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In the Azores, each city tells you a piece of history of the archipelago. And on the rough sea are still shadows of ships filled with treasures from the Americas ….

Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel)

Ponta Delgada in Sao Miguel, “capital” of the Azores and the seat of government, contains homes from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with its narrow passageways The port was a fuel stop between Europe and America. Visit of Gonçalo Velho Cabral, the fort of Sao Bras, the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Esperança which houses the Christ of Miracles and São Sebastião church built in the sixteenth century, famous for its Manuelinee. The main museum of the Azores is Carlos Machado Museum.

Angra do Heroismo (Terceira)

On Terceira, the city of Angra do Heroismo is listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its architecture a blend of Portuguese, Brazilian, British and American … The entire bottom of a bay dominated by the slopes of Monte Brazil. It is in the port of this city that galleons sailed to the Americas. This is where Vasco da Gama met his brother in 1499, after their first trip to India. The most famous climb is on the Monte Brasil to see one of the most scenic port,  for the least courageous go to the extreme south of the street Sao Joao de Deus, the top of the viola da Memoria. Angra has a museum devoted to its history and that of the archipelago.

Terceira

On Terceira in the village of the same name, you can admire the chapels of the Manueline style of the Renaissance and Gothic Church of São Sebastião dating back to the sixteenth century.

The church of Santa Barbara (Sao Jorge)

Do not miss, Sao Jorge, the church of Santa Barbara, in the village of Manadas. This is the most beautiful of the archipelago with its ceiling tiles and cedar decorated with sculptures naive.

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