Fatima Experience

Supplied by: Grayline Portugal

Overview

A place of peace and faith, Fátima is one of the most important pilgrimage sites around the world. It’s one of the rare locations where the apparition of Our Lady of Fátima was accepted by the Catholic Church. Learn about the history of Fátima at your own pace.

Itinerary
Places of interest
1 - Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, made of bronze, emerges in the center of the sanctuary, in front of the Chapel of the Apparitions.
2 – Chapel of the Apparitions, was built in the exact location where Our Lady appeared to the shepherd children where the holm oak once grew, and that is no longer there because it was taken piece-by-piece by the pilgrims who went to see it.
3 – Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, was built on the place where the shepherd children were playing on May 13th 1917 before the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The mortal remains of the three seers are buried on this site.
4 – Church of the Most Holy Trinity, was designed by the architect Alexandros Tombazis, and was inaugurated on the 12th October 2007 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin of the Rosary of Fatima.
5 – Pilgrims on foot. All through the middle of the Sanctuary of Fatima, we find the path the pilgrims take on their knees to pay for their promises.
6 - Aljustrel. The birthplace of the three Shepherd Children, without compromising the visit to the Sanctuary, ensuring the possibility of attending a mass.