Azores - Wikivoyage, the free collaborative travel and tourism guide - Açores — Wikivoyage, le guide de voyage et de tourisme collaboratif gratuit

Azores
Information
Country	Portugal
Regional capital	Ponta Delgada
Area	2 333 km²
Population	245 746 hab. (2001)
Density	105,33 inhab./km²
Spindle	UTC -1
Location
38 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N 28 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W
Official site
edit

The Azores are a group of islands portuguese which are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1 500 km West of Lisbon and north-west of Morocco, and to 3 900 km from the east coast ofNorth America.

Understand

Weather

Regions

Western group of the Azores	Western group Flores Corvo
Central Group of the Azores	Core group Faial Terceira Angra do Heroísmo ranked Graciosa São Jorge Pico
Eastern group of the Azores	Oriental group São Miguel Santa Maria

Cities

Other destinations

To go

By plane

• 37.7419-25.69771 João Paulo II Airport (IATA : PDL, ICAO: LPPD, João Paulo II Airport) in Relva (2 km west of Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel Island) – platform for SATA Air Azores (last updated Nov 2018)
• 38.5544-28.44132 Pico Airport (IATA : PIX, ICAO: LPPI, Airport do Pico) (8 km east of Madalena, on Pico Island) (last updated Nov 2018)
• 38.7619-27.09083 Lajes Airport (IATA : TER, ICAO: LPLA, Airport das Lajes) in Lajes (4 km northwest of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island) – civil party on the Lajes air base (last updated Nov 2018)
• 38.52-28.71634 Horta Airport (IATA : HOR, ICAO: LPHR, Aeroporto da Horta) in Castelo Branco (9.5 km west of Horta, on Faial Island) (last update March 2020)
• 36.9713-25.17065 Santa Maria Airport (IATA : SMA, ICAO: LPAZ, Santa Maria Airport) (5 km north-northwest of Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria) (last update March 2020)

Circulate

To buy

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Communicate

European roaming

Since June 15, 2017, "European roaming" has been introduced. It allows all SIM card holders belonging to one of the European member countries to maintain the same pricing conditions as in the country of origin.

Telephone calls and Internet browsing are valid at no additional cost in all European countries, unless authorized by national authorities (generally minor operators) or when a data Gbit threshold is exceeded, which increases year by year. To use this service, simply activate the roaming option on your mobile phone.

The participating countries are those ofEuropean Union (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary , Ireland , Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, UK, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden), those ofEuropean Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and some Oversea territories (Azores, Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Madeira, Martinique, Mayotte, The meeting, Saint-Martin).

Manage the day-to-day

Health

European citizens

Citizens ofEuropean Union (EU), who fall unexpectedly ill during a temporary stay, studies or a professional stay, are entitled to the same medical care as in their country of residence. It is always useful to take the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which constitutes physical proof of your insurance in an EU country. However, if you do not have the card with you or if you cannot use it (as in the case of private assistance), you are still entitled to treatment, but you are obliged to pay the costs on the spot. , then you will ask for a refund on your return.

The countries in which health coverage is provided are all those that are members of theEuropean Union (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary , Ireland , Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden), those ofEuropean Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), the Swiss, the UK and the Oversea territories member of the European Union (Azores, Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Madeira, Martinique, Mayotte, The meeting, Saint-Martin).

Security

Government travel advice

• Canada (Government of Canada)  (last update March 2018)