Barlaventoexpert's definitive guide on how to get from Lisbon to Fatima!!!!!

Rail 

website: http://www.cp.pt

Caxarias, the station serving Fatima is +-20km from the town of Fatima and the Sanctuary. There is a station called Fatima but there are less frequencies and connections serving it.

Giving the distance from Fatima, this option is not recommended as local bus services on this route are not frequent (max. 7 per day).

Timetable for buses to Caxarias: (courtesy of Cubsur (Many Thanks) - http://algarvebus.info )

http://www.rodotejo.pt/horarios/gethorario/930/1/1603/176

Five buses on weekdays, none at all on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.

Long Distance Coach

In my opinion, this is the best way by public transport to visit Fatima from Lisbon.

There are three bus companies offering services on this route:

a) Rede Expresso - http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

There are regular departures from Lisbon Sete Rios bus station (Metro: Jardim Zoologico) throughout the day from 07:00 to 20:00 to Fatima. Transit time is 90min.

One way adult ticket price at time of writing in January 2013 - € 11:50

b) Citi Express - http://www.citiexpress.eu

Citi-Express also offers bus services 2-4 times a day from Lisbon Sete Rios bus station (Metro: Jardim Zoologico). Departures on this company's lines Nº. 4/5 leave at 08:00 and 16:30 Monday's to Saturday and at 16:30 on Sundays and arrive at Fatima 1hr 40mins later. Line 7 offers an additional service leaving Sete Rios daily at 15:15 arriving 16:50 in Fatima.

These services also route via Lisbon - Gare Oriente Bus Station (Metro / Train  - Gare Oriente) to pick up passengers about 15 minutes later.

Tickets are available at Booking Counter N º. 8 on the Mezzanine floor of the bus station.

Timetables here:  http://goo.gl/8ZuB4

One way adult ticket price at time of writing in January 2013 - € N/A

c) Auto-Viação do Tamega - http://www.avtamega.pt/

This bus company offers three daily departures from Lisbon - Gare Oriente Bus Station (Metro / Train Station - Gare Oriente).

Departures are at:

08:30 Mondays to Saturdays
13:30 Saturday to Thursday
18:00 Sundays

Timetable here: http://www.avtamega.pt/lisboa-fatima.html

One way adult ticket price at time of writing in January 2013 - € 11:60 (according to website.)

Bus Tours:

There are various companies that do bus tours to Fatima.

e.g.:

http://www.dianatours.pt/pt/index.php?doc=sightseeing-tours/saidas-lisboa/fatima

Car:

Fatima is approximately an 1hr 15min direct drive from Lisbon via the A1 toll motorway depending on traffic conditions.

Mass:

See this link for an August 2012 discussion on languages and mass.

http://goo.gl/XfvvD

Pilgrims Service at the Sanctuary:

email: sepe@fatima.pt

Lagos, Algarve, Portugal to Fatima, Portugal

A day trip from Lagos to Fatima makes a very long day.

There is no easy train connection as Fatima station is 20km from Fatima with infrequent bus connections. 

There is effectively only two ways to currently make the trip:

By Road:

Viamichelin.pt gives a distance of 381km one way with a transit time of 4hrs 15minutes, so +- 800km return trip by toll motorway.

Based on February 2015 prices, the estimated cost by car would be:

Tolls: One way 31.35 €
Fuel (based on prevailing prices): 43.62 €

By Bus:

By public transport, one would have to use the long distance EVA TRANSPORTES/REDE EXPRESSOS bus service via Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station.

See the Rede Expressos website: http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

A day return trip only really works on weekdays. If one catches the 05:45 EVA departure (Monday to Friday) from Lagos Bus Station, one arrives in Fatima at 11:30. There is a 60 minute layover in Lisbon.

One can then get the 18:30 departure back from Fatima, arriving Lagos at 00:15. Again there is a layover in Lisbon.

These are both daily services and times are correct as of February 2015.

As far as the writer is aware, there are currently no organised day-trips from Lagos to Fatima.

One can contact the information services at the Sanctuary for more information about the Sanctuary: www.santuario-fatima.pt/portal/index.php



By Aracuano (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Lisbonne à Fatima

Malheureusement, the gare de Fatima se retrouve +-8km de la ville de Fatima et la Sanctuaire.

