Sao Roque Trip Overview
Furnas is one of the most popular places on the island of S. Miguel. This tour will offer you what the island has most impressive when it comes to geological diversity, from its fumaroles to the volcanic calderas that offer landscapes never seen before!
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* Duration: 8 hours
* Starts: Sao Roque, Portugal
* Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Sao Roque, Azores, Portugal
Furnas is one of the most popular places on the island of S. Miguel. This tour will offer you what the island has most impressive when it comes to geological diversity, from its fumaroles to the volcanic calderas that offer landscapes never seen before!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Miradouro de Santa Iria, Porto Formoso, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Portugal
This viewpoint located in front of the Bay of Santa Iria, on the north coast of the island, has a view over the same coast and over the town of Porto Formoso in the vicinity of Ribeira Grande. The landscape from here is lush and green until it meets the sea.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Plantacoes de Cha Gorreana, Sao Miguel 9625-304 Portugal
Everyone probably knows that there is a long history surrounding tea, going back to China . In Europe, the known history of tea goes back to the 17th century. Working since 1883, it is the oldest tea plantation in Europe. The used plant – Camellia sinensis – for the green and black tea, was introduced in the island in 1750, brought by the ships returning from the East.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Caldeira das Furnas, Furnas, Povoacao, Sao Miguel 9675 Portugal
Caldeiras das Furnas is certainly on of the most visited places in the entire Azorean archipelago, contributing, in a lot, to this attraction, the various phenomena of active volcanism found in this locality.
Other attractions in this area are the sulfuric mud and the huge amount of water sources there. Some hot, others temperate or even cold or gasified, sprout from inside the rocks, side by side, to the delight of tourists. It is the power of Mother Nature to manifest itself with all its vigor.
Duration: 30 minutes
