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I told her exactly the same: that she is an Angel and gave my angel hanger as a small present.Fernanda and her husband are Camino Angels. We arrived late in the evening, had walked too far and were exhausted. The chalet was full and she had no beds left. She took pity on meand gave me and my husband HER BEDROOM!!! Really did! We ate the best meal, most of it was grown in her own garden. The homemade wine was delicious. She and Jacinto brought out the guitars and we sang and talked and laughed the rest of the night. It was one of the best nights of the Camino. I recommend that everyone stay there... there is nothing like it anywhere.!!!
Same thing happened to me on the Del Norte route. Didn't know how I was to make it up the hill as I was in so much pain and out of no where a car stopped and I was escorted to the albergue. Angels were watching.Casa Fernanda is a heaven on the CP. I had stopped short three Kms with sore knees when a car pulled up at the crossroad, out got some Canadians being driven by the household head who had been disabled with tendonitis, and promptly put my backpack in the car to deliver me to the door as "it's on my way!" This angel then drove away, the window opened to welcome me in to a hot lunch because "it's that time of day", and that was my introduction to the living spirit of the Camino Portuguese. Thank you Fernanda and Jacinto and the beautiful Lara, your generosity of heart will remain forever in mine.
I have to say that we were sooo lucky to decide to stay with Fernanda and Jacinto!
Walking from Pedra Furada it takes 30 km.
They are the lovliest people and it was ever so nice to stay at their house. We spent a lovely evening together, Fernanda, who also works in Barcelos, cooked a lovely meal, we ate together, had nice chat and it was like HOME.
They are one of the nicest Portuguese couples and we would recommend to everyone to stay there!
On the top of that they don't ask for money, just some donation, what you can afford.
HOw nice is that??! Where can you find this kind of generosity nowdays?
We were lucky enough to find it!
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From somebody's blog I took this picture that tells us that the actual owners of Casa da Fernanda are Jacinto and Mariana. I am almost sure that the mother was Fernanda who started up this great hospitality.
Sounds Great, I've heard a Lot about the Casa Fernanda, but I didn't find it last Year when I was on the CP.
I'm Looking Forward to walk this Route again, spontaneously, can anybody Tell me where it is?
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It is on the caminhopath. Between Barcelos and Ponte de Lima. A sign points out to their gardengate which says lugar do corgo. It is a white house with a round extension, being the kitchen which is directly in front of you when you follow the the gardenpath.Hello
This is exact location
lat 41.668194 long -8.624881
on google maps, or google earth, search for: 41.668194 -8.624881
Bom caminho
I presume the "other Saints " are not on the caminho Portuges.They have no rivals on the CP and, yes, she should be considered for sainthood. To think night after night she cares for hungry and tired pilgrims, cooks us 3 meals, serves us her home made wine and gets the guitars and porto out for all to participate in the merriment until well past normal hours all for a simple donation. It is t he greatest place on earth to stay.
There are however a few places on the CF that deserve similar praise like Miguel and Simone's Casa Magica, Reb and Paddy's Peacable Kingdom, Maximillo and Mercedes' Molino Galochas and the newest one to add to the list, Amelia and Esperanza's Albergue Alea in Ponferrada.
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Nice picture by the way. Very regognisable !They have no rivals on the CP and, yes, she should be considered for sainthood. To think night after night she cares for hungry and tired pilgrims, cooks us 3 meals, serves us her home made wine and gets the guitars and porto out for all to participate in the merriment until well past normal hours all for a simple donation. It is t he greatest place on earth to stay.
There are however a few places on the CF that deserve similar praise like Miguel and Simone's Casa Magica, Reb and Paddy's Peacable Kingdom, Maximillo and Mercedes' Molino Galochas and the newest one to add to the list, Amelia and Esperanza's Albergue Alea in Ponferrada.
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Thanks for the additional information. I have changed my post accordingly =)Mariana is the daughter of Fernanda and Jacinto. I guess she is about 14 years old
Correct but last time in May 2014 we were there twice in one week, she told us she did not work any longer for the Post office and now stays home.I have already written about them, but a couple of extra bits of information. Fernanda works fulltime at the post office in Barcelos and and on her way home after 5pm often finds tired and lost peregrinos and brings them to her home to stay. A true Samaritan. Fernando is an optician who comes home at lunchtime to cook lunch for any peregrinos and then goes back to work in the afternoon. And no one has mentioned the many bottles of port that are consumed during the communal dinner and after.
I have already written about them, but a couple of extra bits of information. Fernanda works fulltime at the post office in Barcelos and and on her way home after 5pm often finds tired and lost peregrinos and brings them to her home to stay. A true Samaritan. Fernando is an optician who comes home at lunchtime to cook lunch for any peregrinos and then goes back to work in the afternoon. And no one has mentioned the many bottles of port that are consumed during the communal dinner and after.
