Fátima E-Bike Guided Tour: Sanctuary & Shepherds' Houses

Your Experience

Explore Fátima by electric bicycle with a professional guide, visiting the Sanctuary, Valinhos, Aljustrel, and the Shepherds' houses.

Getting started

Meet your expert guide at the designated starting point and get set up with your electric bicycle. After a brief orientation, you receive your helmet and first aid kit so you are prepared for the ride. Once everyone is ready, the group sets off together toward the first sights of Fátima.

What to expect

Sanctuary of Fátima

The tour includes a visit to the Sanctuary of Fátima, the spiritual center linked to the apparitions of 1917. You arrive here effortlessly thanks to the electric bicycle support, saving energy for exploring the area on foot if you wish.

Features

• Explore Fátima's history as your expert guide shares context about the Sanctuary and its importance while you move around the grounds by e-bike.
• Ride an electric bicycle that helps you glide through Fátima’s hills with less effort, allowing you to focus on the surroundings instead of the climb.
• A helmet and first aid kit are provided for each participant, and civil liability and personal accidents insurance are included for added peace of mind during this part of the route.

Valinhos

From the Sanctuary, you follow quiet routes to Valinhos, one of the key countryside locations connected to the shepherd children. The e-bike makes reaching this area faster and easier than walking.

Features

• Travel through Valinhos with your guide highlighting hidden corners and viewpoints that are harder to reach without an electric bicycle.
• The electric bicycle support turns the ride into an eco-friendly way to move between Fátima’s sites, keeping the pace comfortable across hilly terrain.
• Throughout the ride to and from Valinhos, you remain covered by civil liability and personal accidents insurance included in the tour.

Aljustrel

Next, you continue to Aljustrel, the village where the three shepherd children lived. This rural stop helps you connect the Sanctuary with the everyday world the children knew.

Features

• Follow your guide through Aljustrel as they point out local landmarks related to the shepherds' lives and the events that made Fátima known worldwide.
• The electric bicycle lets you link Aljustrel with Valinhos and the Sanctuary in a single outing, creating a complete experience without long walking times.
• Your helmet and first aid kit stay with you on the bike, with the tour’s personal accidents insurance in place throughout this segment.

Shepherds' houses

The route also includes visits to the Shepherds' houses, giving you a close look at the homes connected with the apparitions story. This final section ties together the different locations you have seen on the ride.

Features

• Step off your e-bike to visit the Shepherds' houses while your expert guide explains how these homes relate to the sites at Valinhos, Aljustrel, and the Sanctuary.
• By combining the Shepherds' houses with the Sanctuary, Valinhos, and Aljustrel in one itinerary, the tour offers a complete experience of Fátima's key locations in a single ride.
• Your professional guide manages the route and safety while the electric bicycle, helmet, first aid kit, and included civil liability and personal accidents insurance support a secure and organized visit to the houses.

Highlights

• Explore Fátima's hills on electric bikes, reaching Aljustrel and Valinhos smoothly while saving energy for time at the main pilgrimage sites.
• Meet your expert guide, collect your electric bike, helmet, and safety kit, then roll out together on an easy-paced route through Fátima.
• Ride between the Sanctuary, Valinhos, Aljustrel and the Shepherds' houses, covering more ground quickly instead of walking across distant sites.
• Learn about Fátima's history as you glide over the hills on eco-friendly e-bikes, with accident and liability insurance included for peace of mind.