This full day excursion to the capital of Portugal will usually include the celebration of Mass in the Church of St. Anthony which is built on the spot where the saint once lived.
You will be able to appreciate more than 20 centuries of history and a vast heritage that Lisbon has shared with its inhabitants since 1147, the date when Afonso Henriques, the first kind of Portugal captured the city from the Moors.
Sprawling along the right bank of the enormous Tagus estuary, Lisbon stands looking proudly towards the Atlantic Ocean.
While in Lisbon you will also get the opportunity to visit the Crypt which contains the very room in which St. Anthony was born, the Cathedral of Lisbon which still contains the baptismal font of St. Anthony and the Church of Jerominos, the most beautiful example of Manueline Architecture in Portugal.
You will also get the opportunity to do some shopping in one of the city’s shopping malls.

Subject to a minimum number of people booked for each tour the following excursions are also available;

Braga – Oporto – Balazar
A full day excursion visiting Braga, the Ecclesiastical capital of Portugal with its many churches. Oporto, the second great city of Portugal traditional caves for Port Wine desgustation. And Balazar, home to the Church of St Eulalia where Alexandrina de Costa, the Portuguese mystic who lived solely on Holy Communion for 13 years is laid to reast.

Nazaré
A full or half day excursion including visits to Batalha, where the Monastery of our Lady of the Victory was built over 600 years ago. Alcobaca, home to the Abbey built by the first King of Portugal to honour a vow that if he was successful in his battle against the Moslems he would bring the greatest Cistercian Abbey in the World in honour of Our Lady. Obidos, to see the magnificent 400-year-old walls which completely surround the city. And finally Nazaré with its breathtaking view of the Atlantic, and where women still wear their seven petticoat traditional costume.

Santarem
This half day excursion visits the Church of the Holy Miracle, the scene of the famous Eucharistic Miracles in the 13th Century. You will also get the opportunity to visit the monument of St. Irene who is believed to have had associations with Cova De Iria in Fatima and Portas do Sol, a famous Belvedre looking down on River Tagus.

Coimbra
This full or half day excursion visits the Church of Santa Cruz where St. Anthony was ordained in 1220, and the Church of St. Anthony of Olives, built over St. Anthony’s cell.
You’ll also get the opportunity to visit the convent where St. Lucia, one of the Fatima visionaries is now a Carmelite Nun.

Ortiga / Ourem Market
This half day excursion visits Ortiga where according to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared to a mute shepherd who requested a lamb. A statue was later discovered in the site, in the midst of undergrowth and nettles, and a chapel was constructed.