Fatima, Portugal Itinerary
(Please Note: This is a past example of our itinerary to Fatima, Portugal.)
Day 1 – Departure from Newark Liberty International Airport.
Day 2 – Morning arrival in Portugal. We will visit the church of St. Anthony and have a panorama tour of Lisbon before departing for Santarem, where we will have Mass and revere the 12th century Eucharistic Miracle. Dinner and overnight in Fatima at Domus Pacis hotel.
Day 3 – After breakfast we will visit the hillside Shrine of Our Lady of Ortiga; Aljustrel, the home of the seers; the parish church of St. Anthony where we will have Mass. After lunch we will visit Valinhos, where the apparition of August 19th took place and where the Angel of Peace appeared to the children in 1916. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 4 – Morning Mass in the Capelinha, (the Chapel of the Apparitions), the rest of the day is free to experience the spirituality of Fatima, or as a group, walk the beautiful Hungarian Stations of the Cross. Optional side trip to Coimbra to visit the Carmelite convent where Sister Lucia lived for 57 years. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 5 – Morning Mass in the Capelinha. Afterwards we will pray and enjoy the spirituality with pilgrims from around the world.
Day 6 – Morning Mass at Domus Pacis Latin Chapel or you can join the many pilgrims in prayer at the “International Mass & Devotions”. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 7 – Morning Mass in the Capelinha. After breakfast, depart for the optional trip to Batalha, the great monument church built to commemorate St. Nuno’s great military victory and then visit the 12th century monastery of “Alcobaca”, we end our day in the beautiful coastal town of Nazare. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 8 – Morning departure for our flight home.