We drove to the bottom of the church. There is free parking available right there (put googlemaps into satilite view to see where you can park). Read other reviews saying they didn’t climb the stairs. Although it looks like a lot of stairs, it’s very manageable and so worth it. They are small steps that are easy to climb. The tiles are beautiful and the views spectacular.

Enjoyed the visit to this tiny chapel with an interesting back story. The steps look daunting on first inspection, but they are easy to climb being quite shallow and close together, and this you should do as you are then afforded truly spectacular views of the Islet of Vila Franco do Campo and the surrounding countryside. The story of the vision that led to the building of this chapel is explained on tiles at the top of the steps and each level is decorated with beautiful Portuguese blue tiling. There is also the advantage of toilets at the top level, cunningly hidden out the way in a lower building to the left-hand side. As others have said there is plenty of parking here for the number of people this chapel attracts, just be careful not to run over any of the cats that call this attraction home. A large ginger one was adding to the belief that ginger cats are trouble by laying in the middle of the road and refusing to move when we arrived.

Beautiful chapel with incredible views! Didn’t stop for long but you don’t need to- half an hour is good to soak up the views, take some pictures and wander up the stairs and round the chapel. Thoroughly recommend a visit to this stunning site!