The name: from the Arabic al-Burj, ‘the tower’. It passed through several concelhos, among them that of Raba\u00e7al, before being absorbed into Ansi\u00e3o. The parish belonged for centuries to the University of Coimbra. In 1141 Alvorge was donated to the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra. The village of Ateanha, a former parish on top of a hill, keeps a stone image of Saint Martin from the late Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Late 17th century, altarpiece with Solomonic columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baroque, with the royal coat of arms and a gilded 18th-century high altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruins of a defensive tower from the Reconquista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 2021 census, the freguesia of Alvorge had 1,051 inhabitants; its area is 39.05 km\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The caf\u00e9 on the square prepares lunches and dinners for pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alvorge is the end of the Alvai\u00e1zere \u2013 Alvorge<\/a> stage and the start of Alvorge \u2013 Cernache<\/a>. It has a parish albergue, whose keys are collected at the Cruzeiro caf\u00e9 on the square, which is also the only bar-restaurant and prepares meals for pilgrims. There is also a private albergue with a restaurant, and a shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This guide lists 2 places to stay for pilgrims in Alvorge, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the end of the Alvai\u00e1zere \u2013 Alvorge stage (22.7 km, 14.1 miles) and the start of the Alvorge \u2013 Cernache stage (26.1 km, 16.2 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History of Alvorge The name: from the Arabic al-Burj, ‘the tower’. It passed through several concelhos, among them that of Raba\u00e7al, before being absorbed into Ansi\u00e3o. The parish belonged for centuries to the University of Coimbra. In 1141 Alvorge was donated to the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra. The village of Ateanha, a former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548,"parent":793,"menu_order":223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-936","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/936\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How many albergues are there in Alvorge?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Which stage of the Portuguese Camino is Alvorge on?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n