For The Love of Mary
France tour 2026
Join us on our 9 day adventure!
This nine day tour will be based in several locations in the South of France in late May 2026. We will travel out each day to explore Sacred Sites related to both the High Priestess Mary Magdalene, Mother Mary and the ancient Goddesses that preceded her, who she embodied and some of whom were worshipped in these places. We will walk in these places and create simple ceremonies there.
My heartfelt and deepest gratitude to the lovely Chicchan who inspired us both to make similar pilgrimages over several visits to France, which form the basis of this tour.
The tour price includes transport, accommodation, breakfasts and welcome evening meal.
Thursday May 21- Aix-en-Provence
Arrive Aix-en-Provence and explore this beautiful city before our welcome dinner.
Stay Aix-en-Provence.
Friday May 22 – Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and Mary’s cave in Sainte-Baume
Depart Aix-en-Provence after a leisurely breakfast for transport in our own minibus to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume where we will take the steep walk up the mountain at Sainte-Baume to Mary’s cave and Chapel where she lived a hermetic existence for over 30 years. Our ceremony outside the grotto will connect to our Higher Selves, Mary and the Masters.
After lunch at a local family restaurant we will experience a profound meeting with Mary Magdalene’s remains in the crypt of Basilique de Sainte Marie-Madeleine.
Stay at Plan-d’Aups-Sainte-Baume family hotel. Breakfast included
The crypt of Basilique de Sainte Marie-Madeleine and Mary’s remains.
Sainte-Baume, Mary’s cave and Chapel
Saturday May 23 – Travel to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Gypsy pilgrimage
In the landing place and Church of The Three Marys – Mary Magdalene, Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome, who having been abandoned on a raft with neither sails nor paddles landed in France and were welcomed by Sara-la-Kali, the black gypsy queen and patron saint of gypsies. we will enjoy an evening if music, dance and celebration with the many travellers who return for this celebration each year.
Stay at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer family hotel. Breakfast included.
The Black Madonna Sara-la-Kali, the black gypsy queen, is taken from the crypt to the se and back by 10,000 Romani.
Monday May 25 – Procession of the statue of two Marys – Carcassonne
With a more sedate local group of pilgrims we follow experience the mass and follow the Statues to the sea and back. Traveling onwards to Toulouse, we explore the stunning fortress city of Carcassonne en route then we settle into our base in Toulouse for the next few days of exploration.
Stay at Toulouse. Breakfast included.
The two marys are processed from the Basilica to the sea and back.
Tuesday May 26 – Lourdes
A day trip to Lourdes and the grotto where Mary appeared to a young girl in 1858, the source of many miracles and a very interesting place to visit! Healing ceremony as close to the grotto as feasible, focus on Global Healing for the planet and grounding the essence of Mary here, now.
Stay at Toulouse. Breakfast included.
Lourdes
Wednesday May 27 – Montségur / Rennes-le-Château
We visit an isolated fortress in Montségur where 200 Cathar “Perfects” were burned at the stake in a mass execution by the Catholic Church, as their form of direct personal Christianity became threat to the church.
It is said the Holy Grail was smuggled out of the fortress and hidden in Rennes-le-Château which we will be our next stop.
We will create a healing ceremony at Montségur for those who were sacrificed, considering the things we might sacrifice for the protection of Truth and Faith.
At Rennes-le-Château we restore balance to the area by grounding the Divine Feminine in the church grounds.
Stay at Toulouse. Breakfast included.
Montségur
Rennes-le-Château
Thursday May 28 – Rocamadour – Our Lady Black Madonna
A day trip to an extraordinary place of pilgrimage where a statue of Black Mary carved by a saint was originally placed in a cave dedicated to a pre-Christian trinity of goddesses. Ceremony for all of the goddesses that Mary embodies.
Stay at Toulouse. Breakfast included.
Rocamadour
Friday May 29 – Depart Toulouse
After our final breakfast together, depart Toulouse for our onward journeys.
Breakfast included.
Testimonial
“Participating in Raym’s inaugural southern France sacred sites tour was the trip of a lifetime, bringing alive a profound period in history that I had only read about in books. Each carefully chosen stop along the tour was an immersion into the energies of the events that had occurred. I left the trip with a deep understanding and appreciation for the courage of those who came before, and a personal relationship with both Mary Magdalene and Mother Mary that has changed me.
The trip was a very personal and experiential immersion and one that I would happily repeat.
Thank you Raym, for creating such a carefully curated experience. The itinerary was spot on and the accommodations comfortable and first rate”.
Rev. Jude Smith, Interfaith Minister
New York
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