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Horta A Casa do Lado Apartamentos Turisticos VerdeMar Local accommodation Tourist Apartments / **** Address: Rua D. Pedro IV, nº 239900-111 Horta / Açores Address: R. Dr. Melo e Simas, 10 9900-127 Horta Telephone: +351 292 700 351 Telephone: +351 292 200 300 Fax: +351 292 200 310 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.acasadolado.com http://www.verdemar-azores.com

Other informations: Other informations: In our Winter season you can choose to have or not breakfast. Breakfast in the room, transfer service, special rent-a-car rates.; Access: Access: Outdoor parking; Buses; Train stations; Bike friendly; Outdoor parking; Room facilities: Room facilities: Television in room; Internet access in room; Telephone in room; Steel safe in room; Television in room; Hair Characteristics and Services: dryer in room; Rooms available for smokers; Number of beds: 27; Number of rooms: 14; Internet Access; Gay Payments: friendly; Smoke free; Number of rooms with private bathroom: Travellers Cheques accepted; Credit cards accepted; Target 14; Breakfast; Canteen; Terrace; price: $$$ (60€ - 90€); Payments: Characteristics and Services: Guiding price: $$ (30€ - 60€); Number of beds: 44; Number of apartments: 4 T1; 4 T1 Duplex; 2 Accessibility: T2; Air conditioning; Pets allowed; Reserved area for non- Accessible route to the entrance: Total; Accessible entrance: smokers; Gymnasium; Total; Timetable: Breakfast timetable: 08h00 - 10h00;

A Casa do Lado is an accommodation place located in the center of the city of horta. with 14 rooms, all with private bathroom and tv, and public spaces where guests can access the internet free Hotel Canal wi fi, a casa do lado is the strategic choice for those visiting the Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** island of Faial. Address: Largo Dr. Manuel Arriaga 9600-026 Horta Telephone: +351 292 202 120 Fax: +351 292 202 129 Azoris Faial Garden E-mail: [email protected] Website: Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** http://www.bensaude.pt Address: Rua Consul Dabney 9900-856 Horta Characteristics and Services: Telephone: +351 292 207 400 Fax: +351 292 207 450 Central heating; Currency exchange; Baby Sitting; Bar; E-mail: [email protected] Website: Restaurant; Television room; Games room; Number of beds: 206; http://www.azorishotels.com Number of rooms: 103; Number of suites: 2; Air conditioning; Sauna; Gymnasium; Hairdresser; Jacuzzi; Baby-care facilities; Characteristics and Services: Target price: $$$$ (>90€); Currency exchange; Baby Sitting; Bar; Restaurant; Games room; Access: Number of beds: 276; Number of rooms: 143; Number of suites: Outdoor parking; Buses; Covered garage; 6; Internet Access; Air conditioning; Swimming-pool; Tennis Room facilities: courts; Sauna; Gymnasium; Indoor swimming-pool; Hairdresser; Air conditioning in room; Telephone in room; Steel safe in room; Jacuzzi; Television in room; Hair dryer in room; Internet access in room; Access: Mini-bar in room; Heating in room; Outdoor parking; Accessibility: Room facilities: Disabled access; Facilities for disabled; Disabled access; Air conditioning in room; Telephone in room; Steel safe in room; Payments: Television in room; Hair dryer in room; Mini-bar in room; Credit cards accepted; Travellers Cheques accepted; Payments: Timetable: Credit cards accepted; Breakfast timetable: 07h00 - 11h00; Room service timetable: Timetable: 11h00 - 24h00; Room service timetable: 07h30 - 24h00;

On Horta's waterfront, near the embarking port to the other Hotel Horta Central Group islands, and across from marina, Hotel do Canal Hotel accommodation / Hotel / **** offers you na extraordinary view over the city bay and the

