Stay : The Azores, a botanical paradise
One can imagine a "botanical" tour, to admire the luxuriant vegetation that the mild and humid climate of the Azores favours all year round. Nature lovers, to your reservations!
Summary of the stay
Best time to go
10 days
€€ - Charm and comfort
Detail of the stay : The Azores, a botanical paradise - 10 days
Day 1: São Miguel
Steps: Furnas, Pico Da Vara
Walk in the Pico da Vara nature reserve and in the botanical park of Furnas.
Day 2: Towards Terceira
Steps: Angra Do Heroísmo
Transfer to Terceira. The public garden of Angra do Heroísmo offers many lush plants and a unique atmosphere.
Day 3: Serra de Santa Barbara
Steps: Serreta, Serra De Santa Bárbara
Walk to Serreta and then walk to Serra de Santa Barbara.
Day 4: Towards Horta
Transfer to Horta on Faial island. The city botanical garden deserves the visit: the endemic vegetation of the archipelago is very well represented.
JARDIN BOTANIQUE
Day 5: Villages of Faial
Steps: Horta
Visit of the villages around Horta, which abounds with famous Hydrangeas on the island.
Day 6: Pico
Steps: Pico
Transfer to Pico and journey on the road from the inside, which crosses the east island in west between carpets of foam, camellias and many endemic plants.
Day 7: Ascension of the volcano
The brave aventureront in an ascent of the volcano, the heights of which have a very specific flora.
Day 8: São Jorge
Steps: São Jorge
Transfer to São Jorge. Descent to fajãs with lush vegetation and splendid flowers. It is these flat and fertile subsidence that have been developed in terraces so typical of traditional Azores.
Day 9: Flores Flores
Transfer to Flores, the island of flowers.
Day 10: Fazenda Forest Park
Steps: Fazenda De Santa Cruz
Visit of the forest park of Fazenda and the Fajã of Lopo Vaz.
PARC FORESTIER DE FAZENDA
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