Located in the grounds of a former Quinta, this interesting garden has excellent examples of Azorean endemics and endemics from the rest of Macronesia.
One of the main attractions of Horta is seeing the busy marina with its wide range of boats – from small fishing boats to multimillion pound yachts. The walls are covered in colourful paintings ...
Although a small museum, it is well worth visiting with displays of early maps of the Azores, recent secular paintings and most fascinating of all is an exhibition of fig pith models by Euclides Rosa....
At the far end of Porto Pim beach 5 minutes walk from the centre of Horta, lies this renovated whaling factory. A fascinating museum which tells the story of the whalers and their epic and dangerous h...
At the far end of Porto Pim beach is a road that leads up to the top of the collapsed crater of Monte da Guia. It takes about 40 minutes to walk from the centre of Horta and at the top is perched the ...
Noted as one of Time magazine’s top 100 bars of the world, this café has been the haunt of locals, whalers, yachtsmen and probably a fair few pirates too since the early part of this cent...
This impressive fortress was built in 1567 to defend the harbour and has been beautifully converted into a 4 star hotel complete with swimming pool within the battlements, views of Mt Pico and the mar...
