2025 Package is below with links to the tours so you can understand what you will marvel at on each respective day:
- Day 1 – Wednesday – Via Crucis Relics Tour
- Day 2 – Thursday – St Peter’s Basilica Tour
- Day 3 – Friday –
- Day 4 – Saturday – Religious Life Trastevere Walking Tour
Come with us on the journey of a lifetime and let Crucis Tours manage your pilgrimage to Rome in the Holy Jubilee Year of 2025.
For those who wish to only do individual 4 Major Basilicas, then we also offer the standalone Holy Door tours of each 4 Major Basilica – the Basilica of St Peter Tour, the Cathedral of St John Lateran Tour, the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls Tour and the Basilica of St Mary Major Tour.
Day 1 (Wednesday) – Via Crucis Relics of Christ Tour
| MEETING POINT | Fountain in front of the entrance to the Basilica of St Mary Major.
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| START | 2.45pm meet for 3.00pm start | ||||
| END | Approximately 6:30pm at the Basilica of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem | ||||
| DURATION | 3-3.5 hours depending on queues | ||||
| DRESS CODE | Comfortable clothing, covering shoulders and knees | ||||
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Day 2 (Thursday) – St Peter’s Basilica
| MEETING POINT | Outside Radio Vaticana, Piazza Pia, 3
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| START | 8.45am meet for 9:00am start | ||||
| END | Approximately 11.00am outside the basilica | ||||
| DURATION | 2 hours (depending on queues) | ||||
| DRESS CODE | Comfortable clothing, covering shoulders and knees | ||||
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Day 3 (Friday) – Morning – Basilicas of Sts Lawrence & Sebastian with Catacombs
| MEETING POINT | In front of the entrance to the Basilica of St Lawrence. Please check carefully the map links below which show the location of the meeting point accurate to 3 square metres.
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| START | 8.45am meet for 9.00am start | ||||
| END | Approximately 11.30am Rome historical centre | ||||
| DURATION | 2.5 hours depending on traffic | ||||
| DRESS CODE | Comfortable clothing, covering shoulders and knees | ||||
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Day 3 (Friday) – Afternoon – Saints Peter & Paul Tour
| MEETING POINT |
To the right of the main entrance of the Basilica of St Peter in Chains (San Pietro in Vincoli), by the statue of Jesus depicted as a beggar. What3Words location: lizards.washing.nuns |
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| START | 2.45pm meet for 3.00pm start | ||||
| END | Approximately 6.00pm at the Major Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls | ||||
| DURATION | 3 hours depending on traffic | ||||
| DRESS CODE | Comfortable clothing, covering shoulders and knees | ||||
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Day 4 (Saturday) – Religious Life Walking Tour
| MEETING POINT | Piazza dei Cavallieri di Malta on the Aventine Hill.
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| START | 8:45am meet for 9.00am start | ||||
| END | Approximately midday at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere | ||||
| DURATION | 3 hours depending on queues | ||||
| DRESS CODE | Comfortable clothing, covering shoulders and knees | ||||
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Additional information
| Ticket Type | Adult (16+), Student ID, Child (under 16) |
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Wednesday 3pm - Via Crucis Tour
This flagship pilgrim experience is probably the most important tour for everyone visiting Rome. This tour includes relics of the Passion of Christ brought from Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Cross, but also includes the Holy Doors of the Major Basilicas of St Mary Major and the Cathedral of St John Lateran. Read about the spiritual richness of this pilgrim experience in the Via Crucis Tour description.
Thursday 8am - St Peter's Major Basilica with Holy Door
Inside St Peter’s our expert Catholic guide will lead you around the interior of the basilica to Michelangelo’s Pietà, the relics and altars of the major saints of the Catholic church and the body of St Peter, buried beneath the high altar. A more in-depth look at this pilgrim experience can be found by reading about our St Peter’s Basilica Tour.
Friday 9am - Sts Lawrence & Sebastian with Catacombs
We meet outside the Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls where the relics of St Lawrence and St Stephen reside. From there we then continue by car to the Basilica of St Sebastian to complete two more of the famous 7 Pilgrim Churches pilgrimage devised by St Philip Neri.
Friday 3pm - Sts Peter & Paul Tour (7th Pilgrim Church)
This pilgrim experience explores the life and death of St Peter and St Paul and their time in Rome. You will see their chains, visit the location of St Paul’s execution and his eventual sarcophagus at the Major Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, the final Pilgrim Church on our journey and location of the fourth and final Holy Door you’ll enter. Read more details on what you can expect to see on this experience by reading the Sts Peter & Paul Tour description.
Saturday 9am - Religious Life Trastevere Tour
Finally we’ll take this delightful stroll through the hidden gems of ancient and medieval Rome, exploring the growth of Christianity and the religious life through the centuries before ending in the atmospheric neighbourhood of Trastevere at a famous piazza there for farewell food and drinks. Read more details of the relics and what you can expect on this pilgrim experience by reading about our Religious Life Trastevere Tour.
The first tour of the Crucis 4-Day 7 Pilgrim Churches Package is our flagship Via Crucis tour, which meets at 2.45pm at the fountain in front of the Basilica of St Mary Major.
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