Where to stay · Local feel

Most local neighbourhoods in Azores

Where to stay in Azores to feel like a resident — the neighbourhoods with genuine local life, independent restaurants, and the fewest tourists.

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Top pick for local feel

Terceira

The cultural capital — the UNESCO baroque city of Angra do Heroísmo, the Algar do Carvão lava tube, and the Sanjoaninas bull festival.

Terceira Azores — the UNESCO baroque cityscape of Angra do Heroísmo with its painted churches and cobbled streets overlooking the Atlantic harbour

Terceira

Top pick

The cultural capital — the UNESCO baroque city of Angra do Heroísmo, the Algar do Carvão lava tube, and the Sanjoaninas bull festival.

7/10

Walk

6/10

Price

9/10

Local

7/10

Central

Faial Pico Azores — Pico volcano rising 2351m from the Atlantic Ocean seen across the channel from Faial island at sunrise

Faial & Pico

Good

The two islands facing each other across 8km of Atlantic — Faial's perfect caldera, Pico's UNESCO vineyards, and Portugal's highest summit.

6/10

Walk

5/10

Price

9/10

Local

8/10

Central

Flores Azores — dramatic volcanic sea cliffs rising from the Atlantic Ocean on the westernmost island of the European Azores archipelago

Flores & the Western Islands

Trade-off

The most remote and beautiful island — waterfalls, blue hydrangea valleys, calderas ringed by ancient laurel forest, and almost no other tourists.

5/10

Walk

6/10

Price

10/10

Local

4/10

Central

São Miguel Azores — Sete Cidades twin crater lakes seen from the caldera rim viewpoint with the blue and green lakes surrounded by volcanic hillsides

São Miguel

Trade-off

The biggest and most visited island — twin crater lakes at Sete Cidades, the steaming Furnas caldera valley, and the gateway airport for the whole archipelago.

5/10

Walk

5/10

Price

7/10

Local

10/10

Central

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