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JWT Travel launches tours and pilgrimages into Ireland

JWT Travel has launched JWT Ireland Tours focusing on tours into Ireland, including pilgrimages, as the company welcomes experienced incoming travel expert Giovanna Morelli to the team. JWT Ireland Tours will focus mainly

Changes to Baths and Water gesture in Lourdes

From this season, the Sanctuary is introducing important changes to the Baths and Water Gesture in Lourdes. Our team in Lourdes shares this important update for pilgrims: THE BATHS The

Sometimes you need to lose your sole to find your soul! – Michelle Jackson on the Camino

Irish journalist Michelle Jackson shares her heartfelt experience walking the Camino de Santiago, as part of our Camino guided tours. “Bless me father for I have sinned, it’s been 35

Jubilee Year of St Francis | 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” - Saint Francis of Assisi As part of our popular pilgrimages to Italy, pilgrims can visit

Xacobeo Holy Year on the Camino de Santiago

A Xacobeo Holy Year, also known as Ano Xacobeo or Jacobean Year, is a very special event for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. It takes place when 25th July,

Special Places: Lourdes Old Presbytery

Caroline, who leads our team in Lourdes, shares the interesting story of Bernadette and her first visit to what is known today as Lourdes Old Presbytery. On the 2nd March

What to see and do on the Lisbon Coast

If you are travelling on one of our Fatima and Lisbon Coast tours soon, here's a simple and useful guide to what you can see and do on the Lisbon

Things to do in Medjugorje

Medjugorje is a tiny village in Bosnia & Herzegovina but welcomes thousands of pilgrims each year looking to visit its main religious sites and meet the visionaries. Today we share

5 wonderful day trips from Lourdes

As well as being one of the world’s most important Marian shrines and pilgrimage destinations, Lourdes is also located in a region, the Pyrenees, of stunning natural beauty and culture.

Lourdes in winter time

Caroline Trainor, who leads our team in Lourdes, shares what it is like to spend time in Lourdes in winter time: We are often asked what is Lourdes like in

A simple guide on responsible travel

Undertaking a pilgrimage is not only a meaningful and spiritual experience for oneself but also an opportunity to practice responsible travel. As pilgrims journey to classic pilgrimage destinations such as

Camino guided tours from Ireland 2026

Will 2026 be your Camino year? Have you always wanted to walk the Camino but don’t want to do it alone? At JWT Travel and Joe Walsh Tours we have

8 Things to do and see in Fatima, Portugal

The small town of Fatima in Portugal has been an important place of Catholic pilgrimage since Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children in 1917. Its Sanctuary is visited by

5 Beautiful shrines of France

Let us take you on a virtual journey to the most beautiful shrines of France, a journey of spirituality visiting the country's most special sites of Catholic devotion. LISIEUX In

Life of St Teresa of Avila

St Teresa of Avila, also called Teresa de Jesus and named by birth Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish writer and a nun, known for being a very

Special Places: Bartres Lourdes

The small village of Bartres is situated in the countryside about 5kms from the town of Lourdes. When St Bernadette was about 10 months old her mother Louise Soubirous was

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