I think camino David made a slip of the typing finger. It must be Fernanda. Happens to me very often. Small Iphone or Ipad keyboard.Fernanda OK, but Fernando??? On their metal plate on their home are mentioned the following names:
Fernanda, Jacinto and Mariana!!!! NO Fernando involved! =)
I definitively think it was waterha, ha or agua ardiente in your hand? Nice company. Hopefully I will be there soon =)
Next year we will be back there and I will show them your picture Stephen. They never forget youThese lovely guys are mentioned in some detail in my 2011 diary "Pilgrimage I" on my web site.
A quick memory - it's donativo - I'd had supper, a private room, and breakfast with them - I put some money into Fernanda's hand. She shook her head, said "That's too much...." and gave me some back! It was the first ever albergue I'd stayed in. And the best.
Buen camino ... and if Fernanda or Jacinto read this, they will long have forgotten me, but I send them my thanks and love ....
We met a guy ,sitting next to us in a restaurant on the Lisbon to Porto leg who ordered a bottle of something.The homemade aguadiente is deceptively lethal, it is very smooth and has a slight orange/reddish blush when you hold the bottle up to the light. I was sat to the left of her at the dining table and she kept topping up my glasss, it would have been impolite to refuse.
When I woke up the next day I was still under the magic of the homemade brew, but had no hangover which told me it was a very clean spirit.
The mother of Fernanda is maintaining Fernanda's garden and there own. She lives close by.most you get is out of Fernanda's garden.an amazing experience, this couple are absolutely adorable, she cooked a bean stew with cured sausages by her mother, the cabbage was from her mother too, the wine was their own.... the atmosphere is absolutely something else, the best experience in the camino, all my love and admiration to Fernanda and Jacinto!
From Lisbon by car it is about 400 kms to Vilhadiz where Fernanda lives with her husband Jacinto and her daughter Mariana.Was just searching to find out, How far it is from Lisboa to Casa Fernanda by car and landed in the end here... I feel like being back in her house, at the kitchen table on an awful rainy day, as it was back in May 2013, when my husband and I have been the only guests at Fernandas house. We even were invited to sleep in the one Special room (that she only gives to couples ... if it was a joke? i don't know?) We have been treated like VIP's and had such a great evening with her, Jacinto and their daughter (sorry, forgot the Name). This place was definitely the best we have seen on our way from Porto tu Santiago. And we have seen only good places and have only had very good moments and met very helpful people on our 12 day on the camino. We just love the Portuguese - they are really friends of the peregrinos. Would go back tomorrow, if I had the time. This was our first camino, but it was such a great start on the pilgrim Topic.
Everyone that walks the camino - Casa Fernanda is a must!
Hello -- Our group of three -- father and adult daughters -- are traveling from Pedra Furada to Casa Fernanda this weekend, and using Brierly's distances, it looks like 25-26 km. Does any know different?I have to say that we were sooo lucky to decide to stay with Fernanda and Jacinto!
Walking from Pedra Furada it takes 30 km.
They are the lovliest people and it was ever so nice to stay at their house. We spent a lovely evening together, Fernanda, who also works in Barcelos, cooked a lovely meal, we ate together, had nice chat and it was like HOME.
They are one of the nicest Portuguese couples and we would recommend to everyone to stay there!
On the top of that they don't ask for money, just some donation, what you can afford.
HOw nice is that??! Where can you find this kind of generosity nowdays?
We were lucky enough to find it!
K
Is it possible to do a bit of the coastal route and the head inland so as to be able to stay at Casa Fernanda?These stories about Casa de Fernanda tipped me over to walk the Interior route instead of the Coastal. I can't wait to meet them!
this link does not workYou can see where it is here:
http://www.urcamino.com/caminoportugues ... dafernanda
anyway, it is not so easy to find, it is a private house like many others, with a little sign near the gate with written "Casa Fernanda", on your left while you walk.
But... it is a real camino experience, I suggest everyone to stop there.
It is real hospitality like in the past: Fernanda opens her house to the pilgrims, like they were part of her family (there are husband and little daughter too) and she asks for a Donativo, you pay whatever you think is ok to have dinner, breakfast, sleep in a real bed with linen!!!!!
And be blessed with her love! To me this is... priceless!!!
I have just walked from Porto to Santiago and this is the only place where I got the Camino-Love-Feeling, whilst in the Camino Frances I could find it in some more places. (but no place like this, a person who hosts you in her house, no!!!)
Well done Fernanda!!!!
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