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Sao Miguel self-catering holiday

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Overview

Explore and unwind on our seven night Sao Miguel self-catering holiday.

Sao Miguel’s landscapes are a diverse mix; you could almost say ‘a best of the Azores’, as though the unique natural wonders of the other eight islands had been conveniently brought together in one place. The island’s largest caldera is in the west: Sete Cidades and you‘ll spend time exploring it’s extraordinary beauty on foot and by kayak. Furnas is to the east: one the island’s oldest calderas with its still-active geysers and hot springs, Furnas is home to the 200-year-old Parque Terra Nostra and the Azores’ most-famous geothermal swimming pool. You’ll also have time to absorb Azorean culture in the capital Ponta Delgada: a warm and welcoming city where everything is accessible on foot, including many of the island’s best restaurants.

Your home for the week is our one-bedroom cottage at Casa do Jardim – one of our favourite traditional-style Azorean cottages, located in the secluded Baixa da Areia bay on Sao Miguel’s south coast. Airport transfers are included and we’ll deliver a hire car to your door to allow you to explore at your leisure. We’ll also include a whale and dolphin watching trip and you can personalise your holiday by adding a few of our favourite activities.

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Day 1

You’ll begin your holiday by flying to the main Azores island of Sao Miguel. You’ll be collected on arrival by our driver for the transfer to your accommodation in south-coast village of Caloura.

Day 2

We’ll arrange for your hire car will be delivered and you can begin exploring Sao Miguel. In the afternoon, you'll head to the marina in nearby Vila Franca for a whale and dolphin watching trip.

Day 3

Take a drive east to explore the Furnas valley – home to the 200-year-old Terra Nostra botanical gardens and the Azores’ most famous geothermal swimming pools.

Day 4

Explore Ponta Delgada; capital of the Azores. It's a great place to shop for local produce and souvenirs, with an excellent selection of friendly restaurants and cafe bars, attractive mosaic pavements and traditional Portuguese architecture.

Day 5

Take a drive to the sparsley-populated south-east coast of Sao Miguel to walk the Sanguinho trail - the old cobbled trail to the beautiful waterfall of Salto do Prego.

Day 6

Today you’ll explore the Sao Miguel’s central mountains with a drive up to the summit of Pico da Barrosa (947m) for a birdseye view of Lagoa do Fogo (the Lake of Fire), followed by a dip in the geothermal pools at Caldera Velha.

Day 7

For your final full day on the island, you'll west to walk the Vista do Rei trail and to kayak in the great crater at Sete Cidades, ending the day with a swim in the geothermal seapools at Ferraria.

Day 8

You’ll return your hire car to the airport before flying home.

From £1300 per person

We can create a tailor-made holiday to suit your budget.

INCLUDED: international flights, accommodation in a one-bedroom self-catering cottage, airport transfers, a hire car and a half-day whale and dolphin watching trip.

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Our island hopping holiday to the Azores was absolutely amazing,

Dear Jake.

This is a long email, so you might want to go grab yourself a cuppa before you start reading.

We just wanted to send you an email to say thank you so much for everything.

Our island hopping holiday to the Azores was absolutely amazing, it was far beyond our dreams and expectations, and that is certainly because of you and all your plans in putting this together for us. We just loved every second (apart from me and canyoning, we do not get along, but the boys absolutely loved it!) we just can’t believe all the things that we have seen, and done, and learned about! What an incredible place!

We have certainly been bitten by the Azorean bug and we can’t wait to get back there to explore the other islands. They’re very special places, each of them for their own right.

We felt as though we were treated like royalty from the minute we arrived in Sao Miguel, even the weather was kind to us (largely) we seemed to miss the adverse weather, either arriving somewhere that had had storms the day before, or leaving just before they arrived. We did have one morning of heavy rain when we went to the tropical gardens at Furnas, but we did manage to see some of the gardens before we gave up and went back to Caloura, where there was glorious sunshine, so we spent the afternoon at the pool and made the most of the Especial and fresh lemonade from the snack bar.

Every single person that we met, we were struck by how hard they work, and how happy they all are. Many of them never leaving the island they were born on, because, why would they want to?!

We love the Azorean people and their love and pride for their islands. Their sustainable way of living also struck deep with us. It’s the way we try very hard to live ourselves. Dave’s business is retrofit insulation, preparing old housing stock to a better more eco friendly way of conserving energy, so the way they live and respect their land, was of great interest to us.

For us all, Flores is a very special place. We went to the restaurant maresia while we were there and met the owner and his son. Although the restaurant itself is eclectic to say the least, after chatting to Vincent, we understood his dads way of living and the food was outstanding! We can’t wait to visit again.

All of our guides were amazing! Their knowledge and passion is admirable.

We just loved every second and can’t thank you enough for making our trip so smooth and completely stress free.

I will spend today writing reviews online for all the companies and guides that helped us on our trip.

A million thanks to you all Jake.

The Cole family

Personal service and efficient!

You really listened to what type of holiday we wanted and tailored our week accordingly. You understood what we were looking for and were so helpful and knowledgeable. Very personal service and efficient!

Linda from Norfolk

Professional and personal service!

Everything you do, you seem to do it professionally. I know I’m not your only client, but you make me feel like I am.

Bryan from Stoke

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Azores Choice provided a prompt, helpful service. they found us the perfect accommodation for our needs and provided superb, expert advice on how to spend our week walking on San Miguel. I would certainly use them again.

Joan from Durham

Recommended small travel company!

Great little company with friendly staff. Organisation of flights & accommodation very efficient. When problems arise they are helpful and very reasonable in their efforts to resolve them. We would definitely use them again for a return trip.

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Very efficient, friendly, helpful. Excellent local knowledge. Everything ran very smoothly, from supplying the tickets to airport pick ups and hotel bookings. Lovely accommodation selected. No complaints!

A wonderful break in a beautiful environment!

Everything was excellent. The information and organisation, the hotel and the island itself all exceeded our expectations. Whale watching and other trips out, fantastic. We will book again!

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Excellent service throughout. Very informative, with lots of literature, maps and the like. Attended their offices in Ponta Delgada – very impressed with Olivia, friendly and helpful. Paul was first class.

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Great company for first time Azores visit!

Really great company, will be recommending them. We had never visited the Azores before but this company helped us decided which islands to visit.

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