C'est pas conseiller prendre des trains à Fatima, car la gare est située à Caxarias à quelques kilomètres du sanctuaire et les services d'autobus locaux sur cette route ne sont pas fréquents (max. 7 par jour).

La meilleure manière de visiter la ville de Lisbonne est en bus ou en voiture

Il existe deux services d'autobus directs entre Lisbonne et Fatima:
a) Rede Expressos- http://www.rede-expressos.pt/
Il ya des départs réguliers de Gare Routière Lisbonne - Sete Rios (métro: Jardim Zoologico) à Fatima. Il ya des départs réguliers pendant la journée entre 07:00-20h00. Le durée du transit est 90min.
b) Citi-Express - http://www.citiexpress.eu
Citi-Express offre aussi des services de bus 2 à 4 fois par jour entre Gare Routier Lisbonne - Gare Oriente (Metro/Gare Grandes Lignes - Gare Oriente) et Fatima.
Les lignes 4,5,7 de cette société partent de la gare routière.
Les billets sont disponibles au guichet bus Nº. 8.
Horaires: ici http://goo.gl/8ZuB4
Concernant se rendre à Nazaré et Batalha, il faut noter que les services réguliers d'autobus entre ces villes et Fatima sont limitées.
Il peut être préférable de faire un tour comme ceux offerts par la société mentionnée ci-dessous.
http://www.dianatours.pt/pt/index.php?doc=sightseeing-tours/saidas-lisboa/fatima

Bon Chance!

Day trip from Lisbon to either Cascais or Fatima?

Fatima is doable in one day.

It is not impossible that the weather in Feb will be reasonable but it will not be warm. Remember that Lisbon/Cascais faces the open Atlantic. There are a couple of small beaches at Cascais but for easy access you should consider Carcavelos and Estoril Beaches.

For an idea of average temperatures in February, see:

There are, at least, two direct routes by public transport to Fatima, both by bus:

a) Rede Expressos - http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

From Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station, (Metro Jardim Zoologico) a Rede Expressos bus to Fatima. There are regular departures through out the day between 07:00 and 20:00. Transit time is 90min.

b) Citi-Express - http://www.citiexpress.eu

Citi-Express also operate from Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station, (Metro Jardim Zoologico) and Lisbon Gare Oriente (Metro Gare Oriente) to Fatima 2 to 4 times daily. Services on this company's lines 4,5 and 7 depart from the Bus Station at Gare Oriente. Tickets are available from bus ticket office 8.

Timetables here: http://goo.gl/8ZuB4

It is not recommended taking trains to Fatima as the station at Caxarias is several kilometres from the sanctuary and local buses are not frequent (max. 7 per day).

There are also day tours to Fatima. See, for example:

www.dianatours.pt/pt/index.php…

Algarve - Albufeira - Fatima

Fatima lies about 350km North of Albufeira. If you have a car you can do a long day trip as follows:

-Exit Albufeira on the EN 125 direction Guia.
-Turn right onto the IC1
-After 1km turn right onto the A22 motorway in the direction of Faro and Espanha.
-After 6km head onto the E01 / A2 / IP1 motorway toll road in the direction of Lisbon
-After 2 hours follow the signs for the A13 Santarém
-On arriving in the Santarem Area, head onto E01 / E80 / A1 / IP1 Motorway.
-Continue until you see the off-ramp for Fatima.
-Exit for Fatima.

By train, the trip is not easy!

You would need to get a train from Albufeira Station, actually situated at Ferreiras, 8km from Albufeira to Lisbon Gare Oriente.

You would then need to get a train from Lisbon Gare Oriente to Caxarias (About 1 hours 15 minutes.) and then a bus from there to Fatima at: 7.00, 8.45, 10.45, 13.45, 15.05, 17.05 e 19.10

For trains from the Algarve to Lisbon you can download the timetable in pdf format via my blog here:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com

Scroll down on the right until you come to the panel entitled:

>> Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

select: Portuguese Railways - Summer 2007 - Lisbon - Algarve Faro/Lagos Timetable

For the timetable Lisbon to Caxarias

select: Porto - Lisbon - Porto Train Timetable

Note that although there is a station marked Fatima it is not close to the Sanctuary. (Caxarias is the station to use.)

