Rui Baptista Photography
A Best Kept Secret
Pico Island’s population (just 15k inhabitants) live scattered along the coastline. In the interior of the island you can’t find a soul. Just happy cows grazing and enjoying an easy life from abundant pasture.
That’s a pity (or a blessing…) because you can find there beautiful spots, with an endless number of volcanoes, craters, lakes (a lot of crater lakes) and views to the sea and nearby islands. And green, a lot of green!
This amazingly beautiful lagoon is such an example. You won’t be able to see any references to it on guides or mentions to its existence on websites. Those are focused almost exclusively on the coastline and its (admittedly) beautiful landscapes/seascapes. If they only knew better…
From the vantage point where this shot was taken you have a magnificent view of the lagoon and its beautiful surroundings but, being so high (at clouds level!), you can see as well in the distance the blue ocean and the nearby S. Jorge Island (another of the nine Azorean islands).
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Pico Island, Azores, Portugal
You will find this one and other photos of mine in my new website:
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
A Best Kept Secret
Pico Island’s population (just 15k inhabitants) live scattered along the coastline. In the interior of the island you can’t find a soul. Just happy cows grazing and enjoying an easy life from abundant pasture.
That’s a pity (or a blessing…) because you can find there beautiful spots, with an endless number of volcanoes, craters, lakes (a lot of crater lakes) and views to the sea and nearby islands. And green, a lot of green!
This amazingly beautiful lagoon is such an example. You won’t be able to see any references to it on guides or mentions to its existence on websites. Those are focused almost exclusively on the coastline and its (admittedly) beautiful landscapes/seascapes. If they only knew better…
From the vantage point where this shot was taken you have a magnificent view of the lagoon and its beautiful surroundings but, being so high (at clouds level!), you can see as well in the distance the blue ocean and the nearby S. Jorge Island (another of the nine Azorean islands).
*****
Pico Island, Azores, Portugal
You will find this one and other photos of mine in my new website:
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.