"Via Sacra" Top 5 Page for this destination Fátima Off The Beaten Path Tip by solopes

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.