The island, whose shape evokes an irregular pentagon, is dominated by a volcanic cone, a pebble that spreads gently and consists of secondary craters up to the sea. Its peak at Cabeço Gordo is 1 043 m.Known as the blue Island, because of the hydrangeas that bloom throughout the summer, Faial is known to mariners all over the world. The Azores stopover is located here, in the port of Horta, which welcomed everything that the sea counts for the long haul. Solitaires scrambled with the land, the fishing skippers, the crews of sports holidaymakers, exhausted crew will praise the soil finally found, records and manufacturers of dreams, all those who ever crossed the Atlantic to the sail experienced the mythical stopover of Faial. The port of Horta is the daily witness of these small and large exploits, and we talk about all languages by showing blanchis sourcils of the same salt. On the pontoons, small fragile hulls and sophisticated messengers are combined with no apparent jealousy.In Faial, the navigators leave their mark in the form of a mural on Horta Harbour. It's sometimes the name of a boat with a date, sometimes a real fresco that the wind and spray will erase, without the new arrivals being discouraged from taking in their turn brushes and colors to hang, beside a little old over time, their own graffiti.In Faial, you can decide to sit down at Horta and never move again. You can go and get the boats of those who were at the end of their dreams in the well-regulated ballet.

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Paysage de Faial. Associação de Turismo dos Açores
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