Rede Expressos, a national coach company, operate services from Albufeira Bus station to Lisbon Sete Rios Coach Station. From there, there are services to Fatima.

Unfortunately their online timetables are not easily viewed as the website is old. You can see their timetable here:

http://www.rede-expressos.pt

There are several departures daily, depending on time of year and season with a transit time of about 5 - 7 hours hours with a change in Lisbon.

It is best to check at Albufeira Bus Station prior to travelling.

Porto to Lisbon via Coimbra, Fatima and Tomar

Porto to Coimbra, Fatima and Tomar are easy if one is travelling by car.

I love both, but to get to Tomar by train, means getting a train to Entroncamento and then changing to a local "up-train" to Tomar!

However the only easy way to get to Fatima by public transport from any point is by Long-Distance Coach.

Although it is only 38km from Tomar to Fatima, there are only 4 daily bus services between the two on weekdays and 2 daily services on week-ends.

I have published extracts from the timetable on scribd here:

http://bit.ly/187R4Qf

and

http://bit.ly/1c99UlV

So one could get the train/bus from Porto to Coimbra, then a Rede Expressos bus to Fatima, a Rodotejo bus from Fatima to Tomar and then a train from Tomar to Lisbon.

For train info see: http://www.cp.pt

In Coimbra, have a look at this page for some of my ramblings and tips on the town:

http://bit.ly/1aQsMcu

In Tomar, I can recommend the Hotel dos Templarios.

Stayed there in August this year and it is very nice.

See: http://bit.ly/1bdsVGa

Alvor to Fatima

A direct service between Alvor and Faro by Public Transport does not exist.

Your best option would be by bus.

Please see these articles on my blog from last year. This deals with a trip from Lagos.

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/search?q=Fatima

Alvor is between Lagos and Portimão and in my opinion your best bet would be to get a taxi or local bus into the centre of Portimão where you could connect with the services quoted.

I have published a copy of the relevant timetable on my blog here:(click to enlarge)



There is a direct bus service to Lisbon from Alvor operated by RENEX. However, this terminates at Gare Oriente and does not provide convienent connections to Fatima Services which leave from Sete Rios.

Trains are not that easy either as you have to transit Lisbon and disembark at Caxarias, 10km (6 miles) outside Fátima. There are only a few buses a day between Caxarias and the Sanctuary.

The only other means of transport would be by car. If you took at hire car, you should be aware that the main routes are toll-motorways.

Fatima lies about 350km North of Albufeira, in the Algarve. Alvor lies 50km from Albufeira via the A22 motorway. Total distance is circa 400km each way. If you have a car you can do a long day trip as follows:

- Follow the signs from Alvor of the A22 motorway
- Turn right onto the A22 motorway in the direction of Faro and Espanha.
-After +- 60km head onto the E01 / A2 / IP1 motorway toll road in the direction of Lisbon
-After 2 hours follow the signs for the A13 Santarém
-On arriving in the Santarem Area, head onto E01 / E80 / A1 / IP1 Motorway.
-Continue until you see the off-ramp for Fatima.
-Exit for Fatima.

Portugal - Sintra to Fatima

Sintra to Fatima is about 160km as indicated above.

For full info on public transport links between Lisbon and Fatima, see:http://bit.ly/VrhsON

The best option would probably be to get a train from Sintra to Lisbon Sete Rios train station. There are four to five an hour, See ww.cp.pt.

At Sete Rios, wander over to the Lisbon Sete Rios bus station next door and get a bus for Fatima.

For example, there is a 7h55 train from Sintra arriving at Lisbon Sete Rios at 8h33.

There is a 09:15 Rede Expressos bus from Sete Rios Bus Station, arriving Fatima Bus Station at 10:45.

The return trip is as easy with frequent services throughout the day..

Dubai/Lisbon to Fatima

Since July 2012, Emirates have been operating daily flights from Dubai to Lisbon.

EK 191
Dept DBX: 09:45
Arr. LIS:  14:30

On arrival in Lisbon, there are two direct route by public transport to Fatima, both by bus:

a) Rede Expressos - http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

Take the Aerobus Line 2 from Lisbon Airport to Sete Rios Bus Station. The stop is just outside the Arrivals Hall behind the Lisbon Tourism Booth. The service runs every 30 minutes from 07:30 to 22.00

From Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station a Rede Expressos bus to Fatima. There are regular departures through out the day between 07:00 and 20:00. Transit time is 90min.

b) Citi-Express - http://www.citiexpress.eu

Citi-Express  also operate from Lisbon Gare Oriente to Fatima 2 to 4 times daily. Services on this company's lines 4,5 and 7 depart from the Bus Station at Gare Oriente. Tickets are available from bus ticket office 8.

