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The albergues between Porto and Fátima are the same as between Fátima and Porto on the Caminho de Santiago. Take a look at gronze.com or albergues.vialusitana.org
There are blue arrows pointing the way to Fátima.
Very few pilgrims, yes, very few. Unless you walk beginning of May or beginning of...
No Bombeiros at Alpriate.
The Bombeiros in Alhandra were not accepting pilgrims, although sometimes they do. Don't make plans to stay there. Of course you can try, but no assurance they will accept you.
Yes Laurie. The Albergue in Alpriate will open March 18. There's a man in town who might rent a room with a double bed. Ask at the Café.
Pilgrims have to keep walking 8 more km until Verdelha. :(
You still have on the list the old one, closed since 2016.
The new one: 12 places, 5 euros (at least), Rua do Espírito Santo nº1, signed since the entrance of Azambuja as "Refúgio do Peregrino". The phone # is the private phone of person in charge of the bureaucratic affairs of the Albergue, not...
There are some outdoor shops selling backpacks. Not very good stores though. I mean, there are some chain stores, Decathlon and Sport Zone, they tend to sell mainly their own brands. Affordable prices but not really state of the art stuff...
Nope.
But there will be a place to you, don't worry.
Just in case, email the albergue about that, one or two days before :)
albergue.alpriate (at) vialusitana.org
Yes Laurie. 20-21 km from the Cathedral. The place was chosen because of that, you can walk out of Lisboa in a relaxed way, plenty of time to enjoy your first walking day.
There is an updated Albergue list on http://albergues.vialusitana.org in Portuguese though. The english version is still not updated. Next week, hopefully.
BTW, there will be a new albergue just outside Lisboa, 20km from the Cathedral, in Alpriate. A (very) small house rented by the ViaLusitana...
The Cernache Albergue, yes, I was there at the opening.
They have the water heater on the ground floor, that's all. The showers are right over it, it's safer to have the thing away from the bathroom, and easier for replacing the butane bottles (!?)
Everything is on the up floor. The garage is...
Hello Laurie (et al) it's been a long time...
Yes Via Lusitana is staffing the Albergue in Albergaria-a-Velha. 21 places, 8 euros.
There's a fantastic hospitaleiro there, Joaquim Donario.
(In Albergaria it's called Alberguista)
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