Azores...

We can think that we are very proud of our country and our landscapes. But if you have an opportunity, you will realize that we have many reasons to say so.
Look at your country.

There are many beautiful and wonderful landscapes, as you can understand from the previous post… But now we will show you a wonderful small world that belongs to Portugal, AZORES!!!
Azores…What a beautiful place! This is an archipelago formed by nine islands, whose names are: Flores, Corvo, Faial, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel and Terceira.
Azores are a paradise for nature lovers. With fantastic forms of lakes and lagoons, marvellous view to the ocean, deep craters of old volcanoes, landscapes that keep the original purity and with all this green splendour, the Azores are synonym of an unforgettable experience.

Flores symbolizes one pearl in the Atlantic Ocean, with their beautiful waterfalls, and many landscapes. We can say that this island represents the light of this archipelago.

Corvo, further then the white houses that it is holding, it is very rich in geological phenomens, because in this island there are two lagoons that have been formed in the older craters of volcanoes. Corvo is the smaller island of this archipelago, but a beautiful place, too.

Faial is other island that is very famous for its very important volcano “Capelinhos” that was born from the depth ocean.

In Graciosa there is another volcano which is inactive so we can go down and appreciate its bottom.

Pico is considered the highest point of all Portugal including the continent and the two archipelagos: Madeira and Açores.

Santa Maria and São Jorge are other islands very rich of beautiful places.

São Miguel has got many monuments and fantastic scenery. It has an excellent, rich gastronomy and the craftwork.

Terceira is a biggest heritage that nature brings to us, with all the power of life.

We can use many words to describe these wonderful islands. In spite of being very proud of this archipelago, we have never visited this place. However, we know we will go there.

We invite all of you to visit this incredible place!

By Carla, Eugénia and Genoveva, 11º D