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Explore the story behind Fatima & the "3 children"
jumpingnorman Says: This sanctuary can easily be reached by tourists from Lisbon, and many go here having heard the story of the three children who witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary on May 13, 1917. Fatima was then just a town dependent on producing olive oil and the children said that...
For religious: Attend mass at Fatima
jumpingnorman Says: Thousands of people visit this wonderful center of faith, and we were so lucky to be able to go to it and even have mass and communion at the chapel right in the center of the grounds of Fatima. The mass was in Portuguese though and the ceremony was very quick, maybe just...
solopes Says: Fátima has a wide reputation of miracles, thus becoming the meeting point of millions of visitors each year. A long walkway in marble is always full of people "paying" promises they made to the Virge, in any dramatic situation, whose good end they believe was due to the...
solopes Says: Though, in my opinion, the only touristic attraction to non-believers is... people and the strength of their faith, Fatima is always crowded with tourists. If you decide to be one more... OK. You just have to respect the pilgrims, and make the merchants's happiness. But...
Souvenirs, souvenirs, souvenirs
solopes Says: Everything... Everything! We sell everything! All kinds of crafts from wax to jewellery, statues, toys, clothes, paintings, and all you can imagine, are available around the hotels, hostels, restaurants, stalls, shops that ARE Fatima. It's easy to find some "portuguese"...
1 Review and 9 Opinions This is probably one of the nicest hotels I have stayed in this price range in Europe. The hotel is...
2 Reviews and 5 Opinions I went on pilgrimmage to Fatima in 2004 with a friend. Just by chance we chose to stay at the Domus...
solopes Says: Everybody! Yes.. it's really everybody! Everybody tells me that this is one of the best restaurants in Portugal. I live 50 km away, and... (do you believe it?) never managed to go there. Fernanda's day off is on Monday (it's closed on Sunday for dinner and all Monday) and...
A Tasquinha Fatima, Portugal: EXCELLENT WONDERFUL FOOD
gepasci Says: I can only recommend to eat at A Tasquinha in Fatima. The food is excellent and typic. They serve 3 meals a day for 8 Euro (including soup). Wine costs 3 Euro for half a litre. You can equally choose from their card. The waiters are so friendly and help you to find YOUR meal...
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Fatima is much different then your usual place of stay. The history behind Fatima should be enough to explain why.
Dress Code: Dress in all of Europe is Dinner; Casual to Dress and Shirt and tie. No short sleeve dresses of tank tops allowed. Shorts are a NO, NO. Tea Shirts or Muscle Shirts are not allowed.
Written May 19, 2006
nhcram Says: The more I think about the place the more I laugh at how people can make money out of three young children seeing the virign Mary over 80 years ago. This train will take you on a trip around Fatima (not that there is much else to see.)
Davelyn Says: If you are arriving into Lisbon by Air, you can take a bus from the Airport Bus Stop, located just outside of the Terminal approx. 100 Ft. Ask at information and they will direct you. The Bus Transportation is the best and quickest way to Fatima, besides taking a Taxi which...
Most of the Places: One of the Best Buys
Davelyn Says: In Fatima, the best place to buy is coming from Valinhos to Aljustrel when you are finished with the Ways of the Cross. Here you see many little shops and home displaying there wears of fine linen, tapestry, embroidery, and clothes and gift of many things. You can compare...
solopes Says: It's common in Portugal when facing dramatic situations (disease, trouble in a birth of a child, even scholar examinations) to make a promise, most of them to "Nª Srª de Fátima". And those promises generally include walking to Fatima on foot (sometimes hundreds of...
mikelisaanna Says: The 13th days of the months of May through October are Fatima's busiest days. Those were the days when the shepherd children had their visions of VIrgin Mary in 1917, and pilgrims still come to Fatima on those days every year.
Davelyn Says: The people in Fatima are trustworthy and sometime go out of their way to help. It's the unknown traveller that may be next to you in the Bus or Terminal that you have to become aware of. In Fatima itself, I have always felt safe in knowing that my things in my room are safe....
monicarc Says: all the gift shops in fatima, unfortunately, take away from the beautiful religious experience of fatima. the shops sell tons of cheezy stuff, most i am sure made in china. some even sold soccer jerseys. pick out a souvenier made in europe at least! just don't spend too...
nhcram Says: Don't get me wrong I am a Catholic and firmly believe in my faith but all the shops and stalls in Fatima were full of tacky goods. Plastic cheap looking rosary beads and cheap plastic crucifixes. How low can this place get? I can give thanks to God without needing to buy any...
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: comfortable walking shoes, you will be standing for quite a while especially if you are in line for the Fatima
Photo Equipment: Film!bring lots and lots, it wasn't cheap there! our video camera died(figures!) so we didn't think we would need camara film..wrong! took us forever to find a store that carried the drop in film for our camera and when we did Ouch it wasn't cheap!
Miscellaneous: lots and lots of tacky little stores around selling religious paraphernalia, but this is the place to find that special something to bring back home for souveniers..I bought my mom a wall/tile plaque of Mary, can't remember exactly how much it cost but it wasn't too expensive :)
Written Jun 23, 2004
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Most people walk to Fatima from long distance. It's, indeed, Fatima's strongest tradition - to walk there. In the access from Batalha (and maybe others,
I never checked it!) about ten kilometers before arriving you may notice some a cross in marble, that repeats regularly until Fatima.
They intend to mark the stations of a Via Sacra, maybe to ease the last kilometers with the distraction of praying and the enthusiasm of successively conquered stages. The last (I think!) cross, already in Fatima, is accessible to all the tourists, thus deserving a little enrichment.
Updated Dec 16, 2012
Busy days in Fatima, Going There
jumpingnorman Says: Because the 3 children saw the apparition on May 13, 1917, MAY is a busy month in Fatima. And there are also several pilgrimages during the 12th and 13th days of every month (the children witnessed the apparition every 13th of each month from May to October). GETTING THEREMy...
cachaseiro Says: Fatima is a place that attracts millions of pilgrims every year and you will see many of them if you go to Fatima.Some are more extreme than others and there are pilgrims who insist on crawling on their knees to the place of warship.The catholic church of Portugal is...
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it was an irreverent visit no religious purposes we needed to buy a postcard a 90 y.o. grandfather's wish
Religous? Make your own mind up!
Fatima is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the world and it is here that the virgin Mary spoke to three young children between May 13th and October 13th 1917. The children Fransisco...
In only one century, a nowhere land became one of the greatest meeting points of the world. Religion, business and curiosity gather in Fátima, each day of the year, with a special peek in each 13th......
Fatima - Portugal's Holiest Town
Fatima is sacred ground to Catholics. In 1917, three local children (Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco) had visions of the Virgin Mary. These occurred monthly (on the 13th of each month) and lasted for......
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