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Ponta Delgado (Azores), Portugal

Arriving in port

What a glorious penultimate port. I had envisioned something dry and somewhat vacant. What a surprise to find beautiful towns and lush hillsides. This was the perfect finishing port of exploration.

We toured Sao Miguel Island which is the largest and most populated in the archipelago. Sao Miguel Island, with its seven lakes, is one of nine islands in the archipelago. Volcanically formed the lakes resulted from years of constant emergences and eruptions. Please join me on the tour.

Going up the coast.
Beautiful homes
Lookout point
Another view
An old windmill that has lost its cloth sails. If you squint, you can see Don Quixote.

We stopped in the town of Sete Cidades and found St Nicholas Church.

The landscape was wonderful and so well maintained for such a small town.
Wild hydrangeas were everywhere.
Kings view overlooking one of the lakes and towns.
View of another lake.
And another lake. All of them were gorgeous.
View of the Atlantic Ocean. There were lots of hikers all over this region.
Lace top hydrangeas.
One of the main exports is milk and cheese. The countryside had lots of cows that were milked in the pastures with mobile equipment. These lucky cows have delicious and picturesque surroundings.
The two sides of the island can be seen from one viewing center in that the shorelines are only a few miles apart.

It was time to get back to port.

Returning to Ponta Delgada

We couldn’t have asked for a better grand finale. One more day at this port would have allowed us to play one of the three golf courses. It would have been perfect.

This Cinderella adventure is coming too quickly to an end. I can feel that the carriage is turning into a pumpkin and the horses to mice. I am not alone in having bitter and sweet feelings. We are all holding back tears. We have a few days at sea to try and adjust to reality.

Again, thanks to Joey’s moms and dads and everyone who has helped make this dream come true.

Cheers and see you soon Joey.

6 thoughts on “Ponta Delgado (Azores), Portugal”

  3. The Azores are truly beautiful. We saw the wild azaleas everywhere this past March there and were told by our guide that wild hydrangeas would follow in summer. Thank you for the lovely photos of them! There is a large portuguese population, from the Azores, in Half Moon Bay.

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  4. I would have loved to visit the Azores.  The homes are gorgeous. The area is beautiful.  

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  5. AND, in the thermal area there are sulphuric naturally warm swimming pools. Yellow water! But people were swimming there in March. There were taps with different tasting crystal clear mineral water. I was amazed that one was naturally carbonated and tasted wonderful.

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