751. Azores Day 14 | Furnas

Yesterday we hired a cab to take us around some parts of the island including Vila Franca do Campo, Furnas, and the Gorreana tea plantation. The highlight of the day was visiting Furnas. It's a small town known for its thermal hot springs and "bolo levedo" bread. The bread is available all over the island and it's sooo good. We've had it before at some restaurants and bought it from grocery stores here but the ones we got fresh from Furnas were the best. They are super soft and kind of sweet. It's my favourite bread I've ever had.


It was really nice here but the sulphur smell was really strong (like the eggy smell)


We went to eat at this restaurant called Summer Breeze. To be honest at first I thought it would be a tourist trap and not good judging by the name. We had to wait a really long time (30+ minutes) for our food to arrive. It was well worth the wait because it was amazing!! I got this "chicken supreme" burger which had chicken, a fried egg, lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, cheese sauce etc on bolo levedo bread. I also loved the fries - I'm pretty sure they make it fresh themselves. We will likely be returning again to Furnas since we didn't visit Terra Nostra Park yet. When we go again I want to try the famous stew that they cook underground in the volcanic heat.

Azorean craft beer - pineapple flavoured. The label is so cute!


The small town of Vila Franca do Campo. If you search this place on Google images, you will see a really beautiful lagoon. This islet is a popular destination. Usually they have boats bringing people there, where you can lay on the beaches and spend some hours. But unfortunately it seems they are not running at this time. So it was kind of pointless to visit the place lol.


Azores is also known for their Gorreana tea. I actually don't really like it - the taste is super mild. We visited their plantation which I also felt was kind of underwhelming. The scenery was nice but the tea plantations in Asia are a lot more impressive.


There's also a Gorreana tea beer lol.



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749. Azores Day 8 | Caldeira Velha & Lagoa do Fogo

Yesterday we visited a place called Caldeira Velha, a bit less than half an hour away from Ponta Delgada. I really loved it there as the scenery was beautiful, and you are immersed in nature. I just wish there were longer trails to walk around as we completed the whole place in less than half an hour (if you don't stop to take photos at every point, you can walk from entrance to the end in maybe 20 minutes). I think most people come to go in the hot spring/thermal pools though. At the moment they are closed due to COVID.

The thermal pools are about 34 degrees. This part (that you cannot go in) is about 100 degrees.


On the way back, the taxi driver took the scenic route so we saw Lago do Fogo


The island is full of hydrangeas. You can also spot some cows in the distance.

Back at Ponta Delgada. We walked by this enormous tree..so large it needs a lot of support beams.

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