Ilha de São Miguel

Vila Franca do Campo

Discover the 6 parishes that make up the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, Ilha de São Miguel district.

6 Parishes

10,323 Inhabitants

415m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Vila Franca do Campo

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

Ponta Garça

Ponta Garça

3,156 inh.

Ribeira das Tainhas

Ribeira das Tainhas

640 inh.

Ribeira Seca

Ribeira Seca

1,005 inh.

Vila Franca do Campo (São Miguel)

Vila Franca do Campo (São Miguel)

2,486 inh.

Vila Franca do Campo (São Pedro)

Vila Franca do Campo (São Pedro)

1,380 inh.

Água de Alto

Água de Alto

1,656 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Vila Franca do Campo

6 parishes

Água de Alto

Vila Franca do Campo

Água de Alto

Sweet-potato plots cling to São Miguel’s fossilised cliffs above Vila Franca’s islet

Ponta Garça

Vila Franca do Campo

Ponta Garça

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

Ribeira das Tainhas

Vila Franca do Campo

Ribeira das Tainhas

Black-lava fields, cedar-smoked pudding and a 474 m-high milk run on São Miguel’s roof.

Ribeira Seca

Vila Franca do Campo

Ribeira Seca

Hear basalt axles creak, trace 1522 survivors’ stone rebirth on São Miguel’s clifftop parish

Vila Franca do Campo (São Miguel)

Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo (São Miguel)

Stone terraces, 348 children and 452 grandparents breathe Atlantic silence at 645 m

Vila Franca do Campo (São Pedro)

Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo (São Pedro)

Climb 100 rosary steps, queue for 16th-century queijadas, eat the boat’s catch

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