Ilha de São Miguel

Ponta Delgada

Discover the 24 parishes that make up the municipality of Ponta Delgada, Ilha de São Miguel district.

24 Parishes

67,229 Inhabitants

201m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Ponta Delgada

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 8 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Ponta Delgada (São Pedro)

7,495 inh.

Ponta Delgada (São José)

5,756 inh.

Santa Clara

2,804 inh.

Ponta Delgada (São Sebastião)

4,050 inh.

Fajã de Baixo

4,924 inh.

Rosto do Cão (São Roque)

4,590 inh.

Rosto do Cão (Livramento)

4,307 inh.

Fajã de Cima

3,293 inh.

This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

Parishes
of Ponta Delgada

24 parishes

Ponta Delgada

Ajuda da Bretanha

Fog drifts over lava-walled pastures where 14 farms ship 38,000 L of Azorean milk before breakfast.

652 240m

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Arrifes

Climb above Ponta Delgada into cloud-brushed paddocks that fuel a quarter of the island’s milk

7K 362m

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Candelária

São Miguel’s quiet farming parish, where volcanic soil, low stone currais and 976 villagers shape a

976 219m

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Capelas

São Miguel’s north-coast parish hides whalers’ lookout caves, toast-coloured lava chapels and wind-b

4K 229m

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Covoada

Basalt lanes, hydrangea tunnels and 1,223 neighbours above Ponta Delgada’s cloud line

1K 357m

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Fajã de Baixo

In 4.4 km² between Ponta Delgada and the wild north coast, black walls cradle vineyards, children an

5K 81m

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Fajã de Cima

Glasshouse ridges, wood-smoked nights and still-warm queijo in a São Miguel parish

3K 228m

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Fenais da Luz

Ponta Delgada’s quiet parish hums to hoe-time and church bells

2K 56m

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Feteiras

São Miguel’s overlooked parish breathes between crater rim and Atlantic swell

2K 341m

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Ginetes

In Ponta Delgada’s western parish, fog, salt and basalt sculpt tiny yields of nutmeg-scented vinho d

1K 171m

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Mosteiros

Black Atlantic stacks, tarred nets and 15th-century basalt bells in Ponta Delgada’s western cradle

1K 135m

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Pilar da Bretanha

Cloud-draped basalt lanes, kids listing heifers by name, volcanic wine at dawn.

576 229m

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