Our knowledgeable team of travel experts has decades of experience organising tours and welcoming pilgrims to historic destinations such as the Holy Land, Rome and Santiago de Compostela; as well as the Marian shrines of Lourdes, Fatima and Medjugorje.
Our Special Tours bring pilgrims to important religious events such as World Youth Day, as well as the pilgrim trails of the Camino de Santiago.
We also have a selection of Pilgrimage and Coast tours where spirituality can be combined with a few relaxing days at the seaside in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy or Croatia.
The Joe Walsh Tours travel team has been an expert on Pilgrimages for many decades. These are some of the many reasons our clients travel with us:
Just returned from San Giovanni Rotondo Italy, the shrine of St. Pio of Pietrelcina with a wonderful group of pilgrims led by Rev. Fr. Eugene Everard from the Cashel and Emly Diocese. Our guide Rita Santos was our profesional guide and her knowledge and experience in looking after our group left no stone unturned in making sure we experienced a memorable spiritual journey. Thank you Rita . Helen English ( group leader )
Having just returned from a fantastic pilgrimage in Fatima, I wanted to say a huge thank you to both Elsa and Carina for their expert knowledge, their enthusiasm and helpfulness which shone throughout the whole week. Also a special thank you to Fr Tony for his spiritual guidance and to the other pilgrims who made the week very prayerful, joyful and full of laughter and I came away with many new friendships. A Special Thank you to all the hotel staff and drivers who made our stay very comfortable. This was my first visit to Fatima and I know I will certainly return again. Thank you to everyone at Joe Walsh Tours. Sending love and prayers to you all.
Was on pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. John mc Laughlin was brilliant, witty and spiritual group leader. Rita our tour guide organised every trip with great enthusiasm and expertise and her knowledge of Assisi and Rome, was exceptional. Father Conal and Father King lead spiritual masses every day and the sermons were delivered excellently every day.
I’m preparing to leave Lourdes today after visiting as part of the Armagh Diocese. I wish to thank you and especially express my thanks to Joan your Rep. Joan is so attentive and kept us all up to date all the time with the schedule. She made herself visible everywhere we went and made sure we were all getting the best of the experience. What a lady. This is my 1st pilgrimage, because of Joan and how smooth everything was run, I’ll definitely be back.
“Absolutely fantastic Joe Walsh team ! Every single one of them. Hotel Padoue is an excellent hotel and the staff are so friendly and helpful.
Thank you all for a wonderful pilgrimage to Lourdes. Will definitely return soon.”
“Had a great time with JWT in Portugal. It was soul and body retreat and within a week we managed to cover all important things. From Fatima, Lisbon to Estoril, from heavenly to earthly and beyond. Our tour guides Elsa and Carina were knowledgeable and caring, whilst the trip also offered a good balance for your own spare time. Lovely! Thank you”
I recently used Joe Walsh Tours for my first ever trip to Medjugorje . I booked the trip on recommendation from a friend of mine who uses JWT all the time.
I was extremely impressed with the many aspects of our guides Svjetlana, Katherina, Draganna, and Milkika in the JWT office who was always on hand willing to help out with any query. All JWT staff went way over and above the call of duty. Their friendly approach, timekeeping, faith and their deep connection to Medjugorje shone through on every occasion we met and this made each excursion very fulfilling and enjoyable.
As a practicing Catholic, I found all the JWT personnel in Medjugorje to be very commendable people and they were a great inspiration to me. This trip was a very deepening experience for me and I hope to return soon. I will be recommending Medjugorje to anyone I feel is open to going there but in particular I will be recommending the JWT tour and the excellence of its personnel in Medjugorje.
I just wanted to say as it was my first trip to Lourdes and with Joe Walsh tours, the service was excellent from your colleagues especially Sandra and Liz who were so friendly and helpful throughout the trip. I highly recommend the service and will definitely be back again.
I would like to thank you all for the trip to Lourdes which I won last December and which I undertook earlier this month. The trip was seamless organised and we had a very spiritual and happy time in Lourdes.
Joan, our JWT representative was amazing, so helpful and made the whole trip so memorable. I will remember my experience for a long time to come.
I travelled to Lourdes in July this year with my daughter, two sisters and some friends.
From start to finish it was a wonderful trip due in no small part to Joan’s friendly, inclusive and very professional leadership.
It was a very special trip with very special people.
I was lucky to travel to San Giovanni Rotondo in September 2023.
It was the most wonderful experience and we got to view the remains of St. Padre Pio in his final resting place of a glass casket.
We were delighted to have a wonderful guide. I would fully recommend this trip.
I absolutely adore Lourdes…it’s my medicine for when things get a little bit too much.
I’ve been going for years now, always tracking with JWT in the capable and knowledgeable hands of Fionnuala and Caroline and the amazing team of representatives on the ground in Lourdes.
