Full Day Guided Tour Of The Northeast In São Niguel, Azores – Lunch Included

We start the day in the morning at your hotel. Then we head towards the Northeast through several villages, a village and a Portuguese municipality on the island of São Miguel, Autonomous Region of the Azores, with an area of ​​101.51 km² and 4 937 inhabitants (2011 ), subdivided into 9 parishes. The municipality is limited to the south by the municipality of Povoação and to the west by Ribeira Grande and has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east.

There are many tourist attractions in the Northeast, such as the Ponta do Sossego viewpoint, Ponta da Madrugada viewpoint, Serra da Tronqueira, Arnel lighthouse, Caldeirões Natural Park, among other viewpoints that allow panoramic views of the sea.

The Northeast is well known for its vegetation and beautiful flowers such as hydrangeas or azaleas that adorn the roads of the municipality.

Here is located Pico da Vara, the highest point on the island of São Miguel, with an altitude of about 1100 meters. Its relief is mountainous, cut by streams that slide through the vegetation.

With an approximate extension of 1982 hectares, it incorporates a large amount of endemic and typical Macaronesian vegetation, as well as a whole set of rare and valuable flora. Priolo, the island’s endemic bird, finds its habitat here.
in the middle of the tour we stopped to have typical Azorean food.

Duration: approx. 7:00 am to 8:00 am