Day tours in Lisbon & surroundings
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Lisbon tour + Fatima - full day
Personalized booking
Program
In the morning: A drive to Rossio, the very heart of Lisbon. Alfama, the oldest and most picturesque quarter (stop for a wine tasting in an handicraft
store). Then a drive along the River-Side to admire Black Horse Square, crossing the Bridge over Tagus river, with stops at Belém Tower and at the
Monument to the Discoveries. Next is Jerónimos Monastery (guided tour of the church, one of the most beautiful in Europe) and the Coach Museum (the
world's largest collection of coaches) (both closed on Mondays, replaced by Ajuda Palace or Fundação Medeiros). Free time for lunch.
In the afternoon: VIsit the Sanctuary and the Basilica - where there are the tombstones of shepherds - and the Chapel of Apparitions, heart of the shrine.
Time to attend mass. Aljustrel, tour of the houses where Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia were born. Valinhos, see the place where Our Lady of Fatima
appeared for the 4th time on 19 August 1917. Loca do Anjo, visit the place where the children, Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia, saw for the 1st and 3rd time
the apparition of the Angel.
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...Lisbon’s history dates back to 300,000 years ago and ranks as one of the world's longest founded cities. As the legend
tells, it is a city founded and named by Ulysses, which has its origins in the Phoenician words "Allis Ubbo", meaning
"enchanting port". Lisbon was a battlefield for Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, however it was Romans who
started their two-century reign in Lisbon in 205 BC. In 714, the Moors arrived and stayed till the 12th century. In the 13th
century, Lisbon became the capital of Portugal. The 15th century was the point of departure for the Portuguese
Discoveries, an era during which Portugal enjoyed abundant wealth and prosperity through its newly discovered off
shore colonies in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Today, Lisbon still maintaining the marks of its early history, is one of
the most beautiful capitals of Europe...
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...The Catholic Church regards the three parts of the Fatima Secret and the total Fatima message to be important and of
great value to the spiritual lives of its people. It consists only of prophecies about the new condition of the Church in the
world.... Fatima and its Secret do present us with something deeply serious, for they bring us face to face with the mysteries
of eternal life. Fatima is undoubtedly the most prophetic of modern apparitions.Faith and prayer are forces which can
influence history and that in the end prayer is more powerful than bullets and faith more powerful than armies...
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