Category: Europe

Today is our bonus day in the capital city of Ponta Delgada.  Due to Westjet previously delaying our flight we are once again being put up in a hotel for the night – this time the Ponta Delgada Park Hotel.  Our room was ready early, so we checked in.   The hotel had placed in our… Continue reading Ponta Delgada – Azores

Today we are checking out the western part of the island. Our destination is the lakes of Sete Cidades which are in a valley surrounded by mountains – they are volcanic crater lakes.  The GPS on google maps starts to take us on tiny roads past farmland and on smaller and smaller roads, so I… Continue reading Sete Cidades & Moisteiros

Off to the hot springs of Caldeira Velha today which are in the center of the island about a 45 minute drive, about halfway up a mountain range.  We decided to skip the more touristy baths at Furnas after seeing all the buses there yesterday.  These bath are supposed to be in a more natural… Continue reading Caldeira Velha