Camino Portugués
Day 3
Azambuja to Santarém
| Day |
To |
Distance |
Time |
Elevation in meters |
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Km |
Elapsed
Hrs-Mins |
Moving
Hrs-Mins |
Gain |
Loss |
Min |
Max |
| 3 |
Santarém
Hotel Umu |
26.45 |
6H07 |
5H18 |
116 |
64 |
1 |
111 |
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| Azambuja to Santarém is listed as a 32.3 km stage, and as this was only day 3 we wanted to reduce the distance slightly. We walked to Azambuja station and took the train to Reguengo .Whilst we saved some distance, we had to walk eastwards across country which took away about 3.5 km to the distance we had saved, to get back on the camino at Valada, a small village on the Rio Tejo. |
More storks nesting
9-23 a.m. train
The dead straight road to Valada
The levee of the River Tejo leading to the coffee shop on the right..... a welcome break
Two of the very few people we met.... a Finnish couple
The church at Valada
The old school house
Lemons growing on trees nearby
...... and poppies in the fields
Grape cultivation for wine
Quinta de Marchanta
The railway bridge at Morgado
"I can't understand why they all walk to Santiago!"
Morgado
Santarém in the distance
Under the A-13 road
The approach road to Santarém..... but it has a sting in the tail as the last 2 km goes on and on uphill
Santa Casa de Misericórdia
Santa Casa de Misericórdia is a Portuguese charity founded in Lisbon in 1498 by Queen Leonor of Portugal. It declares itself to be a Catholic lay brotherhood and to work through 14 Works of Mercy, seven of a spiritual nature: to teach the humble, to give good advice, to punish those who do wrong, to console the sad, to pardon offenses, to suffer patiently, to pray for the living and for the deceased; and seven of a corporeal nature: to visit the ill and imprisoned, to free captives, to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry and thirsty, to shelter travelers and to bury the dead. It is currently the oldest working NGO in the world, if not the first. It isn't supervised by the Church or the State.
After the Lisbon Santa Casa da Misericóridia de Lisboa, similar organizations were created in many other cities and towns of Portugal and of the former Portuguese Empire, like in Brazil, Macau and even in Nagasaki, Japan. |
Prior do Crato
| António, Prior of Crato (1531 – 1595), was a grandson of King Manuel I of Portugal and claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis. According to some historians, he was King of Portugal as António I of Portugal for 33 days in 1580. After the crowning of Philip II of Spain as King of Portugal, António claimed the throne until 1583. |
Palacio da Justica (Palace of Justice)
The market
Accommodation
Hotel Umu
Hotel Umu
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