{"id":938,"date":"2026-10-28T17:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/rabacal\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:00:29","slug":"rabacal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/rabacal\/","title":{"rendered":"Raba\u00e7al"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

History of Raba\u00e7al<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The name: from ‘raba\u00e7a’, an umbelliferous plant of land with running water. A town and seat of a concelho until 1853; it included Zambujal, Degracias, Santiago da Guarda and Atianha (3,270 inhabitants in 1801). Pombalinho and Alvorge were added later; in 1849 it had 5,172 inhabitants. In 2013 its freguesia merged with S\u00e3o Miguel and Santa Euf\u00e9mia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to see in Raba\u00e7al<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Roman villa of Raba\u00e7al<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Included in the World Monuments Watch; museum in the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castelo de Germanelo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On a nearby hill; foral (royal charter) of Afonso Henriques from 1142. Site of Public Interest since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population and location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 2011 census, the former freguesia of Raba\u00e7al had 291 inhabitants; its area is 8.79 km\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivals and food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Queijo Raba\u00e7al DOP, made from sheep’s and goat’s milk, cured and semi-hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portuguese Camino in Raba\u00e7al<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raba\u00e7al is at km 9.0 of the Alvorge \u2013 Cernache<\/a> stage. It has restaurants, a bar, a shop and a private albergue. Although the Camino lets you take a 1.5 km shortcut, it is worth going through the village to rest and try Raba\u00e7al cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How many albergues are there in Raba\u00e7al?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This guide lists 1 place to stay for pilgrims in Raba\u00e7al, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which stage of the Portuguese Camino is Raba\u00e7al on?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At km 9 of the Alvorge \u2013 Cernache stage (26.1 km \/ 16.2 miles); 17.1 km remain to Cernache.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

History of Raba\u00e7al The name: from ‘raba\u00e7a’, an umbelliferous plant of land with running water. A town and seat of a concelho until 1853; it included Zambujal, Degracias, Santiago da Guarda and Atianha (3,270 inhabitants in 1801). Pombalinho and Alvorge were added later; in 1849 it had 5,172 inhabitants. In 2013 its freguesia merged with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692,"parent":793,"menu_order":225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-938","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/938","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=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/938\/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\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}