Tag: Sao Miguel
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Discovering the Azores: Nordeste Area, Sao Miguel
Our final tour in the Azores took us to the Nordeste area of Sao Miguel, on the northeastern part of the island. Cesar picked us up in the morning and took us to our first stop at Cerâmica Vieira Lagoa, a 150 year old ceramics factory that produces the signs that adorn many buildings and…
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Discovering the Azores: Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel
After a day touring Furnas Valley, we were excited to see more of Sao Miguel. Our second tour with Azorean Tours would take us to the western end of the island to Sete Cidades. The Sete Cidades volcano occupies 110 square kilometres on the extreme western portion of Sao Miguel, with two crater lakes known…
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Discovering the Azores: Furnas Valley, Sao Miguel
The first half of our trip to Portugal was spent in the Azores, an autonomous archipelago in the North Atlantic composed of nine volcanic islands. Over the course of four days, we toured around Sao Miguel, the largest and most populated island. We flew on Azores Airlines (Sata) via an overnight flight which took us…
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