Mare Hotel Nazare
Rua Mouzinho de Albuquerque 8 Nazare, Estremadura, Portugal
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Day 6- Porto and Fatima
... been built and where the Virgin Mary was supposedly seen by the three children. Around the plaza were shops and stalls galore selling various religious merchandise. On the far side of the plaza was the basilica, with a central tower of 65m tall. Inside of the basilica are the tombs of two of the shepard children.
We walked down the dark stairs and into the restaurant body. The eatery was built into a rockface, and was filled with light. The colour palette ...
Fatima - the Miracle of the 20th Century
... 2003.
We arrived at the Basilica and lit candles for our departed friends and relatives, one of which was lit for our most recently departed friend, Max Moore, who died on Boxing Day. Tom and I attended Mass in the little chapel, and site of the apparition in 1917, whilst Natasha wandered around the Basilica. We then visited the church, and marvelled at the amount of work done to build this beautiful church ...
EURO RAIL Adventure - Fatima
... day stay ended up lasting five days as we loved the area. Most importantly, we were able to visit the exact location where Our Lady appeared before the three children. It was a powerful pilgrimage.
While there we also drove west to the coastline of Portugal. Their coastline has some of the most ...
Found Paradise in Peniche!
Started out in Lisbon and headed off to Sintra to pick up our rental motor home. For some reason the GPS had a bit of difficulty in finding itself initially, so we had to make our way to Sintra on our own scant merits, and with very little time in hand. We were outrageously lucky in finding the place just in time before they closed, only to find the Police were conducting some kind of exercises at the time and had the road to get ...
How big & intricate should we make the church??
... set over the Atlantic. We also had a sunset from our balconies overlooking the beach. And we had the most amazing dinner at O Luis, a traditional Portuguese restaurant up the funicular on a plateau overlooking the part of town where our hotel is located.
Today we are driving to Porto on the northern coast. This is the center of the nation's port (fortified wine) industry, so we expect to do some tasting. Bom ...



