Terceira Points of Interest

Monte Brasil, classified as national protected landscape, provides a recreational area, hiking trail, and resting place as well as a fantastic view over the ocean and the city.
The Sao Joao Baptista do Monte Brasil fort, is a large fortified wall 2.5 miles long.
The Angra do Heroismo Museum, is located in the old Convent of St. Francis and is adjoined to the Nossa Senhora da Guia Church (Our Lady of Guidance).
The Imperios (religious monuments) are all over the island and are a spectacle in and of themselves due to their colorful facade.
The Algar do Carvao is famous for its’ grottoes that reach a depth of approximately 328 feet (100 meters). These spectacular grottoes contain stalactites, stalagmites and an interior lake.
The Algar, the Enxofre, and Cabrito caves and the Balcoes and Natal grottoes, are of special interest especially to scientists.
Praia da Vitoria is a young town with the best and most inviting beach in Terceira.
The architectonic patrimony is concentrated in the churches and chapels.
Biscoitos where you can visit the only wine museum in the Azores archipelago.
The museum, Museu do Vinho dos Biscoitos, established in 1990 illustrates the process of traditional wine making in the Azores.

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