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Coliseu Micaelense
- art
Rua de Lisboa
9500-216, Ponta Delgada
It was named Coliseu Avenida from 1917 to 1950. It was recovered by the Town Hall in 2005. It maintains the same architecture but can now welcome all sorts of cultural events. It also has a museum that shows the island's past way of life.
Jardim Botânico José do Canto
- country
- leisure
Rua José do Canto
9500-076, Ponta Delgada
Large green space. planted by José do Canto, husband of owner-d. Wilhelmine Brum da Silveira. There are 20 generations that this garden belongs to the same family. Highlighting an area called Valley of the ferns, built in the mid-20th century by Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro.
Gruta do Carvão
- country
Rua do Paim
9500-230, Ponta Delgada
This geologic formation of volcanic origin has approximately 1650 meters in length and an average height of two to three meters, and there are places where more than five meters. The width is very variable, sometimes reaching 10 metres. Be sure to repair, on the ceiling, in the beautiful stalactites of lávica origin, with conical shapes and smooth surfaces.
Piscinas Naturais de Mosteiros
- beach
Mosteiros
9555, Mosteiros
The natural pools of Monasteries are one of the most charismatic of São Miguel Island. Have clear waters and were created by volcanic activity and the action of the sea.
Marina de Ponta Delgada - Portas do Mar
- beach
Avenida Infante Dom Henrique - Portas do Mar
9502, Ponta Delgada
The Marina of Ponta Delgada, also known as Sea Ports, was inaugurated in July 2008. In the area of leisure and commerce will be able to find a ferry terminal, a recreational marina, a swimming pool, a parking lot, an amphitheatre and a pavilion of the sea. There is also, as expected, a wide variety of department stores, restaurants, bars and shops.
Plantação de Ananases A. Arruda
- leisure
Rua Doutor Augusto Arruda
9500-454, Ponta Delgada
Uma das principais atrações de São Miguel é o ananás. Na plantação de ananases A. Arruda pode observar o fruto nas grandiosas estufas, passear pela herdade e visitar a loja de produtos típicos. Para além do ananás, pode provar o licor de ananás e a compota de ananás.
Lagoa Rasa
- beach
- country
Lagoa Rasa
9545, Ponta Delgada
Small pond with a very particular formation, seeming to be located in the crater of a volcano. Is surrounded by a pleasant green space, ample and quiet, ideal for sightseeing.
Palácio de Sant'Ana
- heritage
Rua José Jácome Correia
9500-077, Ponta Delgada
19TH century building, where is currently the official residence of the President of the Azores Regional. In the interior, highlighted by some furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries and for a collection of tiles from ancient temples on the island.
Ponta da Ferraria
- country
Ponta da Ferraria
9555, Ginetes
A space classed as a regional natural monument and a protected landscape. It has privileged views of the sea and of a pseudo-crater that was formed as a result of small vapour explosions due to the contact of the lava with the sea. There is a thermal complex and natural pools.
Forte de São Brás
- heritage
Rua Engenheiro Abel Ferin Coutinho, 10
9500-768, Ponta Delgada
Fort built in the 16th century and changed and enlarged in the 19th century. It is the only military construction of San Miguel that lies in ruins.