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Wise Pilgrim APPAzambuja is a medium-sized town with all necessary services and is the last place of any size before the long, flat walk across the Ribatejo plain to Santarem. Stock up here.
If you took the train from Lisbon, this is a sensible place to start walking — flat farmland, open skies, and the first stretch of proper countryside after the urban sprawl. The commuter train from Oriente takes under an hour.
Leaving town means another railway crossing. The arrows lead you to the train station, and an elevated pedestrian bridge (painted blue) gets you over the track and onto the first stretch of country walking for some time. You will be in flat farmland nearly the entire way to Santarém. A few villages and countless large Quintas can be found along the way.
