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From Ponta Delgada: 2-Day São Miguel Island West & East Tour
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From Ponta Delgada: 2-Day São Miguel Island West & East Tour

By iGoAzores Tours & Activities
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$204 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Visit a 100% natural tea plantation and a pineapple plantation
  • Join extra activities like a thermal bath in the Terra Nostra botanical garden
  • Surprise yourself with the unparalleled beauty of our landscapes
  • Taste the Azorean gastronomy through the option " Tour Including lunch"
  • Explore waterfalls in Ribeira dos Caldeirões Natural Park

Activity location

    • Ponta Delgada
    • Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Ponta Delgada
    • Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

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São Miguel: 2-Day Island Highlights Tour without Lunches
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Tour option without lunches

Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$203.73 x 1 AdultAU$203.73

Total
Price is AU$203.73
Until Sat, 28 Sept
São Miguel: 2-Day Island Highlights Tour including Lunches
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Tour option with 2 lunches included

Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$218.28 x 1 AdultAU$218.28

Total
Price is AU$218.28
Until Sat, 28 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPickup and drop-off in Ponta Delgada
  • What's includedWhat's included Air-conditioned transport
  • What's includedWhat's included 1 bottle of water
  • What's includedWhat's included Local storyteller
  • What's includedWhat's included 1 full-day tour of the east side of São Miguel
  • What's includedWhat's included 1 full-day tour of the west side of São Miguel
  • What's includedWhat's included 2 lunches (if option selected) - buffet and furnas stew with Vegetarian option available, alcoholic drinks, juices or water at lunch
  • What's includedWhat's included Pineapple and tea plantation visit with tastings
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fee for thermal bath (optional, purchased on-site)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Entrance fee for the stew cooking area (optional, purchased on-site)

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Luggage or large bags, Oversize luggage

What you can expect

Take advantage of two full-day tour pack at a special price and Join us to adventure the São Miguel island volcanoes route. Visit Furnas volcano, Sete Cidades volcano, Fogo volcano, Nordeste and much more.

IMPORTANT INFO: The tour takes place on 2 consecutive days and can start on the west or east side depending on the existing reservations

On the West Tour (Sete Cidades & Lagoa do Fogo), start by visiting a pineapple plantation followed by the most scenic viewpoint in the Azores, the “Vista do Rei” viewpoint on the edge of the volcanic crater, witness the beauty of the blue and green lake.

Descend inside the volcano, stop at the “Cerrado das Freiras” viewpoint and Sete Cidades parish. Here you will have free time to explore the picturesque parish, walk along the edge of the lake or enjoy a typical lunch if you have opted for the “Tour with lunch included” option. Next, stop at Escalvado viewpoint overlooking the ocean, Ponta da Ferraria and Mosteiros Islets.

Departure to the north coast, stop at Santa Barbara black sand beach. Explore Fogo volcano with a stop at the “Lagoa do Fogo” and “Pico da Barrosa” viewpoints. The last one offers wonderful views over the lagoon and the whole western part of the island. Return to the starting point.

On the East side Tour, discover Furnas volcano & Nordeste starting with a morning stop at one of the most beautiful viewpoints on the north coast of São Miguel, Santa Iria.

Enjoy a tea tasting by visiting one of the only two industrial tea factories in Europe. Admire all the beauty of the tea plantation, travelling through valleys and mountains where goats clean the bushes. This is not just any plantation, it is the last one in the world where no pesticides or fertilisers are used, being 100% natural.

Head to the “Parque Natural da Ribeira dos Caldeirões” in Nordeste, here, the nature lives! An old water mill park converted into a Natural Park of great beauty with its enormous waterfalls.

“Pico do Ferro” Viewpoint is our next spot to discover what awaits you by admiring the magnificent panoramic view of the interior of the Furnas volcano crater.

Visit the famous “Parque das Caldeiras” close to the lake and learn how the locals cook, using holes in the ground heated by volcanic heat.
Take advantage of this break at Lagoa das Furnas, for lunch (available in option: tour with lunch included).

Explore the place locally called “Mouth of the Volcano” where you will find hot spring, countless sources of mineral waters and stroll among boiling waters.
You can also enjoy a relaxing bath in the famous thermal pool “Parque Terra Nostra botanical garden”. Entrance is not included and can be purchased on site (€16 per person). This is one of the most beautiful gardens in Europe, and its orange waters are a global attraction.
The last stop will be in Vila Franca do Campo, which was the first capital of São Miguel, before its destruction in 1522.

Location

Activity location

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    • Ponta Delgada
    • Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Ponta Delgada
    • Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal