San Miguel at the beginning of the 2017

” Map of Sao Miguel “

” Where are the Azores islands? “

The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archiprlago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about 1,360 km (850 mi) west of continental Portugal, about 1,643 km (1,021 mi) west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about 1,507 km (936 mi) northwest of Marocco, and about 1,925 km (1,196 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. 

Its main industries are agriculture, daily farming, livestock, fishing, and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region. In addition, the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The main capital of the Azores is Ponta Delgada.

Me and my friend Lucrezia we decided to do a trip in the Azores in the main Island Sao MIguel even if the period wasn’t the best because in January is very raining but the flight were so chep around 35€ go and come back that we decided to do it. And there we were very lucky to met a guy that he rent a car otherwise we couldn’t travel around the island by our self, I mean there are the buses but they are not going every where and everytime.

Day 1  – Friday 27.01.2017

( Night at: The Nook Hostel )

Me and Lucrezia we woke up early and we took the train to Lisbon and at 11:00 am the flight depart to Ponta Delgada with Tap Portugal and we landed at 12:25 am. One we arrived there we had the lunch at Burger king and we did the check in at the hostel and than we started to walk around the city to explore it and we figured out that without a car was almost imposible visit the island so we talked with different tour organizer but we couldn’t fin a solution. When we went back to the Hostel we ask at the reception and they told us that a Spanish guy just rented a car so we went to ask him if we coul join him and as well comes an other Spanish guy so we make a group of four to travel around the island we were very lucky. And we had a dinner at “Casa de Rosa” Restaurant.

Day 2 – Saturday 28.01.2017

( Night at: The Nook Hostel )

The second day we went with the two Spanish guys from the Hostel into the car in the direction Tea plantation in the nord of the Island and than we went to Lagoa das Furnas exploring all the area around it was amaizing never saw something like that in my life. And after for the sunset we arrived at Lagoa do Fogo even more amazing with the sunset. In the evening when the sun goes down we come back to the Hostel and we had a dinner at ” Taberna Acor ” Restaurant.

Day 3 – Sunday 29.01.2017

( Night at: The Nook Hostel )

We woke up early in the morning and we went to the west coast of the island fist we stopped at the Termas Ferraria amaizing scenario, than we went to visit the Lagoa das sete cidades the best one in Sao Miguel and today supposed to be the best weather but unfortunately was too foggy that we couldn’t even seen the lake, barely nothing. We stopped at the Hotel Abandonado to take few pictures and that’s it and we went in the nord west coast to visit the little villages and the ocean by the beach. And than we went at ” A Tasca ” Restaurant near to our Hostel.

Day 4 – Monday 30.01.2017

( Night at: The Nook Hostel )

We woke up we had a breakfast all together at the Hostel and than all four we went to Isolate de Villa Franca but just to see it because we didn’t had enought time to visit and take the boat, we stopped at well at the Igreja de Sao MIguel Arcanjo just in front of the island, and than we proceed to east visit the Terra nostra natural park we had a lunch out of there and we spent few hours at the garden absolutely beautiful. On the way back to the hostel we stopped at the Upside – Down house in Furnas and we went back and we stpped . For the dinner we went gaain at ” A Tasca ” Restaurant that we really liket and I can say that we had everynight a very good typical dinner and absolutely not expensive.

DAY 5 – Tuesday 31.01.2017

We woke up later and we definately chill we walked around the city as we did it the first day taking pictures and having lunch again at the Mcdonald’s and than we grab our staff and we went to the airpot that the departure was at 5:35 pm and we landed in Lisbon T2 at 8:55 pm with Rayanair, we found a bit of turbolence but arrived safe and than we took the train as usual to Tomar and we arrived at home around mid night.