Fontiveros
Credential
Where to get a stamp
Your credential can be stamped in:
–Town Hall – 920 24 50 35 aytofontiveros@hotmail.es
Accommodation
For pilgrims and private accommodation
PILGRIMS’ ACCOMMODATION
Pilgrims’ hostel “El descanso del peregrino” located in Avda/ Concentración Parcelaria, 3. 05310 Fontiveros (Ávila), next to the public swimming pool. 625033544, Keys pick up in Mesón Juan de Yepes (Maria José).
- Capacity: 10 pax.
- Services: Fridge, microwave, washing machine, dryer, toilets.
- Maximun stay: 2 nights.
- Price: 10€ per pilgrim.
OTHER ACCOMODATION
- Pilgrims’ accommodation.
- Pavilion: available for groups, upon request. Heating and hot water.
- Private accommodation (check them here)
Food and drinks
Where to eat/ buy food and drinks
- Mesón Juan de Yepes. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Bars, shops and supermarkets.
Visit
Discover what to visit
- San Juan de la Cruz birth place.
- Convent Madres Carmelitas.
- San Cipriano Church
- San Juan de la Cruz monument.
- Dos Fountain and Santa Ana Hermitage
- Big Lagoon
- Marqués de Fontiveros Tower
For guided visits, call the town hall (920 24 50 35) or Ana Velazquez (629 71 63 32 )
Health
Pharmacy and Medical Centre
- Medical Centre. Emergencies: 920 24 50 06
- Pharmacy
More info
Find out more
- Banks and ATMs.
- Hardware store.
- Swimming pool (reduced price for pilgrims).
- Service area for caravans.
About Fontiveros
Teresa, a great walker, moves through the centuries ahead. A wanderer, sowing the geography of yesterday and today with love. She her own footsteps in these towns that now, as a pilgrim, you travel through.
You are entering Fontiveros, birthplace of Saint John of the Cross, who saw Teresa on its streets.
Saint John of the Cross, and Teresa, from Ávila, met in Medina, where she went to found her second convent of the Discalced. He was 25 years old, and she was 52. Teresa also went there with the idea of the Reform of the Calced Carmelite friars, who in this way would become Discalced.
During Lent of 1569, Teresa went to see her friars in Duruelo, the first foundation of Fray Juan, and spent the night in the convent of the Carmelite mothers in Fontiveros. Surely the visit was more pleasant than usual, knowing she was in the town that saw the birth of her Fray Juan.