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The Azores Green Crater · Azores
The Atlantic's green secret
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The Atlantic's green secret
The Azores Green Crater · Azores
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Find things to do in Azores Talk to a specialistWhy you’ll love it
Crater lakes, hot springs, and hydrangea roads to nowhere. A GoSmart specialist tailors the route, the stays, and the pace to you.
Why it works
You climb the last of the crater rim and the cloud parts to show two lakes far below, one blue, one green, cupped inside an old volcano and ringed by hydrangeas. The wind smells of wet earth and cattle, and a break in the weather here feels like a gift you did not earn.
Worth knowing
The weather is famously changeable and can turn several times in a day, so keep your itinerary flexible and layer up. The high viewpoints cloud over fast, so grab the clear windows when they come.
In Furnas, try the cozido, a stew slow-cooked for hours in the volcanic ground, and soak in the warm mineral pools afterward. A rental car is the only real way to reach the craters and the coast.
Between roughly April and October you can join boat trips to see resident and migrating whales offshore, which is one of the archipelago's quiet highlights.
About the place
The Azores are Portugal's mid-Atlantic islands, volcanic and impossibly green, with Sao Miguel the largest and easiest to explore. Think crater lakes, natural hot springs, and pastures that run right down to the sea.
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