Santa Maria dos Olivais - Templar Mother Church

1 September 2016, Thursday, Tomar to Alvaiazere, day 7

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September 1st 2016
Day 7, Tomar to Alvaiazere After two rest days in Tomar,which we used to visit Fatima and see the Knights Templar Castle, we are back on the Camino Portugal headed towards Santiago. Today is another very long day, according to Brierley, it is almost thirty kilometers if you make no wrong turns. So we're up at 5:45, have bags packed, and pick up our breakfast/lunch sacks to be out the door at 6: ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Central » Tomar

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more