2013 Turismo de Portugal. All rights reserved. 1/16 [email protected] Address: Rua Marcelino Lima 9900-122 HortaIlha do impressive Pico Mountain. FaialAçores Telephone: +351 292 208 200 Fax: +351 292 208 208 Pousada Forte de Santa Cruz E-mail: [email protected] Website: Hotel accommodation / Pousada http://www.hotelhorta.com Address: Rua Vasco da Gama 9900-017 Horta Characteristics and Services: Telephone: +351 292 202 200 Fax: +351 292 392 836 Central heating; Currency exchange; Bar; Restaurant; Television room; Number of beds: 160; Number of rooms: 78; Number of E-mail: [email protected] Website: suites: 2; Air conditioning; Swimming-pool; Gymnasium; Target http://www.pousadas.com price: $$$$ (>90€); Characteristics and Services: Access: Bar; Restaurant; Television room; Games room; Number of Outdoor parking; Buses; rooms: 26; Number of suites: 2; Internet Access; Reserved area Room facilities: for non-smokers; Swimming-pool; Target price: $$$$ (>90€); Air conditioning in room; Telephone in room; Steel safe in room; Room facilities: Television in room; Hair dryer in room; Internet access in room; Air conditioning in room; Telephone in room; Steel safe in room; Heating in room; Rooms available for smokers; Television in room; Mini-bar in room; Heating in room; Payments: Access: Credit cards accepted; Travellers Cheques accepted; Buses; Timetable: Accessibility: Breakfast timetable: 07h00 - 10h00; Room service timetable: Disabled access; Disabled access; 10h00 - 22h00; Payments: Credit cards accepted; The Hotel Horta boasts of 78 sea view rooms and 2 sea view suites whilst also offering scenes of the town of Horta and the This Pousada is set in a 16th century fortress built over the Horta island of Pico. Bay and is classified as a National Monument since 1947. With a All rooms have balconies, are fitted with air conditioning, wall to magnificent view of the Pico Island, you can also admire the wall carpeting and for your comfort they are supplied with hair famous Marina and its yachts. driers, safes, telephone and cable TV. For non smokers a whole floor is at your disposal. The superb panoramic restaurant offers international and regional cuisine, the bar and lounge enjoy magnificent views and outdoor pool, pool bar and gardens are purely for your leisure. The Hotel is also able to offer the further facilities of a fully equipped conference room ( max . 100 pax ), laundry and private car park. Car and bike rental or excursions may be reserved through reception.

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Horta Cachalote à vista Dive Azores Address: Rua Marcelino Lima, Bl.3-2º Dtº. 9900-122 Address: Rua Nova, 129900 Horta Horta Telephone: +351 292 292 715 - 967 882 214 - 912 585 Telephone: +351 292 293 934 Fax: +351 292 293 934 803 Fax: +351 292 292 715 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://cachaloteavista.com.sapo.pt/ http://www.diveazores.net

Activities: Activities: Boat Trips; Diving; Fishing; Whale watching; Boat Trips; Diving; Whale watching; Off-roading;

HortaCetáceos José Manuel Bettencourt Serpa Address: R. Luís Moura,10 - Angústias 9900-063 Horta Address: Rua Dr. Melo e Simas, 13 9900-127 Horta Telephone: +351 292 391 940 Fax: +351 292 292 076 Telephone: +351 292 292 865 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] http://www.hortacetaceos.com Activities: Activities: Boat Trips; Whale watching; Boat Trips; Fishing;

Norberto Diver Ourisland Address: Rua do Paiol, 129900-146 Horta Address: Rua Serpa Pinto, 329900-095 Horta / Açores Telephone: +351 292 293 891 Fax: +351 292 293 891 Telephone: +351 967 172 754 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://norbertodiver.com http://www.ourisland-azores.com

Activities: Activities: Boat Trips; Diving; Whale watching; Walking; Nature watching; Cycling; Observation of geology; Mountain Climbing; Trekking; Bike hire;

