A river beach with clear waters and grassy, ​​tree-lined banks, making it the ideal place for a pleasant day out.

Summer house where stands out, abroad, a porch on the first floor, with monochrome panels clipped profile from the 18th century. Inside, still stands out in the foyer, the 19th century polychrome tile factory of Santana and, in the dining room, ashlars multi-colored plastic neoclassical treatment.

This route starts at the Church of Água Retorta and ends at Faial da Terra, with an approximate duration of two hours and a length of about 6.2 miles. Along the way you can get magnificent panoramic views over the Água Retorta, Pico Bartolomeu and Pico da Vara.

Refined and elegant space working since 1983 with quality service and various available infrastructures. Has 41 spacious and modern rooms, beautifully decorated, divided among three buildings connected by gardens and pine forests. From the restaurant you get a magnificent view of the sea.

This particular accommodation is ideal for those who want to stay calm and relaxing but near the Centre of the village. The welcoming rooms, individually decorated, can get magnificent views of the sea and the island of Pico, as well as on the harbour of Sails, just a hundred metres. Tea and coffee are free for guests.

A dormant volcano, located in the Caldera Guilherme Moniz. One can go down to a depth of 100 metres to get to a lagoon with crystal clear waters. Way down below, a special note to the set of stalactites and stalagmites of volcanic glass. This cave is classed as a Regional Natural Monument.

Within the designated space for Caparinho field, in a shed attached to the river Assureira, are some rock engravings, of which stands out the Rock of Caparinho, now renamed Penedo of matrimony. Presents written two anthropomorphs, one male and the other female, with their genitals expressed, indicating rituals associated with human fertility. The figures present the show of hands, with oversized hands and are apparently kneeling. In the area surrounding the rock there are other engraved rocks, one corresponds to a granitic outcrop, where were made several dents from different dimensions, sometimes aligned, other connected by small grooves perforation. The …

The white houses with blue or yellow stripes and the several gates clearly show this is a medieval town that preserves its original settings inside its walls. A special note to the 12th century castle, the royal paço, now a pousada, the aqueduct, the pillory and several romanesque churches from the 16th to 18th centuries.

The museum is a result of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian’s will, an Armenian that gathered more than 6000 works of art during his life, that are now assembled in this beautiful space. It is an impressive collection, covering a temporal space from the ancient Egyptian empire until the XX century. Here are represented different civilizations and hemispheres.

Museum that has a collection of more than 50,000 matchboxes from around the world, including the first ones made in Portugal. It is now the largest collection of its kind in all of Europe. It all started when Aquiles Mota Lima exchanged a box of matches with an American lady on a steamer bound for England.