Tours International organizes exceptional faith-based and Christianity tours for groups, across the UK and Europe. The tours are extensively researched and led by expert guides, and they promise unique experiences and access. Each tour program is customized and curated to suit the individual group, and the team is proud to have organized unforgettable faith tours for church and religious groups for many years.
Tours can include religious accommodations (including priories and monasteries), hosted lunches with deans, private services in cathedrals, behind-the-scenes tours of crypts, archives and cloisters, music workshops with lead choristers, and priority seating at Evensong.
Popular choices include the Celtic Christianity tour, covering ancient religious buildings, sacred sites, and famous places of worship in the UK and Ireland, such as St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Hill of Tara, the legendary seat of Irish pagan high kings. Also, the Holy Isle of Iona, birthplace of Christianity in Scotland; and Durham Cathedral, with St. Cuthbert’s tomb and the remains of St. Bede in England, as well as the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
Discover the foundations of Methodism with the acclaimed John Wesley tour, visiting his house and chapel in London, the beautiful city of Oxford where he studied, and Bristol, home to The New Room, now the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world.
Fusing early Christianity with Anglo-Saxon history is the St. Augustine tour, beginning in medieval Canterbury. Crossing the south coast through pretty villages and ancient monastic sites, the tour tracks St. Augustine’s hazardous route and the growth of early Christianity.
For more drama, book the Thomas Becket tour and explore the turbulent relationship between king and church in the Middle Ages.
The Early English Pilgrimage tour is a deep dive into the very roots of English Christianity, from St. Augustine and his converts and Abbey, Priory, and Church communities, through to the great kings of England and the nobility. The tour includes Rochester Cathedral, founded in A.D. 604, as well as a 13th century priory, Westminster Abbey, Lambeth Palace, and Windsor Castle, nearly 1,000 years old and the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world.
The story of the Pilgrim Fathers is a fascinating tale of bravery and determination. Follow the Mayflower Trail across England and learn about the Pilgrim Fathers and Puritans who left England for America, in search of new beginnings.
New for 2025 are the pilgrims’ walking tours. Walk the St. Cuthbert’s Way from Scotland into England, starting in Melrose, where St. Cuthbert began his religious life in A.D. 650, and ending on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Another pilgrims’ route is the famous London to Canterbury Pilgrim’s Way, or you can echo King Henry II’s penitential pilgrimage from Southampton to Canterbury, which he did barefoot after Thomas Becket’s murder.
Across into mainland Europe, the Luther and the German Reformation Tour is the ideal way to discover Germany and key sites associated with Luther, with bonus visits to Berlin and beautiful Bavaria. Any traveler in Italy knows that time is precious with such a great wealth of heritage and beauty, and the Italian Pilgrimage Group Tour program includes the must-see highlights, with the option to customize the tour with the many great churches, relics, and museums the country has to offer.
Contact the team at Tours International for a customized tour, exceptional customer service, and excellent attention to detail. For groups of all sizes.
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