Timetables here: http://goo.gl/8ZuB4

To get to Gare Oriente, on exiting the T1 Arrival Hall at Lisbon Airport, turn left proceed down the ramp, and bear right at the bottom. On the left there are glass doors leading to the entrance to the Metro Station!

Buy a ticket and proceed two stops to Gare Oriente. The Bus station is on the ground floor.

It is not recommended taking trains to Fatima as the station at Caxarias is several kilometres from the sanctuary and local buses are not frequent (max. 7 per day).
  

Transfert de l'aeroport a Fatima

Transfert de l'aeroport a Fatima Il n'a pas un lien direct à partir de l'aéroport jusqu'au Fatima. Il faurait prendre un bus urban "Aerobus" de l'aeroport jusqu'a la gare de bus "Sete Rios" ou on pourrait prendre l'autobus pour Fatima.

travel - Lagos and Fatima.

There are no direct public transport links between Lagos and Fatima.

By train it is not that easy as you have to transit Lisbon and disembark at Caxarias, 10km (6 miles) outside Fátima. There are only a few buses a day between Caxarias and the Sanctuary.

The best bet is by long distance coach.

I have published the current (Sept 2010) timetable for bus services between Lagos and Fatima via Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station offered by Rede Expressos here:

http://scr.bi/94Pjqg

The word "Diariamente" means daily. The first two services of the day do not operate daily. I would suggest that to do the return trip in a day would be uncomfortable. You probably want to plan on staying over in Fatima at least one night.

The full site for the bus company is here:

http://www.rede-expressos.pt

Sanctuary at Fatima - Contact Details

If you are trying to visit Fatima at any time the followinng may be of use:

Santuário de Fátima
Information
Ap. 31 2496 908
Fátima
Portugal

Tel. 249 539 623
Fax: 249 539 609
E-mail: info@fatima.pt

web: http://www.santuario-fatima.pt

Travelling from Fatima to Salamanca, Spain

The best bet would be to take a bus from Fatima to Coimbra and then the daily train from Coimbra to Salamanca!

There is a daily rede-expressos.pt coach service leaving Fatima at 21:00 arriving Coimbra at 21:55

There is a 23:37 daily departure from Coimba-B Station arriving Salamanca at 04:36.

You would need to take a taxi the 1km from the bus station to Coimbra-B station

You should also buy tickets in advance. Online, these can be acquired via the spanish train operator renfe.es

Lisbon Airport to Fatima

If you used are to driving an automatic shift Stateside, remember to specify an automatic when you book your hire care for Lisbon Airport.

Most cars this side of the pond are manual shift.

Some of the items on this page of my blog may be of interest:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/search?q=Fatima

Here is the gazeteer from Google Maps for the Route:

Driving directions to Fátima, Ourém, Portugal
120 km – about 1 hour 8 mins

Portela Airport Portugal

1. Head northeast 0.3 km
2. Turn left toward Av. de Berlim 0.1 km
3. Slight right at Av. de Berlim Go through 1 roundabout 0.4 km
4. Turn left at Av. Cidade do Porto (signs for Sul/A12/A1) 0.1 km
5. Take the ramp onto E01 2.9 km
6. Continue on A1 Partial toll road 113 km
7. Take exit 8 toward Ourém/Fátima/Batalha Toll road 0.4 km
8. Continue straight Toll road 0.8 km
9. Take the ramp to Ourém 0.2 km
10. Merge onto N360/Av. Papa João XXIII 1.6 km
11. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Estr. de Minde/N360 0.4 km

Fátima,Ourém, Portugal

The link to the map is as follows:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Lisbon+Airport,Lisbon,+Portugal&daddr=Fatima,+Portugal&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.15781,-8.734502&sspn=0.25392,0.589828&g=Bensafrim,+Lagos,+Portugal&ie=UTF8&ll=39.113014,-9.20929&spn=0.988818,2.359314&z=9

Lagos to Fatima

It is possible to do it by normal bus...it will be a long day but doable as long as you are only going to visit the Sanctuary, and spend few hours on pilgrimage.

