Azores

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Faja Do Sao Joao Sao Jorge

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Valley View and Night View of the Azores Caldera Crater Lagao do Capitao Hot Springs

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The Azores The Atlantic islands of Portugal Sete Cidades in São Miguel João Paulo The nine volcanic islands that make up the Azores lie about a third of the way across the Atlantic from the Portuguese coast They are on the

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Pico Isl Azores Portugal

Pico is the 2nd largest island of the Azores Archipelago and the highest mountain of Portugal 2351m Pico means peak

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Sete Cidades Azores

View of one of the lakes of Sete Cidades which is a collapsed volcano which blew its top off in San Miguel Azores

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Sunset in Criação Velha Pico Island Azores

Sunset over Faial Island viewed from the vineyards in Criação Velha a UNESCO World Heritage Site Madalena Pico Island Arquipélago dos Açores Portugal <b>Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture< b> quot The 987 ha site on the volcanic island of Pico the second largest in Azores archipelago consists of a remarkable pattern of spaced out long linear walls running inland from and parallel to the rocky shore The walls were built to protect the thousands of small contiguous rectangular plots currais from wind and seawater Evidence of this viniculture whose origins date back to the 15th century is manifest in the extraordinary assembly of the fields in houses and early 19th century manor houses in wine cellars churches and ports The extraordinarily beautiful man made landscape of the site is the best remaining area of a once much more widespread practice quot Source <a href= http whc unesco org en list 1117 documents >UNESCO< a> This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons license If you use this photo within the terms of the license or make special arrangements to use the photo please list the photo credit as quot Ulrich Thumult quot and link back here <i>Notes are <b>hyperlinks< b> Click them to start traveling < i>

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Furnas Crater S Miguel Azores

A Lagoa das Furnas concelho da Povoação na ilha de S Miguel Açores Portugal O Vale das Furnas é um paraíso para quem ama a Natureza tanto pelas paisagens que mantêm a pureza original como pela redescoberta da tranquilidade bucólica e da melodia do silêncio A Lagoa das Furnas envolta por bonitas e floridas margens proporciona momentos de repouso de lazer e de verdadeiro romantismo Do miradouro do Pico do Ferro que fica sobranceiro à lagoa vislumbra se toda esta beleza deslumbrante

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Azores Church standing defiantly on the coast Send this image as a free e card

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Azores San Miguel volcanic island

Panorama of the volcanic island of San Miguel in the Azores The many hills seen throughout are extinct volcanoes covered in vegetation There are nearly 100 of these in the area covered by this photo

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Finally made it to the Azores

Practically in the middle of the Atlantic the Azores are the tops of some of the tallest mountains on the planet <a href= http bighugelabs com flickr onblack php id=860650279 amp size=large >View large on black< a>

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Monte brasil Azores Terceira

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Sete Cidades in San Miguel Azores

View of Sete Cidades which is a collapsed volcano which blew its top off in San Miguel Azores

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Map of the Azores

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Azores Well defined landscape Send this image as a free e card

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others in this respect And I must say that most of the things they left behind were beautiful churches typical tiles romatically laid out street patterns ingenuously designed boulevards Apart from the cultural sights the Azores also are just beautiful islands for the nature lovers Inevitably volcanic in origin it has steep slopes rising out of the sea rough coasts where

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ABOVE Atlantic moisture and a mild climate keep fields green in the Azores Azores Express adds flights to the Azores and mainland Portugal Airbus 310s fly from Boston and Providence

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Anne Banas SmarterTravel com Staff October 16 2006 My first day in the Azores I went up to the breakfast room in my hotel where several breads an enormous cheese wheel and a plate of farmer s queijo fresco were laid out on a large

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