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EXPERIENCE The Azores

Walkway covered with
paintings at Horta
marina, Faial island

7 planes over the centuries. Centro de Interpretação do
Today, visiting crews crossing
Vulcão dos Capelinhos, where
Faial between the Caribbean and multimedia displays trace the
Mediterranean paint a calling area’s geo logical activity.
! B5 ~ 10 km (6 miles) SW
of Horta g Horta @ Rua card on the quayside and Museu de Scrimshaw
Vasco da Gama, Horta cele brate their safe passage
n Rua Vasco da Gama, in Peter’s Café Sport, which " ⌂ Peter’s Café Sport, Rua
José Azevedo 9, Horta § 292
overlooks the harbour. In the
Horta; 292 292 237
upstairs rooms of the café, the 292 327 # Mon–Sat
Faial was settled by Flemish Museu de Scrimshaw exhibits
farmers in the 15th century engraved whales’ bones and Museu da Horta
and prospered with the devel­ teeth dating back to 1884. In " ⌂ Largo Duque D’Ávila e
opment of Horta harbour as a the Museu da Horta, displays Bolama § 292 392 784
stopover for ships and – more of antique furniture, portraits, # Apr–Sep: 10am–5:30pm
recently – flying boats crossing nautical memorabilia and Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar: 9:30am–
the Atlantic. Today it is a fer tile nostalgic photographs of the 5pm Tue–Sun ¢ Public hols
island with a mild climate. It is island’s port are upstaged by
known around the world as a miniature sculp tures of liners Centro de Interpretação
yachting destin ation, and for and scenes of daily life, pains­ do Vulcão dos Capelinhos
the endless rows of colourful takingly carved from the ' ⌂ Farol dos Capelinhos
hydrangeas that bloom in white pith of fig trees. § 292 200 470 # Apr–Oct:
June and July. Two viewpoints overlook 10am–6pm daily; Nov–Mar:
Stretching around a wide Horta: to its south rises the 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, 2–5:30pm
bay, Faial’s capital Horta has volcanic peak of Monte da Sat & Sun
been a con venient anchorage Guia, while the northern
for caravels, clippers and sea Mira douro da Espalamaca is
guarded by a huge statue of 8
Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
Faial’s other spectacular Flores
Did You Know? natural sight is the Vulcão dos ! A5 ~ 1km (half a mile)
Capelinhos in the far west of N of Santa Cruz g Lajes
Hydrangeas have blue the island. A volcano erupted @ Centro de Saúde, Santa
flowers when grown in here in 1957–8, smothering Cruz n Rua Dr Armas da
acidic soil, but produce a lighthouse that can now be Silveira 1, Santa Cruz; 292
pink blooms in alkaline seen buried in ash. Around it 592 369
conditions. lies a scorched and barren
landscape. The story of the The island of “Flowers” is a
eruption is told in the nearby roman tic outpost that was not
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