Eva Transportes have a bus departure (Mondays to Fridays) from Lagos Bus Station at 05:45 arriving Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station at 09:30.

There is a Rede Expressos bus leaving Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station at 10:30 arriving Fatima at 11:55h.

For the return there is a Rede Expressos Bus from Fatima at 16:30 h arriving Lisbon Sete Rios at 18:00 h.

There is an Eva Transportes bus from arriving Lisbon Sete Rios at 18:30 arriving Lagos Bus Station at 22:15. There is one bus after this at 20:30 if you miss this one.

Rede Expressos Website (Only Portuguese)- http://www.rede-expressos.pt/0010.asp

Eva Transportes -
http://www.eva-bus.com

Return Trip should cost about e 55.00 per person.

Vilamoura to Fatima

The most direct route from Vilamoura to Fatima by public transport is by bus from Quarteira, the town right next to Vilamoura.

Bus operator Rede Expressos offer several services daily via Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station.

The following is an extract from there current schedule:(Double Click on the + sign below to enlarge )



By train, you would have to get a service from Loulé Station, 6km from Vilamoura to Lisbon Gare Oriente.

See the second part of this post on my blog for more details:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/algarve-albufeira-fatima.html

Autobus entre Fatima et Porto

Il y a plusiers liens d'autobus quotiden entre Fatima et Porto. Cherchez sur la site du Rede-Expressos. http://www.rede-expressos.pt/. Prix: € 17.00 Durée: deux heures.

Lisbon - Day Trips and Seville

Firstly, be aware that there is no direct train service between Lisbon and Seville. One has to travel to Madrid and then to Seville.

Indeed the train service between Lisbon and Madrid is, at present, restricted to one overnight train per day.

Have a look at the following article on my blog about this!

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/trainbus-sevillespain-to-lisbonportugal.html

To be honest, if you want to do Seville from Lisbon, I do recommend the bus. The cost is only circa only € 35,00 one way.

Current Timetable:

LISBON Sete.Rios SEVILLE 09:00 17:45 61,00 Thursday to Sunday.
LISBON Sete Rios SEVILLE 20:45 05:15 61,00 Daily

You refer Evora. This is at a dogs leg from the other towns you have mentioned. It might be better left for a subsequent trip.

You are going to be hard pressed to do Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais, Obidos and Fatima in six days.

You need to allow at least 2 full days for Lisbon, a day from Sintra, Cascais and a day each for Obidos and Fatima.

To do all the latter two using buses is preferable as the stations are a ways from the town.

If you search my blogs under the town names, you should find more snippets and info which will help you.

Please email me about any specific queries that subsequently arise.

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com

Lisbon to Evora and Fatima

Lisbon to Evora.

You have two options:

1) Rail - 3 x Trains from Lisbon Gare Station Oriente to Evora

08:10
14:10
18:10

(Summer Timetable - Transit time +-2 hours)

Return

06:44
13:44
18:44

2) Buses from Sete Rios Coach Station to Evora. (Metro Jardim Zoologico)

Timetable here -

http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

Warning site only works with the Evil Empire's IE5.5 plus browser!!!!

As regards Fatima I understand that rede-expressos operate buses also on this route. There are no trains nearby.

If you are going to do both places, hiring a car may be more sensible.

Lisbon to Evora is about 90 minutes. (Note: Toll Motorway)

Lisbon to Evora about 90 minutes (Note: Toll Motorway)

Hope this helps

Wizzair - More new routes to Israel from Poland, Romania and Lithuania

Globes Business News (Israel) today reported that Wizzair is to start new routes from Ben Gurion to Vilnius, Katowice and Cluj-Napoca on October/November 2013.

See: http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000860948

I'm still disappointed that WizzAir corporate communications manager Daniel de Carvalho does not appear not been able to encourage the airline to explore routes from Poland to his home country of Portugal. 

I am certain that there could be a market for low-cost flights year round to Porto to service, among others, Polish pilgrims wishing to visit the Catholic shrine at Fatima and, as well, summer routes for holiday makers travelling to Faro in the Algarve from at least Polish and Hungarian airports, where there are no direct scheduled routes at present.