Pico (Azores) - Pico (Azzorre)

Pico (Azores)

Location
State	Portugal
Region	Azores
Surface	447
Inhabitants	15.761 (2007)

Pico is one of the Azores Islands.

To know

Geographical notes

The highest peak on the island is Montanha do Pico with its 2,351 m

Madalena beach

Vineyards in Criação Velha

Territories and tourist destinations

Pico (Azores): full screen map.

Urban centers

Criação Velha - Nearby is the Gruta das Torres.
Madalena

Northern coast

Piedade
Porto Cachorro - Here is the scenic Arcos do Cachorro.
Prainha
Ribeirinha
Santo Amaro
São Roque do Pico

Southern coast

Calheta do Nesquim
Candelária
Lajes do Pico - The first settlement on the island, Lajes was an important whaling center today witnessed by the Museu Regional dos Baleeiros.
Ribeiras
São João
São Mateus

Madalena
Arcos do Cachorro
São Roque
Cais do Pico
Lajes

Other destinations

Gruta das Torres

Cabeço Gordo - Volcanic mountain over 1,000 meters high, whose last eruption dates back to 1958.
Furna de Frei Matias - 650m long lava tunnel crossed by light wells.
Gruta das Torres - Lava cave discovered in 1990 whose extension is estimated at over 5 km.
Lagoa do Capitão
Mount Pico - With its 2,351 m it is the highest point of the homonymous volcano, its last eruption dates back to the 18th century.
Praia Arcos
Praia da Barca
Praia do Cabrito

How to get

How to get around

What see

Wine Museum

Whale Museum

^{[link not working]}Whale Museum (Museu dos Baleeiros) (Lajes).
Whaling Industry Museum (Museu da Indústria Baleeira).
Wine Museum (Museu do Vinho).

Events and parties

What to do

Whale and dolphin watching. The AQUA AÇORES agency promises the observation of cetaceans on board its own boats.

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Where stay

Lagoa do Capitão

Moderate prices

Pousada de Juventude do Pico, Convent of São Pedro de Alcântara Rua João Bento de Lima, ☎ 351 292 648 050.

Average prices

Domus Adepta, Rua Dr. Augusto Arruda, 12 9675-038 Furnas, Azores, ☎ 351 296 584 354, 351 296 584 354. Rural house in the Furnas valley.
Caravelas Hotel, Rua Conselheiro Terra Pinheiro 3, 9950-329 Madalena do Pico (port area).