Peter Café Sport At Ourisland we believe that active and cultural tourism is the Address: Rua Tenente Valadim, 99900-027 Horta best way to know the triangle islands. In this way we offer our Telephone: +351 292 292 327 Fax: +351 292 391 287 clients activities such as hiking, trail running and mountain E-mail: [email protected] Website: climbing at Pico. The Azores deserve to be visited in a special http://www.petercafesport.com and sustainable way. Activities: Boat Trips; Walking; Whale watching; Cycling; Whale Watch Azores Address: Marina da Horta9900 Horta Telephone: +351 292 392 427 / +351 96 527 43 12 Fax: +351 292 392 428 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.whalewatchazores.com

Activities: Whale watching; Payments: Travellers Cheques accepted; 5 or 9 night whale and dolphin watching holidays. Accommodation, most meals, and airport transfers included in the price

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Horta Jardim Botânico Jardim da República Address: Quinta de São Lourenço - Flamengos Horta - Address: Praça da República - Horta - Ilha do Faial Ilha do Faial Timetable: Timetable: Free access.; From June to September: from Monday to Friday - 9am to 7pm - Characteristics and Services: Saturdays Sundays and holidays - 10am-1pm / 14pm-5.30pm Outdoor parking; Toilets; Bar; Restaurant; From October to May: from Monday to Friday - 9am-12.30pm / Access: 2pm-17pm - Saturdays Sundays and holidays - closed; Buses; Other informations: Area 5.600 m2 Characteristics and Services: The Jardim da República in Horta is a pleasant leisure area with Outdoor parking; wide avenues and grassed parterres, a small romantic lake Access: edged with lava stones and a bandstand where concerts and Buses; other performances take place.Here you can discover the most important species such as araucaria (candelabra), ginkgo, ash, elm, oak, magnolia and kapok (cotton-silk) trees. The Jardim Botânico dos Flamengos in the city of Horta can be considered unique amongst its kind in the Azores being Close to the garden are some important examples of the city's dedicated to scientific studies for the conservation cataloguing most distinctive architecture, with buildings such as the and propagation of botanical species. Sociedade Amor da Pátria, the Coronel Silva Leal Primary School and the Império dos Nobres. Here there are all kinds of specialised gardens such as the one on the western side that contains exotic and native species of aromatic and medicinal plants the garden on the eastern side Parque da Alagoa dedicated to the collection of plants from Macaronesia (those Address: Alagoa - Horta Ilha do Faial that are endemic to the Azores together with specimens from Madeira and the Canaries) and the one that contains exotic Timetable: ornamental plants. Free access.; Characteristics and Services: It is organised into small zones that reproduce the natural Outdoor parking; Toilets; Bar; habitat of the various sets of plants: the vegetation that is Access: characteristic of coastal areas and areas of low altitude; plants Buses; from mid to high-altitude areas; and in a ravine area species from the extremely humid Laurissilva (laurel-leaved) forest typical of mid to high-altitude areas. The Parque da Alagoa is in Horta, close to the Municipal Swimming Pool and the Praia da Conceição. Here, visitors can The plants represented here belong almost exclusively to the enjoy a few moments rest, take a stroll along its different paths vegetation of Macaronesia including 45 that are endemic to the and make the most of its picnic area and children's playground. Azores 6 that are common to the Azores and Madeira 5 that are common to Madeira and the Canary Islands and 2 that are If you're keen on botanical plants, you can enjoy some of the common to Macaronesia as a whole. species that tend to predominate in the Azores, such as the New Zealand Christmas trees, araucarias and Canary palms. Jardim Largo do Infante Address: Largo do Infante Horta - Ilha do Faial

Timetable: Free access.; Characteristics and Services: Outdoor parking; Toilets; Bar; Access: Buses;

The Largo do Infante Garden is one of the places that you cannot afford to leave out of your visit to Horta. It is extremely popular amongst the local population, particularly on summer nights. One of its greatest attractions is its view over the Marina and out

Along the garden's central path is a sculpture that pays homage to Prince Henry the Navigator, reminding us of his role in the history of the Portuguese Discoveries.

