Furnas, Sao Miguel - Azores (Portugal)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.18 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,585 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,568 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,864 ft
- TrailRank
- 52
- Min elevation
- 645 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 326
- Uploaded
- August 27, 2010
- Recorded
- August 2010
near Furnas, Azores (Portugal)
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Itinerary description
When you visit Furnas, with their caldeiras, do it a Sunday.
Take a bottle of wine and a sandwich with, and keep your picnic with all
the local.
Sunday are many local family on an picnic trip.
If you shall stay there for a night, I can recommand Residencial Vale Verde.
www.residencialvaleverde.com
If you are a hiker, look at www.trails-azores.com
Approx. 13km
25-JUL-10
Take a bottle of wine and a sandwich with, and keep your picnic with all
the local.
Sunday are many local family on an picnic trip.
If you shall stay there for a night, I can recommand Residencial Vale Verde.
www.residencialvaleverde.com
If you are a hiker, look at www.trails-azores.com
Approx. 13km
25-JUL-10
Waypoints
Waypoint
973 ft
Caldeires
Hot springs, where you can cook you food in a cave in the soil. Look at the fotos. 25-JUL-10
Waypoint
0 ft
Church near by Furnas lake
Normally you can walk around the lake, but not this year, it was temporary closed. 25-JUL-10
Waypoint
0 ft
Residencial Vale Verde
I recommand this hotel with top charakter, everything was superb including the food in the restaurant. There was topservice from Rui Medeiros in the front desk. www.residencialvaleverde.com There was a holy fest for Santa Ane, and the road was decorated with flowers, very nicely. 25-JUL-10
Waypoint
718 ft
Restaurant Tony's
On photo you see many people and carpets on the balcony, it is because there are fest for Santa Ane. 25-JUL-10
Waypoint
1,594 ft
steps
25-JUL-10
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