No, this is not an elite resort, but the most simple portuguese village. In the evenings - silence. Instead of premium hotels - private houses, even in high season, destroyed at extremely humane prices. Restaurants are almost all family. In the best guests, even the bill is not brought, the waiter just writes a handle on paper tablecloth the cost of dishes, and then folds the numbers in the column.
The ocean is, but it is cold, Atlantic, and for swimming is not particularly suitable. The only association, fully appropriate, is endless green meadows, on which black and white burenks graze. Although the archipelago is considered a single autonomous region of Portugal, among themselves, residents of different islands practically do not communicate. And the case is not at all in the desire to alienate. Just arranged the islands from each other at an impressive distance, and the plane, if neither twist, is not the cheapest view of the transport. Tourists gathered to the azors most often make a choice in favor of the densely populated San Miguel. We went to Teresaire - the most authentic island of the archipelago.
The Cathedral of the Holy Savior in Angra do Eroshma is one of the main attractions
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I look at you and surprise
"Here is your car!" - Smiling Portuguese has pronounced from the airport. Inspection of the vehicle rented by us - the second shock for the first half an hour on the island. The first was huge, to a funny ridiculous paper statue of a pigeon in the arrival hall - a symbol of the Holy Spirit's cult. Locals believe that he protects the islands from the storms, and therefore, a miniature color chapels in his honor are elevated and waters pigeons figurines. The larger the bird, the higher its magical properties, so it is logical that a pistol with a pterosaur size in the Teresair airport is painted. However, as we have convinced a few minutes later, the size here matters not only in matters of household superstitions. The car, which was issued to us, was a giant jeep with an open trunk for transportation of livestock. Other cars on Teresaire do not find, because most of the inhabitants of the island are engaged in cattle breeding, tourism is for them - by-business.
The Gruuta Di Bossea cave is in Zherel extinct volcano
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Under the sky blue
It is believed that the name of the islands - Azores - originated from the word "azure", and, when you get to the first place with a panoramic view, you understand: it definitely characterizes local landscapes. Wherever it looks, everywhere the blue waves of the ocean, merging with the blue sky, and shrill green fields, discharged by low stone fences, - so the landowners of Teresaire for centuries denoted the boundaries of their territories. The main entertainment for tourists is a lot of hayking. The trails go straight through pastures, but the cows on the appearance of uninvited guests do not react in any way: they hurt their grass, not raising his heads. The most popular route is on the shore near the uninhabited island of Ponta Das Cavalas. Its cliffs are tightly occupied by rare species of feathered, which arrive here to fruit and multiply. It is impossible to get close to bird bazaars, but they can be heard - a fussy chirper is spreading in the air to mile around.
Maritime walks are where to raise
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The second mandatory event for all guests Teresaire is a visit to the Gruuta Di Bossea cave. At the entrance to it - a long corridor resembling hospital. We go through it and find ourselves in the god of the extinct volcano. Long ago, he began to erupt, but something went wrong, and Lava did not break out, she listed him with a larger and painted the walls on the manner of a distraught abstractionist artist. Daylight and water penetrate inside through the eroch of the volcano, covered with fluffy green moss, and at the bottom of the cave there is an underground lake, to which you descend along the steps wounded in stone. However, on the surface of natural miracles, too. Near the cave monster Pink Smoke Fumurolla. Not so impressive, as in Iceland or New Zealand, but vegetation near the venues of the volcanic gas exit, the unusual, most of all resembles coral reefs. Nearby Another Alien Plain - Reserva Florestal de Recreio Dos Viveiro Da Falca Reserve. It is noteworthy that the soil here is pink, the colors of Barbie lipstick, while the trunks of growing coniferous trees are tightly covered with bright green moss. The contrast is so striking that he initially painfully painfully painfully, however, the inhabitants of Teresair, accustomed to unusual color combinations, often arrange picnic in the reserve.
On Saturdays on the streets of Angra do Eroshma, the bulls are released, it is not for the faint of heart
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Adult games
In the capital of Angra Du-Eroichmu, we went on Saturday to look at the weekly battles of bulls. The event is a peaceful, but dangerous, however, not animals may suffer in the process, but people. The fact is that local farmers are bred not only by peace-loving cows, but also bulls of combat breeds. For the first time I saw them from the car window. Black giants organized ranches climbed to the top of the mountain. It looked frightening: it immediately became clear why Europe's aristocrats loved to portray them on the coat of arms of their homes. On Saturday, the Angra Doo Eroichmu Center is overlapped, and the bulls are produced on the roadway. On the horns, animals are prudently put on the balls, then the people will run into the streets and begins to tease ferocious manfronts. The idea is to have time to dodge the furious bull and hide behind the sidewalk. Watching the folk fun scary even from a safe distance: Apparently, too calm the islanders have a life, since they love to tickle their nerves.
There is even a monument to black giants on Tayseire
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At the same thought, the most unusual building of Angra do-eroichmu is an abandoned house, the windows of which are painted by portraits in the style of the work of Antonio Bueno. It looks like a portal in a parallel dimension, which is why the stories of Stephen King will immediately come to mind. Near the house is a monument to Vasco da Gama and the Church of Mercy, the walls of which is so saturated purple, which seem to be drawn markers. However, it is typical for Teresaire. Here every significant building is trying to paint into a phosphoric tone, which is logical: the city architecture is obliged to match such a bright nature.
The main dish of Teresaire - Alcatra, beef, stewed in a pot
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Our advice to you ...
There are no direct flights to Azores, you will inevitably have to fly with a change in Lisbon.
The local population is bathed in the boards near the shores, isolated from volcanic stones: In the closed space, the cold water of the Atlantic warms up to a comfortable temperature.
The main dish of Teresaire is Alcatra, beef, stewed in a pot. Fish lovers must be found to the fishing village of Porto Martin, where in addition to the fish you can taste and mollusks, and other seafood, and we advise the true gourmet to go on a boat to the neighboring island of San Georges, where the cheese of the same name is made.
If you do not suffer from a maritime disease, you can go into the sea to observe whales and other marine mammals. Boats are separated from the Pier Angra do Eroishma daily at eight in the morning.
On Teresair, it is impossible to find cafes and restaurants with open verandas. The wind here is so strong that he can easily blow up and chairs, and tables.