Amongst the species that are to be found in the garden are four magnificent Canary palms, some New Zealand Christmas trees and some tamarisks.

Parque Florestal do Cabouco Velho Address: Cabouco Velho Salão - Horta - Ilha do Faial

Timetable: Free access.; Other informations: Altitude: 500m. Area: 5 ha. Characteristics and Services: Outdoor parking; Toilets;

In the Cabouco Velho Forest Park, at an altitude of 500 metres, you have the chance to enjoy nature to the full. Footpaths, a picnic area, a threshing-floor and a children's playground will help you to enjoy some pleasant moments.

If you're fond of plants, you can discover some cryptomerias, pine-trees, cypresses and sequoias. Pay special attention to the endemic species, such as the lily of the valley tree, dogwood, Azores juniper and the pau-branco ("wood-white"), and enrich your botanical knowledge.

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Horta Marina da Horta Address: Cais de Stª Cruz 9900-017 Horta - Faial Telephone: +351 292 391 693 Fax: +351 292 293 986 E-mail: [email protected]

Timetable: Summer: 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | 1 p.m.-8 p.m. Winter: 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | 1 p.m.-5 p.m. ; Characteristics and Services: Radio; Tide information; Filling station; Water supply; Power supply available; Sea ramp available; Engine repairs; Hull repairs; Sail repairs; Travel lift available; Shops; Number of permanent mooring sites: 300; Maximum ship hull size at berthing point: 6 m; Maximum length at berthing point: 90 m; Frequency: VHF 9; Marina type: Ocean; EEC Blue Flag;

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Horta Castelo de São Sebastião Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Guia Address: Rua do Pasteleiro - Angústias - 9900 Horta Address: Monte de Guia - Angústias 9900 Horta Telephone: +351 292 202 054 Fax: +351 292 202 054 E-mail: [email protected] Built in the 17th century, this chapel was rebuilt on its present site, on Monte da Guia, during the adaptations made for the Timetable: defence of the city during the Second World War (1939-1945). 9h00-12h30 / 14h00-17h30 Closed: Saturday, Sunday and Holidays; Built in the 17th century on a rocky headland of the coast, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Castelo de São Sebastião was the main defence of the bay of Address: Largo da igreja do Carmo - Matriz- - 9900 Horta Porto Pim. It is currently used to house the Faial Eco-Library, a centre that seeks to raise people’s awareness of the need for The Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo was built at the end of environmental protection. the 17th century in the Baroque style. It belonged at that time to Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Angústias the Convento da Ordem Terceira. Address: Rua Vasco da Gama - Angústias 9900 Horta Inside, it is still possible to admire the church’s Baroque Telephone: +351 292 293 342 decoration, which includes carved and gilded woodwork,

Built in the 19th century, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora das historiated azulejos and a group of 18th-century religious Angústias helps us to remember the arrival of the first settlers at images. The church is closed for worship. the island of Faial. On a silver antependium, displayed on the high altar, we can see a representation of the first mass held on Museu da Horta the beach and attended by the original settlers, whilst the coats Address: Palácio do Colégio Largo Duque d' Ávila e of arms of their families are depicted on the ceiling of the Bolama 9900-141 Horta chancel. Telephone: +351 292 208 570 Fax: +351 292 208 577 E-mail: [email protected] In the side chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima, are the tombs of Josse Van Huertere, the first captain of the island of Timetable: Faial and his wife, Dona Brites de Macedo. From Tuesday to Friday: 10am-12.30pm / 2pm-5.30pm; Saturday and Sunday: 2pm-5.30pm Closed: Monday and Holidays; The church’s decorative features also include an 18th-century Characteristics and Services: clay nativity scene originating from the school of Machado de Shops; Horta Museum Castro. Housed in the former Jesuits’ College, one of Faial’s most important buildings, Horta Museum exhibits a heterogeneous Igreja Matriz do Santíssimo Salvador collection of significant pieces from the island’s cultural heritage, covering a broad period of history. Address: Largo Duque d' Ávila e Bolama 9900-141 Horta Telephone: +351 292 292 425 Amongst the highlights are the ethnographical sections and the collection of paintings from the 16th to the 20th century, with Forming part of the Jesuits’ College, the Igreja do Santíssimo works by António Dacosta, Manuel Lapa, Mário Cesariny and Salvador is one of the largest churches in the Azores. Decorated Sousa Pinto, amongst others. At the permanent exhibition, we in the Baroque style, it began to be built in 1680. can admire a unique collection of pieces carved from the white pith of fig-trees by the artist Euclides Rosa, reminding us of an The façade is simple but imposing. The most notable features of art that has been practised on the island of Faial since the mid-19th century. the highly sumptuous decoration inside the church are the silver antependium, the carved and gilded woodwork, the altarpieces Horta Museum also has an annex at the Capelinhos volcano. in the transept, the panels of historiated azulejos, an extremely fine jacaranda lectern with ivory inlays, a large sacristy chest of drawers made of pausanto and an organ dating from the beginning of the 19th century. Because of all these features, this church is a remarkable example of 18th-century Portuguese

