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Enjoy a day in Fátima with a private vehicle and driver. Of remote origins, it was Arab rule that marked the development of the place and gave it its name. According to legend, during the Christian Reconquest, the Templar knight Gonçalo Hermingues, known as Traga-Mouros, fell in love with Fátima, a Moorish captive during an ambush. Responding to love, the young woman converted to Christianity taking the name Oureana. The town developed considerably after the Apparitions of Fátima, at the beginning of the 20th century, becoming one of the largest centers of Marian worship in Portugal, recognized worldwide by the Catholic Church. Get picked up by our driver at your hotel in the city of Porto, enjoy the journey to Fátima in approximately 1h50. Once you arrive in Fátima, you will have 4 hours free to visit Fátima. You will be able to see the sanctuary of Fátima, the chapel of Apparitions. Meet the driver again and return to your hotel in the center of Porto.