Places to visit in Azores, Portugal
14 places to visit in Azores, Portugal, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Angra do Heroísmo, Pico Island Vineyards, Corvo and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Azores volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 7 Famous places to visit · 5 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Azores (2)
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Angra do Heroísmo
The old port town of Terceira island in the Azores, a stopover for Atlantic ships from the 15th century. Its colourful streets, churches and forts make it a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Pico Island Vineyards
A landscape on Pico in the Azores where vines grow in small walled plots of black volcanic rock, called currais. The pattern of stone walls running down to the sea is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in Azores (7)
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Corvo
The smallest and northernmost island of the Azores, with about 430 inhabitants. A huge caldera crater called Caldeirão fills most of its interior. Its single village, Vila do Corvo, sits on a small lava plain beside the sea.
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Faial
An island in the central Azores whose town of Horta is a famous port of call for yachts crossing the Atlantic. Its volcanic landscape includes the Capelo peninsula and the crater of Caldeira.
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Flores
The westernmost island of the Azores and of Europe apart from nearby Corvo. It is known for its waterfalls, crater lakes and the hydrangeas that line its roads. Its small capital is Santa Cruz das Flores, and the coast is cut by steep sea cliffs and sheltered coves.
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Pico Island
An island in the central Azores dominated by the volcano Mount Pico. It is known for its black lava vineyards, whale watching and old whaling heritage. The summit of the volcano reaches 2,351 metres, the highest point in all of Portugal.
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Santa Maria
The southernmost and oldest island of the Azores, with a dry sunny climate unusual for the archipelago. It is known for its white sand beaches and terraced vineyards. The main town is Vila do Porto, and the island is a short flight from Ponta Delgada.
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São Miguel
The largest island of the Azores, known as the Green Island. It has crater lakes, hot springs, tea plantations and the main city of Ponta Delgada. Its western end holds the twin crater lakes of Sete Cidades, one blue and one green.
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Terceira
A volcanic island in the central Azores, home to the old port town of Angra do Heroísmo. It has lava tubes, a crater with a sulphur cave and a strong tradition of bull running in the streets.
Hidden gems in Azores (5)
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Capelinhos
A volcanic landscape on the western tip of Faial in the Azores, formed by an eruption that lasted from 1957 to 1958. It added new land to the island and buried a lighthouse, which can still be visited.
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Graciosa
A small volcanic island in the northern Azores, called the White Island. It has a large crater with a spiral staircase into a lava cave, and windmills and vineyards in the countryside.
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Lagoa do Fogo
A crater lake inside the Agua de Pau stratovolcano in the centre of Sao Miguel island in the Azores. It is the highest lake on the island, and the area around it is protected by law.
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São Jorge
A long narrow island in the central Azores, about 55 kilometres from end to end. It is known for its steep cliffs, coastal fajãs and the cheese made on the island. Most of the roads run along the ridge, with long views over the sea toward Pico and Graciosa.
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Terra Nostra Park
A botanical garden in Furnas, on the Azorean island of Sao Miguel. Trees and plants from many regions grow around a large pond with iron rich, orange brown thermal water that visitors can swim in.
Collecting in Azores
What are the best places to visit in Azores?
LOQAH lists 14 places in Azores. The best known include Angra do Heroísmo, Pico Island Vineyards, Corvo, Faial and Flores. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Azores?
14, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Azores?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Azores before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Azores and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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