Consolação (Consolation) is the smallest city on THE WALK OF FAITH, with a population of less than two thousand inhabitants. It has still unexplored mineral water, and strawberry plantations are found throughout track route in its territory.
However, right at the city entrance there is a manioc flour factory; The pilgrim can see drying cassava at both sides of the road.
This process is essential for the preparation of food that has been the basis for feeding the South Americans for centuries, but it requires some care in its preparation since cassava has hydrogen cyanide, a deadly poison and only after drying sun, food becomes suitable for consumption.
The stretch where the Path of the Faith passes has beautiful and bucolic landscapes.
– (Data obtained from ” THE WALK OF FAITH guide ” for cyclists and walkers).