Green Island

Ilha de São Miguel

Volcanic lagoons, hot springs of Furnas and European tea. São Miguel is the largest Azores island, a natural laboratory of craters, pastures and blue hydrangeas.

64 Parishes

6 Municipalities

133K Inhabitants

The Grand Route
of Ilha de São Miguel

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

Ribeira Grande

Rabo de Peixe

Dawn diesel coughs, basalt quays, kids’ voices ricochet—São Miguel’s busiest parish breathes brine

9K 80m

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Lagoa

Lagoa (Nossa Senhora do Rosário)

Where São Miguel’s lava walls meet salt-sprayed rosary bells and cobalt convent tiles

5K 16m

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Ponta Delgada

Ponta Delgada (São Pedro)

Salt-lashed basalt lanes, pewter horizons and 18th-century azulejos in São Miguel’s densest parish

7K 25m

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Vila Franca do Campo

Ponta Garça

524 m above brine-scented surf, lava walls frame hydrangeas & fog-veiled pastures

3K 508m

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Povoação

Black sand, 1522 quake scars and crater-cooked lunches colour the Azores’ first landing parish.

2K 217m

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Nordeste

Basalt vineyards, tide-timed farms & 1,160 souls in São Miguel’s wildest corner

1K 399m

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All Municipalities
of Ilha de São Miguel

6 municipalities to explore

Ilha de São Miguel

Lagoa

5 parishes

14K

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Ilha de São Miguel

Nordeste

9 parishes

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Ilha de São Miguel

Ponta Delgada

24 parishes

67K

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Ilha de São Miguel

Povoação

6 parishes

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Ilha de São Miguel

Ribeira Grande

14 parishes

31K

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Ilha de São Miguel

Vila Franca do Campo

6 parishes

10K

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Ilha de São Miguel

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Lagoa (Nossa Senhora do Rosário)

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Ponta Garça

Povoação

Nordeste

Lagoa

Nordeste

Ponta Delgada

Povoação

Ribeira Grande

Vila Franca do Campo

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