{"id":58732,"date":"2026-10-13T15:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&p=58732"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:06:13","slug":"plantacao-de-ananas-augusto-arruda","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/sv\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/azores-region\/plantacao-de-ananas-augusto-arruda\/","title":{"rendered":"Planta\u00e7\u00e3o de Anan\u00e1s Augusto Arruda"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the parish of Faj\u00e3 de Baixo, on the edge of Ponta Delgada, the plantation of Augusto Arruda keeps alive the art of growing Azorean pineapples. Under long white glasshouses the fruit ripens slowly through the months, and visitors can walk the rows, learn the cycle of the plant and taste the pineapple at its source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History and character<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pineapples came to the Azores in the nineteenth century, and the islanders learned to grow them under glass, in white-washed houses that capture and spread the heat of the sun. The Arruda family plantation is one of the historic houses of that trade, and it keeps the methods of the traditional cultivation \u2014 including the smoking of the houses with wood to encourage the plants to flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to discover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n