Arriving in Terceira: Your Journey from Sao Miguel

Leaving Sao Miguel behind, the crossing to Terceira takes you across open Atlantic water between two of the Azores' most historically important islands. Arriving in Angra do Heroísmo, a UNESCO-listed old town of colonial architecture and cobbled streets, the hilltop fortress of Monte Brasil offers panoramic harbour views, while the volcanic Algar do Carvão cave system is an easy inland detour. Terceira's bullfighting-in-the-streets tradition, the tourada à corda, gives the island a distinctly different character from its neighbours, and the Biscoitos lava pools along the north coast offer a striking, unusual place to swim.