Full-Day Tour in the Top Stunning places in Terceira Island

oísmo, as well as over the island of Terceira. From this point it is possible to observe several volcanic systems.

Sometimes you can find Whale spotters working here.

g the southwest coast of the island, where during the Second World War a lookout post was created. In addition, this is an area chosen for nesting by some sea birds, including seagulls

and its bay, as well as the Fort of São Sebastião, the Fortress of São João Baptista, Monte Brasil, the Serra do Morião and the Serra da Ribeirinha.

Visitors can observe city of Angra do Heroísmo and the Goat islet. In good weather the islands of S. Jorge and Pico are visible

flow originating from a volcanic eruption of Algar do Carvão, in the interior of the island of Terceira (10 Km away), are the Ilhéus das Cabras, a special area of protection for sea birds included in the Natural Park of Terceira.

Fishing port of Vila do Porto Judeu. From here it is possible to see the ruins of the Fort of Santo António, in a dominant position on the coast, it constituted a fortification intended to defend this anchorage against attacks by pirates and privateers, which were formerly frequent in this region.

of São Sebastião, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo. It is a historic bay as it was the stage for the famous Batalha da Salga, a dispute that took place on July 25, 1581 between a Castilian military landing force and the troops that, in the name of D. António I of Portugal, pretender to the throne of Portugal they defended the island Terceira in opposition to the personal union with Castile, in the context of the crisis of succession of 1580.

The lighthouse of Contendas was established on February 1, 1934. It is located at Ponta das Contendas to the SE of Terceira Island. The lighthouse tower is 13 meters high, with an altitude of 54 meters.

la isla Terceira) was a military operation carried out on 26 and 27 July 1583 by a Castilian force, commanded by D. Álvaro de Bazán, marquis of Santa Cruz de Mudela, which put an end to the resistance of Terceira to the dominion of Philip II of Castile.

The festivities of Espírito Santo are part of the soul of the Azoreans! This secular cult enhances the experience of truly humanistic and supportive attitudes and values, such as the distribution of food to the poorest, the meals offered to all people and the conviviality between neighbors and friends, always accompanied by the music of the moment and the traditional and tasty snacks.

You can appreciate the bay of Praia da Vitória and the interior plain of the island, divided by walls of volcanic stone known as “patchwork”.

offer good conditions for leisure, being considered one of the favorite places for diving lovers. One of the favorite places for visitors and inhabitants of the island.

ty of Praia da Vitória.Its name comes from the fact that, initially, at this point a fire was kept burning every night, with the function of warning light to navigation.

ago, next to Lajes International Airport and Lajes Air Base, city of Praia da Vitória and was built in memory of World War II and the person of General Humberto delgado .

encloses and its geological characteristic, since it is a break by sinking the surrounding rock plate. This fajã located on the north coast of Terceira island by the sea, in an area known as Biscoito de Agualva, is formed by lava fields and high cliffs.

This viewpoint overlooks the land and the sea on the high coast of Quatro Ribeiras, offering aggressive cliffs and cliffs lashed by the North Sea. This viewpoint thus allows the observation of part of the special conservation area located in its vicinity and in particular of the great geomorphological complexity of the old coastal lava fields, river valleys, rocky bottom bays with basaltic formations of interest and semi-submerged caves.

ed in the parish of Biscoitos, originated by the ancient volcanic eruptions that also formed the fields where the Verdelho wine vineyards are cultivated. These natural pools are used as a bathing area. Therefore, they are drained of lava that, when they come into contact with sea water and with the differences in depth, gave rise to curious geological formations that marine abrasion, over time, has been in charge of accentuating.

a, as it represents, in short, the essence of insularity. From the land plowed by the sea to the observation of other islands in the archipelago, this viewpoint presents the perfect symbiosis between man, the island and the sea.

It is a viewpoint erected on top of a huge precipice over the sea, on the coast of Serreta, close to Farol da Serreta. In the 19th century, the site of the current viewpoint was used as a whale watching spot due to the excellent visibility over the sea.

Serra de Santa Bárbara is located in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, in the extreme west of Terceira island. It consists of the remains of an inactive volcano - the largest on the island - which rises to 1,021 meters above sea level. For this reason, it is still the largest cloud dew point on the island, forming its own hydrographic basin.

They are constituted in a fumarolic field, that is to say, in an area that comprises several outlets of aggressive volcanic gases, at various temperatures, some quite high (about 95º C on the surface and about 130º C at half a meter in depth). Such degassings are essentially composed of carbon dioxide (c. 95%), hydrogen sulphide (c. 3%), sulfurous gas, hydrogen, nitrogen, methane and others, in very low proportions.

It is characterized by being halfway between the interior of the island and the sea, over a large rocky area in the area of Veredas, offering a panoramic view over the flat lands from the parish of Terra chã, São Pedro and Cinco Ribeiras. In the distance, Monte Brasil and the Serra de Santa Barbara volcano stand out.