Vila Franca do Campo Trip Overview
Nordeste is a village situated on the north-east of the Island, is often referred to as the most beautiful of the amazing São Miguel Island, on the wonderful Azores Archipelago. The region is also famous for its lovely gardens and the flowered streets and roads, filled with natural beauty and an exuberant vegetation,
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* Duration: 8 hours
* Starts: Vila Franca do Campo, Portugal
* Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Full-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Vila Franca do Campo, Azores, Portugal
Nordeste is a village situated on the north-east of the Island, is often referred to as the most beautiful of the amazing São Miguel Island, on the wonderful Azores Archipelago. The region is also famous for its lovely gardens and the flowered streets and roads, filled with natural beauty and an exuberant vegetation,
Itinerary
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Stop At: Miradouro de Santa Iria, Porto Formoso, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Portugal
Viewpoint to the North coast of the island of São Miguel, in this place, we can see a large part of the north coast and the three mountains that make up the island of São Miguel (Sete Cidades, Pico da Barrosa and Pico da Vara).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plantacoes de Cha Gorreana, Sao Miguel 9625-304 Portugal
Located in Gorreana, the Gorreana tea factory that has been operating since 1883, being a family business, has passed from generation to generation and withstood different crises. It is the largest tea factory in São Miguel, where it produces various types of tea, in which Green Tea and Black Tea (Pekoe, Orange Pekoe and Broken Leaf), are the most appreciated by locals and visitors. It is possible to visit and explore the facilities and get to know the whole process and preparation of tea and enjoy a cup of tea at the end of the visit. There is a trail through the plantation where you can get to know Gorreana’s tea plantations better.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Parque Natural da Ribeira dos Caldeiroes, Estrada Regional Achada, 011, Sao Miguel 9630-024 Portugal
It is a park / garden that allows the visitor to get to know a beautiful waterfall that is close to the cascade of the Ribeira dos Caldeirões, in this park it is possible to visit some water mills, where people used to go to take the corn to grinding it is possible to take a relaxing walk through the park.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Nordeste, Nordeste, Sao Miguel, Azores
The Northeast is a village and the smallest municipality of São Miguel, the majority of its population lives essentially from services and agriculture, when we reach the Northeast area we are escaped by peace, tranquility and the beauty of its viewpoints, park and road, in which the majority are well decorated, flowery and cared for. In the center of the Northeast we can visit the Church, the bridge and explore on foot a little of the daily life of the local population.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Farol do Arnel, Rua Ribeira Do Ferreiro 117, Nordeste, Sao Miguel 9630-000 Portugal
Located at the tip of the Arnel, the tip that is more northeast of the island of São Miguel, a lighthouse was built with the name of this rocky tip in the 19th century and that continues to function, with the purpose of helping maritime navigation is undoubtedly the most picturesque lighthouse of São Miguel, at the same time we can see the small fishing port and part of the island’s coast.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro da Ponta do Sossego, En1-1a, Nordeste, Sao Miguel 9681 Portugal
Place of choice for local people for picnics and barbecues and also to watch the sunrise, due to its ornamental beauty being properly cleaned and taken care of, it has small viewpoints, where we can see and enjoy a beautiful view over the sea and coast of the island São Miguel, as well as a little of the fajã do Araújo and its beach.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pico Longo Viewpoint, Er 1 1 Nosso Senhor dos Remédios, Povoacao, Sao Miguel 9650 Portugal
Another magnificent view that we can have in São Miguel, where we can see the size of the caldera of an and now extinct volcano, as well as the different hills whose local population is building their homes, we can also see the highest point of São Miguel
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Caldeira das Furnas, Furnas, Povoacao, Sao Miguel 9675 Portugal
Located in the village of Furnas, the boilers and fumaroles provide an unforgettable experience, not only for its atmosphere, but for the sulfur odors, the noise that comes from the boilers, the steam that comes out of them, but also due to the high number of different springs of water, which can be, carbonated, iron, sour or even hot. Many locals enjoy this place, not only for its waters, but also for the small traditional trade with different local delicacies and not only, with corn being boiled in one of the boilers chosen by the majority of the population.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Lagoa das Furnas, Estrada Regional Do Sul, Lagoa Das Furnas Caldeiras Das Furnas, Sao Miguel 9675 Portugal
Mandatory stop by the Furnas Lake, not only for the landscape around the lake, also for the existence of fumaroles and where a place where it is possible to cook typical Azorean cuisine on volcanic soil with high temperatures, where one of the most popular dishes made by the locals and by those who visit us is made, which is Furnas stew. Where you can watch the pans being removed from under the floor and then transported to different restaurants.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Nossa Senhora da Paz, Rua da Paz, Vila Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel 9680 Portugal
Located in Vila Franca do campo, the Chapel or chapel Nª Senhora da Paz, has a viewpoint with a magnificent and panoramic view over Vila franca do Campo, from where you can see several pineapple plantations, bananas, the islet of Vila Franca do Campo and sometimes the island of Sta Maria, it is also possible to visit the chapel.
Duration: 20 minutes
