# A Sunday in Fátima and Batalha from Lisbon, with the Mira de Aire Caves

Batalha monastery first thing, Fátima sanctuary at midday, traditional lunch at Tia Alice and the Mira de Aire caves in the afternoon.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/fatima-and-batalha/itineraries/mira-de-aire-caves · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 07:30 · Salida: 1 h 30 by car (along the A1, about 150 km to Batalha)
- 09:00 · Batalha Monastery and the Unfinished Chapels (when it opens · 1 h 30)
  - 30 min by car, 23 km
- 11:00 · Sanctuary of Fátima (esplanade and basilicas, free)
  - 6 min on foot
- 13:00 · Tia Alice (on Sunday at midday only, from 12:00 to 15:00 · book) · Tia Alice, €€€
  - 30 min by car, 15,1 km
- 15:30 · Mira de Aire Caves (guided visit of 1 h)
- 17:00 · Vuelta (you reach Lisbon around 18:30)

A day trip from Lisbon along the A1: Batalha and Fátima are 20 km from each other and an hour and a half from the capital. The plan begins when the Batalha monastery opens, Gothic and a World Heritage Site, continues on the Fátima sanctuary esplanade, has lunch in a traditional-cooking restaurant and ends underground, in the Mira de Aire caves.

## The day, hour by hour

7:30 · Leaving Lisbon. Along the A1, with tolls, about 150 km to Batalha.

9:00 · Batalha Monastery. It opens at 9:00. The church, the Founder's Chapel with the tombs of John I and Philippa of Lancaster, the royal cloister and the Unfinished Chapels, open to the sky. An hour and a half.

11:00 · Fátima Sanctuary. 20 minutes away. The esplanade is free to enter: the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and the Basilica of the Holy Trinity.

13:00 · Lunch at Tia Alice. Traditional Portuguese cooking since 1988: chanfana and wood-oven roast veal, baked salt cod, convent desserts. On Sunday it only opens at midday: book by phone, preferably between 10:00 and 12:00.

15:30 · Mira de Aire Caves. 20 minutes to the south. There are no fixed times: when you buy your ticket you are given the time of the next visit, which lasts an hour with a guide. The ticket office closes at 17:00 in winter and later in summer.

17:00 · Heading back. You are in Lisbon around 18:30.

## With children

The caves are what they like best; in Batalha, the roofless chapels. A baby carrier is better than a pushchair in the caves.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
A1 from Lisbon, about 130 km to Fátima. Batalha and Mira de Aire are each about 20 minutes from Fátima.

## Consejos

### Check the calendar
On 12 and 13 of each month from May to October, no parking and no tables.

### A jacket for the caves
It is cool underground even in summer.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Can you see Fátima and Batalha in a day from Lisbon?
Yes: an hour and a half by car, and about three hours for the two.

### Is Tia Alice open on Sunday?
Yes, from 12:00 to 15:00. It is closed on Monday.

### How much does it cost to enter the sanctuary?
Nothing; entry is free.