Baia da Areia
Secluded bay near Prainha on Pico Island with volcanic rock formations and clear water. Free to access and off the main tourist trail.
Museum in Sao Roque do Pico
Small museum and active crafts school preserving traditional Azorean handicraft techniques in the village of Santo Amaro. A good window into Pico Island’s artisan culture.
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
Secluded bay near Prainha on Pico Island with volcanic rock formations and clear water. Free to access and off the main tourist trail.
Small bay on the coast of Pico Island, accessible on foot through the vineyard landscape. Free to visit and a natural rest point on the lava delta walks.
Parish church in Santo Amaro village on Pico Island, a quiet stop on the art and crafts trail. Free to enter.
Rural parish church in the Prainha area of Pico Island. A simple whitewashed Azorean church that serves as a landmark on the Prainha walking circuit.
UNESCO-listed vineyard landscape where grapevines grow in stone-walled enclosures (currais) on black lava fields stretching to the sea. Free to walk through and one of the most visually striking cultural landscapes in Europe.
Volcanic cones formed by a 15th-century eruption, now covered in endemic vegetation inside the Prainha Forest Reserve. Free to visit on foot and a striking example of the Azores' geological youth.
Working out what Sao Roque do Pico costs?
The whole of Sao Roque do Pico