Fátima Private Tour: Sanctuary and Shepherds’ Houses

Explore Fátima's Sanctuary, Sacred Way, and the shepherds' hometown on a private guided walking tour with round-trip transfers.

Getting started

Begin your experience as you meet your guide and set off toward Fátima, where your round-trip transfers take you to the Sanctuary area. After arrival, your private guided walking tour starts at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. From here, you move on toward the Sacred Way, with your guide outlining the route to the shepherds' houses and the apparition sites you will visit.

What to expect

Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

At the heart of your visit is the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, the focal point of the apparitions and a major pilgrimage site. This is where you first connect with the story of Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta Marto.

Features

• Your private guided walking tour begins at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, where your guide introduces the main apparition narrative and points out the basilica that holds the tombs of Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta.
• Here you can light a candle or collect water at the Sanctuary, taking time for personal reflection in one of the most significant Marian shrines in Portugal.

Loca of the Angel of Peace and Arneiro Well

You then follow the Sacred Way to locations associated with the earlier appearances of the Angel of Peace to the shepherd children.

Features

• At the Loca of the Angel of Peace, your guide explains the Angel of Peace apparitions and how they prepared the children for the later appearances of Our Lady.
• The route continues to Arneiro Well, associated with the second apparition of the Angel of Peace, where you can pause to observe the setting and understand its place in the Fátima story.

Apparition sites of Our Lady

Next, you visit the specific places of Our Lady's appearances to the shepherds, central to the significance of Fátima.

Features

• At the apparition sites of Our Lady, you stand where the shepherds reported seeing Mary, while your guide details the events and their impact on the Sanctuary and worldwide devotion.
• These stops form part of the structured visit to the apparition places of Our Lady, included in your tour route so you can see the key locations connected with each event.

Shepherds' houses in Aljustrel

The tour continues to the nearby village, where you visit the homes of the three shepherd children and gain insight into their daily lives.

Features

• Transportation takes you from the Sanctuary area to the shepherd children’s houses, including the house of Lúcia and the houses of Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
• During your visit to the shepherds' houses, your guide shows how the children lived, while you explore the birthplace and residence of Francisco and Jacinta Marto and the separate house of Lúcia.

Basilica tombs and baptism church photo stop

Your route also connects key sacramental sites in the lives of the shepherd children.

Features

• During the visit to the basilica, you see the tombs of Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta, included as part of your stop at the Sanctuary complex.
• As part of your round-trip transfers, you stop for a photo opportunity at the church where the shepherd children were baptized, giving you a chance to see and photograph this parish linked to their early lives.

Stations of the Cross and Sacred Way

Depending on the option you select, your experience of the Sacred Way includes the Way of the Cross.

Features

• Along the Sacred Way, you walk a section of the Way of the Cross, with the option on the relevant variant to walk all 15 Stations of the Cross as part of your route between the Sanctuary and the shepherds' houses.
• The Stations of the Cross segment is fully guided, and your private guided walking tour incorporates these stations into the overall path between the Shrine, the Loca of the Angel of Peace, Arneiro Well, and the shepherds' houses.