Ilha de São Miguel

Povoação

Discover the 6 parishes that make up the municipality of Povoação, Ilha de São Miguel district.

6 Parishes

5,791 Inhabitants

336m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Povoação

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 6 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Povoação

1,877 inh.

Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

1,062 inh.

Faial da Terra

342 inh.

Água Retorta

429 inh.

Ribeira Quente

682 inh.

Furnas

1,399 inh.

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

Parishes
of Povoação

6 parishes

Povoação

Água Retorta

Walk the mist-crooked stream above São Miguel’s Atlantic rim, past basalt walls and locked emigrant

429 369m

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Povoação

Faial da Terra

342 souls, a whispering levada and Mrs Lurdes' caldeirada scent São Miguel's hidden fold

342 385m

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Povoação

Furnas

On São Miguel, the earth slow-cooks lunch while you swim in rust-red springs

1K 422m

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Povoação

Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

Atlantic spray salts vines on São Miguel’s cliff-edge parish where 1,062 souls live above a 1974 fau

1K 276m

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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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Povoação

Ribeira Quente

Cliff-clamped fishing hamlet where volcanic springs warm the Atlantic and tuna are still fought on b

682 348m

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Povoação

Povoação

Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

Faial da Terra

Água Retorta

Ribeira Quente

Furnas

Água Retorta

Faial da Terra

Furnas

Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

Povoação

Ribeira Quente

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