Prepare for landing
Visiting the Azores means travelling. The 9 islands of the archipelago are relatively small and when you want to see more then one Island, you'll need to travel. Sometimes by an internal flight, sometimes by boat. Here you see the first glimpse of Faial, just before landing. Ilha do Faial, with the main 'city' Horta, is completely different from the more charming Ilha do Terceira. The nature on Faial is much wilder and the Island is dominated by the large volcano crater called Caldeira. On te West coast you'll see a large area with volcanic ashes (at Capelinhos) due to the volcanic eruptions in 1957 en 1958 and especially the East side of the island has suffered severely from earthqakes (the last one in 1998) of which the effects are still visible. Faial has approximately 15.000 inhabitants. More to come soon...
Prepare for landing
Visiting the Azores means travelling. The 9 islands of the archipelago are relatively small and when you want to see more then one Island, you'll need to travel. Sometimes by an internal flight, sometimes by boat. Here you see the first glimpse of Faial, just before landing. Ilha do Faial, with the main 'city' Horta, is completely different from the more charming Ilha do Terceira. The nature on Faial is much wilder and the Island is dominated by the large volcano crater called Caldeira. On te West coast you'll see a large area with volcanic ashes (at Capelinhos) due to the volcanic eruptions in 1957 en 1958 and especially the East side of the island has suffered severely from earthqakes (the last one in 1998) of which the effects are still visible. Faial has approximately 15.000 inhabitants. More to come soon...