hel&scott
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2004 St Jean - Santiago, 2008 &18 Seville - Finesterre, 2010 Ferrol - Lisbon, 2012 from Cartehenga.
Please note that accommodation in Santarem in the old town is very limited. The fire station has closed and moved to the edge of town, sorry my portugese is limited so I couldn’t get an address.
The Misericordia is a school and does not take pilgrims grid searching the town in the middle of the night (for nearly 4 hours) looking for a place to stay. The church next door does organise accommodation for large groups of Fatima pilgrims in summer which isn’t much use to us.
Most of the places listed the Brierley and CJS guide are closed and have been for years apparently. Muralha is still there but the grumpy owner won’t open is doors to pilgrims and prefers well heeled travellers who pre book. We nearly ended up sleeping in the hay of the full sized manger scene (it was mid Dec after all, and raining) at the front of one of churches. We ended up paying 70 euro for two and staying at the unimpressive hotel on the edge of town.
The Misericordia is a school and does not take pilgrims grid searching the town in the middle of the night (for nearly 4 hours) looking for a place to stay. The church next door does organise accommodation for large groups of Fatima pilgrims in summer which isn’t much use to us.
Most of the places listed the Brierley and CJS guide are closed and have been for years apparently. Muralha is still there but the grumpy owner won’t open is doors to pilgrims and prefers well heeled travellers who pre book. We nearly ended up sleeping in the hay of the full sized manger scene (it was mid Dec after all, and raining) at the front of one of churches. We ended up paying 70 euro for two and staying at the unimpressive hotel on the edge of town.