A town and concelho between 1420 and 1836; foral from Manuel I of 15 September 1514. It was called Sernache dos Alhos because of the quality of its garlic; it also produces the onions sold at the Coimbra fairs. Its millers ground a good part of Coimbra’s grain for centuries. It became a town (vila) again under Law 19-E\/2026 of 8 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the triangular square where you leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the 2021 census, the freguesia of Cernache had 3,962 inhabitants in 19.17 km\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cernache is the end of the Alvorge \u2013 Cernache<\/a> stage and the start of Cernache \u2013 Coimbra<\/a>, the shortest on this section. The old pilgrim albergue closed in 2021; since 2025 the private Albergue Krypteia has been open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This guide lists 1 place to stay for pilgrims in Cernache, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the end of the Alvorge \u2013 Cernache stage (26.1 km \/ 16.2 miles) and the start of the Cernache \u2013 Coimbra stage (11.3 km \/ 7.0 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History of Cernache A town and concelho between 1420 and 1836; foral from Manuel I of 15 September 1514. It was called Sernache dos Alhos because of the quality of its garlic; it also produces the onions sold at the Coimbra fairs. Its millers ground a good part of Coimbra’s grain for centuries. It became […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495,"parent":793,"menu_order":228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-941","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/941","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=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/941\/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\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"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 Cernache?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Which stage of the Portuguese Camino is Cernache on?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n