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Day 01
Chennai
Departure Flight to Chennai.
Day 02
Chennai
Arrive Chennai On arrival, assistance and transfer to hotel.
Day 03
Chennai / Trichy
Morning city tour - visit the museum to see the Art and Bronze Gallery. (Closed on Fridays and Public holidays). Drive through the Flower and Fruit market, High court, Fort museum, Marina Beach, Santhome Cathedral and snake park.
Check out at 1200 hrs. Transfer to railway station to connect train to Trichy. Overnite on board.
Day 04
Trichy / Vellankani
Arrive Trichy. On arrival, assistance and later drive to Vellankani and check in at hotel. Vellankani is famous for the church of our Lady of Health. Said to have been built on the prompting of a vision of lady with child in arms, this church is a place of pilgrimage for Christians all over the country.
Evening free for religious activities.
Day 05 Vellankani
Full day religious activities.
Day 06
Vellankani / Trichy / Chennai
Drive to Trichy railway station to connect train for Chennai. Overnite on board.
Day 07 Chennai
On arrival, assistance and transfer to hotel.
Day 08
Chennai / Goa
Transfer to airport to connect flight for Goa - an ancient Portuguese colony, which became a part of Indian republic in 1961, has traces of its ancient culture, largely writ all over its churches, bungalows and layouts of the city.
Afternoon tour of Panjim city visiting - The Basilica of Born Jesus in Velha, originally built in 1560, a mixture of Portuguese and Gothic architecture. The church is very famous and it enshrines the miraculously incorruptible body at St. Francis Xavier in marble and silver cascade. Also visit the Se Cathedral - dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria, built in 1562. The interior of the cathedral is adorned with gold stucco relics and paintings representing Indo - Portuguese art.
Day 09/10
Goa
Goa Days at leisure.
Day 11
Goa / Mumbai
Transfer to airport to connect flight for Mumbai. On arrival, assistance and transfer to hotel.
Day 12
Mumbai / Departure
Morning free. Check out at 1200 hrs. Transfer to international airport to connect flight for onward journey.
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