Azores Travel Information
Travel Activities Archive
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Hiking Trails on Pico Island
Lava Trail (6 km) – Difficulty: Medium This track connects Santana to Lajido. The Lava Trail runs through a UNESCO World Heritage Site characterized by the unique shapes and forms of Pico’s lava fields. On this trail, the hiker is surrounded by vineyards as far... -
Whaling Museum – Museu dos Baleeiros – Lajes do Pico
Lajes do Pico was the first settlement on the island of Pico, in the Azores, and became an important commercial fishing port and whaling center for many centuries. Its old stone houses with their long balconies bear testimony to the village’s opulent past. Culturally, whaling... -
Travel Video – Fishing for Blue Marlin
Reeling in a Blue Marlin on a big game sport fishing trip in the Azores. -
Travel Video – Encounter with a Sperm Whale
A whale watching encounter with a Sperm Whale filmed in the Azores near Pico and Faial.