Every month thousands of pilgrims flock to Fátima. Starting from different parts of the country, many of them take this route on foot, along roads and rural paths, guided by their faith, to honor promises, in search of spirituality or simply for the pleasure of walking.

Four paths, the Paths of Fatima are usually travelled by pilgrims :

• The Tagus Way, which connects Lisbon to Fátima, is 143km long.
• The Northern Way, which connects Valencia to Fátima, 364km long.
• The Way of Nazaré, which connects Nazaré to Fátima, 50km long.
• The Carmelite Route, which connects Coimbra to Fátima, 111km long.

More recently, another path was created, connecting Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) to Fátima in 212km, on safer secondary roads for hikers.

Faced with the success of these tracks, other routes are in preparation: the Sea Route (Estoril), the Beira Route and the South Route (Alentejo).

Like the famous Compostela Ways, pilgrims can equip themselves with a passport by the Centro Nacional de Cultura.

All useful information about all these paths can be consulted on the official website: Caminhos de Fátima

It is on the Carmelite Route that the Casal dos Frades is, exactly at the end of the fifth and penultimate stage of the route.

Therefore, it is natural that we receive the pilgrims for a night and a night of stopover.