Azoren van der Burg

About the destination: Lagoa is a municipality in the southwestern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. Lagoa is located east of Ponta Delgada, the island capital. Its tourist ex-libris is the small resort hamlet of Caloura, nestled along the southern coast and separated from the neighboring community of Água de Alto. Throughout the year there are diverse cultural events, the most relevant is the Festa do Pescador, in addition to folklore festivals and nautical themed events. Within the village, the Jardim dos Anjos, was begun during the 1970s and remodeled in 1991, and is a situated in front of the parochial church of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos. The Park of Convento dos Franciscanos is also an important tourist attraction in the parish. The Praça de Nossa Senhora da Graça, a square in Lagoa is also another place of leisure that includes an open-air amphitheater, used in local cultural and recreational events. The main attraction along the southern coast of Roário is the open-air Complexo Municipal de Piscinas; situated along Rua Cidade de New Bedford.

About the destination: Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439,[1] in an area of 34.43 km².[2] The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores. It is located east of Lagoa and Ponta Delgada, west of Povoação and southeast of Ribeira Grande. One of the earliest references to Furnas came from the harvesting of trees in the valley of Furnas, in order to assist the construction of many of the homes destroyed by the 1522 earthquakes and landslides in Vila Franca do Campo. This includes numerous trees used to rebuild the parochial church, a project begun by Donatary-Captain Rui Gonçalves da Câmara. In 1553, his predecessor Manuel da Câmara, issued an edict to re-plant these trees after the area was nearly deforested, and roadways were expanded under his son, Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, in order to develop the area, allowing cattle herding in the valley after 1577.

About the destination: São Jorge is a Portuguese island in the central Azorean archipelago of Portugal. São Jorge is a relatively long thin island with tall cliffs. The principal festivals popular on the island are not dissimilar to those celebrated on the islands of the archipelago. "Velas", the Culture Week, is festivity that mixes local traditions and cultural influences from abroad. The Romarias (religious pilgrimages) are a tradition of the island's Catholic communities, and strongly linked to catastrophes associated with historical earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

About the destination: Terceira Island belongs to the archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. His name is because it was the third island of the archipelago to be discovered behind the island of Santa Maria and San Miguel. Without doubt, Terceira Island is the funniest in the Azores. If something is known by its inhabitants is their love of partying and they also love music, dance and good wine. Lovers of the outdoors can enjoy diving among octopuses from the Octopus Diving Center, descending on rope Rope Adventures in spectacular waterfalls to cycling trips or kayak. Wine lovers will enjoy the wine museum, where you can taste the best vineyards of the island. Nature lovers should visit the Botanical Park do Duque da filled with palm trees, magnolias and countless exotic species Terceira. Finally, it is obligatory visit, go to Monte Brasil, where you can enjoy wonderful views of the city from there, plus a recreational park at the entrance so that children can be fun. Certainly the Terceira Island is an ideal place for family holidays.

About the destination: Angra do Heroísmo is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities, and having previously served as the capital city of Portugal, during the Liberal Wars. The population in 2011 was 35,402, in an area of 239.00 km². It was classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983.