São Miguel in 5 days: lakes, hot springs and tea
A route around the green island: the crater lakes, Poça da Dona Beija, the Gorreana tea plantations and the Furnas stew.
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São Miguel is the largest island in the Azores and the easiest to reach from the mainland.
Always bring a rain jacket: you get four seasons in a single day here.
The essentials
- Sete Cidades and the Boca do Inferno viewpoint
- Furnas
- Poça da Dona Beija at dusk
- Stew cooked in volcanic ground
- Gorreana tea factory
