It’s the perfect island destination for visiting the most Western tip of Europe and admiring untouched lagoons.
Flores’ landscapes are relatively wild. Eight lagoons practically untouched, wild rabbits that run around free in deserted areas, small rivers, and waterfalls that continue to shape the island’s coast.
For better or worse, the island is not easy to reach, and perhaps that’s what makes it so appealing.
Sharing stories of pirate invasions with the neighboring island of Corvo and tales of shipwrecks, one could wonder if both the islands are doomed and not the warmest destination for strangers.
But visitors do reach the island and usually leave speechless. Not because there is nothing to say, but because the memories of their trip will always speak much louder.
Little Ireland, Little Switzerland, pink island. Whatever the expression people use to describe it, the island’s isolation and beauty are incomparable.
Listed by UNESCO as Biosphere Reserve since 2009, the local fauna and flora’s diversity is quite remarkable.
We are planning a trip to the Azores next year and would appreciate your advice. Although we would like to see the summer blooms, it s expensive to travel in the summer and we fear that it will be very crowded. We are thinking May instead. We d like to spend about a month and see several islands, but focus more time in Flores and San Miguel in hopes of searching out family members. We would like a rental car on both of those islands, but are considering tours on some of the other islands.
May is a better option to beat the crowds, although as the world is right now we can’t foresee what impact that will have in future travel. That said, if you have the budget you can easily see all islands in one month but it does require some planning and, unfortunately, inter-island flights are not always easy to plan for. I suggest keeping Flores (and a two-day trip to Corvo) and S. Miguel as your priorities, and maybe add a week in one of the “triangle” islands: Faial, Pico, S. Jorge. You can do a day trip to any of them by boat, from wherever you decide to stay. For car rental, search a company with representation on all islands; it will be easier to book everything in advance.
I really need to take a look at this series in depth. This sounds like an awesome, relaxing, uncrowded place to visit!
It’s perfect for all kinds of travelers 🙂 Last time someone visited they told me they didn’t want to leave.