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A 49-hectare forest reserve on the edge of Ponta Delgada, with playgrounds, picnic clearings and a quiet loop trail.

The great nautical festival of the Azores, held every August in Horta on Faial since 1975, with regattas, whaleboats and street music.

On the coast of São Roque do Pico, a former whale factory — the largest sperm-whale processing complex of the Azores — is now an industrial museum.

On Pico, a stairway drops into the longest lava tube of Portugal: more than five kilometres of tunnel under the vineyards of Criação Velha.

The mother church of Ponta Delgada, built in the 1500s between Gothic, Manueline and baroque, a few steps from the city gates.

The mother church of Vila Franca do Campo, capital of the Azores until the earthquake of 1522 changed the island’s story.

A small green lagoon on the rim of the Sete Cidades crater — and the doorway to the Boca do Inferno viewpoint.

The village inside the great caldera of São Miguel, on the shore of the twin lakes whose blue and green waters carry the island’s most famous legend.

The flowered belvedere of São Miguel’s east coast, where gardens of hydrangeas and azaleas frame the cliffs and sea stacks of the Nordeste.

The natural hot spring of São Miguel’s western tip, where volcanic springs warm the Atlantic inside a lava cove, with a 1901 lighthouse above the rocks.

The little capital of Flores, the westernmost island of the Azores: a 17th-century convent museum, a whale factory museum and an island of lakes and falls.

A dairy parish on the road from Angra to the western mountains, with a 16th-century church, a milk-cooperative museum and the e-bike route west.

The western end of Terceira: the island’s highest mountain, a trail through the dark lava of the Mistérios Negros and submarine eruptions offshore.

The sheltered fishing cove below Água de Pau, where one of São Miguel’s oldest convents keeps the memory of the Santo Cristo above a natural pool.

A green parish of Povoação on São Miguel’s southeast coast, where the trail to the Salto do Prego waterfall passes the abandoned hamlet of Sanguinho.

The old whaling town on the south coast of Pico, where hand-thrown harpoons gave way to whale watching under Portugal’s highest mountain.

A tiny green parish on a crest of the north coast of São Miguel, above ravine streams, the Praia da Viola and the canyoning rivers of the northeast.

Terceira’s city of the great bay: the island’s main sandy beach, a naval battle that gave the town its name and the viewpoints of the Serra do Cume.

One of São Miguel’s oldest towns, made a vila in 1515, between the volcanic massif of Lagoa do Fogo and the bathing coast of Caloura.

Terceira’s largest parish, on the island’s green north coast: spring-fed valleys, the lava bays of the Alagoa and a coastal trail between them.

The three stone arches of 1783 that open onto Praça Gonçalo Velho — the emblem of Ponta Delgada and the Azores’ capital.

The Azores’ great fishing town on São Miguel’s north coast, where the day’s catch lands and the north shore begins.

Faial’s new land: the volcano that rose from the sea in 1957 and burned for thirteen months, a grey desert at the island’s western tip.

On São Miguel’s north-west coast, a fishing village of black sand and sea stacks that catches the best sunsets of the Azores.

On São Miguel’s north coast, one of the only two tea plantations in Europe: rows of green tea above the Atlantic at Porto Formoso.

A 16th-century fortress begun in 1552 to guard Ponta Delgada from corsairs, now home to the Azores Military Museum.

€25/day | Sym Jet 4 RX 50cc

Elephant’s Trunk, São Pedro Hole and the wild beauty of the Azorean coast.

From 6 years old! • 3 hours • No Experience Required!

From 6 years old! • 3 hours • Approximately 5km long!

From 10 years old! • 6 hours • Difficulty Level: Medium!

Starting at €90 | 4 Hours | Parties of 2 to 40 | Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island)

From 6 years old! • 3 hours • No Experience Required!

From 8 years old! • 4 hours • Difficulty Level: Medium!

Driver must be 18+ with EXPERIENCE • 3 hours 30 minutes • Explore Sete Cidades on a ATV/Quad

80€ per Adult | 40€ per Child | 7 Hours

From milking to cheese: follow life on a dairy farm in Flores, bottle-feed the calves and make your own cheese.

Portugal’s highest point rises 2,351 metres from the Atlantic: a supervised climb to the summit of Mount Pico, above the clouds.

In Furnas, on São Miguel, the volcano still cooks: steaming caldeiras, hot springs and the famous cozido buried in the earth since morning.

Above the twin lakes of Sete Cidades, the Boca do Inferno viewpoint frames the whole volcanic caldera of São Miguel.

The lava tube below Ponta Delgada, visited with a guide, one of the longest of the Azores.

The aquarium of Horta, on the bay of Porto Pim, with the marine life of the Azores.

The great volcanic cave of Graciosa, with its lake under the dome of rock.

The volcanic islet with its interior lagoon, off Vila Franca do Campo.

The garden of São Miguel, at the eastern tip of the island, with its great sea viewpoints.

The green terraces of São Jorge, between the cliff and the Atlantic.

