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Faial Half Day from the Horta Ferry: Caldeira, Capelinhos, Sea Pools

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Faial Island
Your guide Ramiro, ready to welcome you with hospitality and show you the best of Faial Island.
Faial Island: Half Day Tour
Nossa Senhora da Conceição Viewpoint. From this location, you have the best view of the city of Horta and 3 neighboring islands.
Faial Caldera. We go through a tunnel and it seems like we have entered another reality.
Miradouro da Ponta furada, a place where you can observe crystal clear waters and the erosion of the coast.
View to Pico Island from Caldeira do Faial.
Caldeira do Faial, on this day we were treated to a beautiful spectacle with the clouds entering and leaving the crater. It is, without a doubt, something worth seeing and losing words for.
Luxurious, comfortable and discreet are the characteristics of our van. Travel in style and of course, in comfort.
Faial Caldera. Inside we can see its intermittent lake. It used to be a permanent lake but something has changed in the last few decades, come and find out what has changed.
Horta Marina, the 4th busiest in the world. The walls are filled with paintings made by sailors who pass by. This place is an authentic open-air gallery.
A family enjoying a beautiful sunny day at the Capelinhos Volcano.
Capelinhos Volcano.

Built for people crossing over for the day. The van meets the ferry at Horta, so a few hours between boats is enough for what Faial is known by. The Caldeira is the centre of it, about 2,000 metres across, seven kilometres round the rim and 400 metres deep. The island came out of it. Capelinhos is the other end of the story: grey sand against green hills and blue water, and the reason people call the place lunar. Between the two, Monte da Guia, a volcanic cone with two semicircular craters and a view straight down onto Porto Pim and Horta. Then the Nossa Senhora da Conceição viewpoint, with the old town and the bay on one side and Praia do Almoxarife on the other, Pico across the channel with the highest mountain in Portugal on it, and on a cloudless day São Jorge and Graciosa as well. The road up to the Caldeira runs above Flamengos, the only parish on Faial that touches no sea, shut in by mountains and volcanoes. The last stop is the natural pools at Porto do Comprido, basalt shaped when lava went into the water and set.

What's included

  • Mineral water
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Round-trip transportation to the hotel
  • Bilingual guide (Portuguese and English)
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  • You can choose between a semi-private tour or a private tour.
  • Professional and experienced guide, native to Faial Island

Itinerary

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Av. 25 de Abril, Horta

Av. 25 de Abril, Horta, Portugal

The meeting point at the ferry station is outside, beside the glass exit door. There is a square with a taxi rank right at the exit. Your guide waits there in a grey Opel van.

  1. Monte Da Guia Walking Trail

    Monte da Guia is a volcanic cone with two semicircular craters. From up there the Porto Pim beach and the town of Horta are both below you.

  2. Miradouro de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

    The Nossa Senhora da Conceição monument, with the old centre of the town and the bay of Horta on one side and Praia do Almoxarife on the other. Pico is across the channel, with Pico Mountain, the highest point in Portugal. On days without cloud, São Jorge and Graciosa are visible too.

  3. Flamengos

    The road to the Caldeira do Faial runs above the parish of Flamengos and looks down over all of it. Flamengos is the only parish on the island with no sea anywhere around it, shut in by mountains and volcanoes.

  4. Caldeira

    The Caldeira, in the middle of the island, is the true ex-libris of Faial. One of the largest volcanic craters in the Azores and the origin of the island itself: about 2,000 metres across, seven kilometres round and 400 metres deep.

  5. Capelinhos

    Capelinhos, one of the best known volcanic sites in the Atlantic and certainly in the Azores. The ground looks lunar, and the grey of the sand runs up against the green of the hills with the sea and the sky behind.

  6. We will visit the Natural Pools of Porto do Comprido

    The natural pools at Porto do Comprido, basalt basins formed when incandescent lava ran into the sea and set.

Av. 25 de Abril, Horta

Av. 25 de Abril, Horta, Portugal

Good to know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please share your number OF WhatsApp to facilitate communication
  • Perfect for guests who are in Pico: explore the Faial, enjoy the Horta and return the same day!
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  • If you travel with luggage, you don’t have to worry, the trolley has plenty of space to accommodate everything with comfort, so you can enjoy the experience to the fullest.
  • Up to 8 travelers per booking.
  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
  • Guiding available in: pt, en.

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