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[13D10N - Incentive Trip: Spain & Portugal] 2D1N at Salamanca

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We left our Lisbon hotel after staying 2 nights. We woke up early to have our breakfast at the hotel before checking out. We packed our luggage and headed down to the lobby to join in for the group gathering. We boarded our tour bus back to Spain. It was an approximate 5.5hour journey to Salamanca from Lisbon. During our journey to Salamanca, we made a stop at Fátima to visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima after sitting in the tour bus for short journey of 1.5 hours. Fátima was known to be a humble and simple little town historically, but now it is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Europe for Catholics. Fátima is perhaps the most unique destination in Portugal. Nestled in the heart of central Portugal. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima is one of the greatest references of the following of Mother Mary and is visited by Catholic pilgrims from all over the world. The tour leader gathered all of us for another self-paid lunch, but this time we declined ...