The great feast of the Holy Spirit in the Azores, in the Impérios and the processions of Terceira.

A traditional pineapple plantation in the Azores, with its white glasshouses and small museum.

Europe’s oldest tea plantation, on the green north coast of São Miguel in the Azores.

Ponta Delgada’s sanctuary of the Holy Christ of Miracles, at the heart of the island’s greatest devotion.

The cathedral of Angra, in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Terceira.

A nineteenth-century garden on the shores of Lagoa das Furnas, with camellias, ferns and a gothic chapel.

A Victorian botanical garden in the centre of Ponta Delgada, with trees gathered from around the world.

Ponta Delgada’s historic market, with the fish, fruit and cheeses of the Azores on display.

A town on Pico island, facing Faial across the strait, at the heart of the Azores’ wine landscape.

The main town of São Jorge island in the Azores, between the sea and its green fajãs.

A town on the south-east coast of São Miguel, the first settlement of the island.

A historic town on São Miguel in the Azores, with a famous chapel and views over the islet.

A warm waterfall and thermal pools in the forest of São Miguel, surrounded by lush vegetation.

A historic garden in Furnas, with a thermal pool, rare trees and a collection of camellias.

A crater lake in the east of São Miguel, with steaming fumaroles, hot springs and a wooded shore.

The great volcanic crater at the centre of Faial, in the Azores, ringed by high green walls.

A volcanic chimney on Terceira that can be entered, with stalactites of silica and an underground lake.

A crater lake in the centre of São Miguel, one of the wildest and most beautiful places in the Azores.

The twin lakes of São Miguel, one blue and one green, set inside a vast volcanic crater in the Azores.

A sixteenth-century fortress on the edge of Angra do Heroísmo, part of the defences of the old Azorean capital.

The volcanic peninsula above Angra do Heroísmo, with the great fortress of São João Baptista and views over the bay.

A museum on the island of Santa Maria, in the Azores, with collections on the island’s history and ethnography.

A museum on the island of Graciosa, in the Azores, with collections on the island’s history, ethnography and whaling.

A museum in Calheta on the island of São Jorge, devoted to the composer Francisco de Lacerda and to the life of the island.

A regional museum in the old Jesuit college of Horta, with collections on the Azores, the sea and the Atlantic telegraph.

The whaling museum of Lajes do Pico, in the old boat sheds by the harbour, telling the story of the Azores’ whale hunters.

A regional museum in a former Franciscan convent in Angra do Heroísmo, covering the history of the Azores and the Atlantic.

The oldest museum in the Azores, the Museu Carlos Machado in Ponta Delgada spans art, sacred art, ethnography and natural history across several historic nuclei.

Rent a mountain bike and explore everything nature has to offer on wonderful Terceira Island!

4+ years old • 1.5 – 2 hours • Private • Max 5 people • OCEAN and SUNSET

4+ years old • 1 – 8 hours • Private • Max 5 people • POINT AND GO HOURLY

4+ years old • 1.5 – 2 hours • Private • Max 5 people • GREAT when FOGGY

MOST POPULAR • 4+ years old • 3 – 4 hours • Private • Max 5 people

This activity takes place in Fenais da Luz, one of the most authentic coastal parishes of São Miguel Island.

Driver must be 18+ • 3 hours 30 minutes • Explore Sete Cidades on a Buggy

Driver must be 18+ • 3hours 30 minutes • Explore Sete Cidades or Lagoa do Fogo on a Buggy or Quad

Driver must be 18+ • 7 hours • Explore Sete Cidades on a Buggy or a Quad

Driver must be 18+ • 3 hours • Explore Sete Cidades with a Sunset on a Buggy or Quad

Ages 6+! • 3 hours • Pico Vineyard Buggy Tour, Wild & Scenic!

Age 6+ • 2 hours • Casa da Montanha Buggy Tour, Scenic Ride!

Ages 6+! • 2 hours • Where cows smile and adventure begins!

Ages 6+! • 3 hours • Pico Off-Road Buggy, Wild & Fun Ride!

Active kayaking and snorkelling trip around the islet of Vila Franca do Campo, exploring caves and taking in views of the volcanic formation

All ages • 8 Hours • Delight in unique flavours and wines

All ages • 2-4 Hours • Experience a spectacular sunset

All ages • 10 Hours • Discover the blue island and be amazed by the volcano

All ages • 10 Hours • Be amazed by the natural landscape of São Jorge

All ages • 8 Hours • See Ilha do Pico more intimately (private guide and transport)

“Step back in time on a journey through the valley of the sleeping giants.”

This tour is an absolute must-experience because it is the only place on Earth where you can eat a meal literally cooked by the Earth’s volcanic heat and…

All ages • 8 Hours • Explore Portugal’s largest volcanic cave

All ages • 8 Hours • Discover the stunning landscape of Pico Island

Private half-day photography tour on São Miguel with a professional photographer and local guide, focusing on authentic, crowd-free locations.