Museu de Scrimshaw Address: Rua José Azevedo, 9 9900-027 Horta Telephone: +351 292 292 327 Fax: +351 292 391 287 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.petercafesport.com Timetable: From Monday to Saturday: 9am-12pm / 2pm-5pm; Closed: Sunday; Characteristics and Services: Guided Tours; Scrimshaw Museum A must for all visitors to Faial, the Scrimshaw Museum contains a magnificent set of pieces carved from the teeth of sperm whales, with engravings and low reliefs.

This is a private collection belonging to the owners of the “Peter Sports Café” next door, which is a famous meeting place for seafarers from all over the world. The books in which they have written their dedications over the years are also on display in the Museum.

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Horta 296 RENT-A-CAR AUTO TUR. FAIALENSE RENT-A-CAR Address: Rua das Angústias, 64 9900-018 HORTA Address: R. Conselheiro Medeiros 12 9900-144 HORTA Telephone: 292 391 917 Fax: 292 391 909 Telephone: 292 292308 Fax: 292 293608 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.autoturisticafaialense.com Avis - Horta Address: Rua Angustias nº70 r/c9900-039 Horta Telephone: +351 292 392 786 Fax: +351 296 304 892 Avis - Horta - Aeroporto E-mail: [email protected] Website: Address: Aeroporto da Horta9900-321 Castelo Branco - http://www.avis.com.pt Horta Telephone: +351 292 943 945 Fax: +351 296 304 892 : E-mail: [email protected] Website: open everyday – 8am - 7pm; http://www.avis.com.pt

Avis - Horta - Terminal Marítimo AÇOR RENT-A-CAR Address: Av. 25 de Abril9900-114 Horta Address: R. Vasco da Gama 18-1º 9900-017 HORTA Telephone: +351 918 611 766 Fax: +351 296 304 892 Telephone: 292 200031 Fax: 292 200033 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.avis.com.pt http://www.hertz.com

Horta Rent-a-Car ILHA 3 RENT-A-CAR (Filial) Address: Rua Conselheiro Miguel da Silveira, nº. 31 - Address: R. Vasco da Gama 9900-017 HORTA 9900-114 Horta Telephone: 292 292849 Fax: 292 292849 Telephone: 292 208 584 Fax: 292 208 589 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.hortarent.com Rent-a-Car Ilha Azul : Address: R. Conselheiro Medeiros 14 9900-144 Horta Deliveries and returns in Faial; Telephone: +351 292 208 606 Fax: +351 292 208 609

RENT-A-CAR COLOMBIS (Filial) Address: Fayal Resort Hotel Rua Consul Dabney 9901-856 HORTA Telephone: 292 392 786 Fax: 292 392 786

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Horta A Salgueirinha Barão Palace Address: Canada Porto 9900-361 Horta Address: Rua José Fialho, 3 9900-079 Horta Telephone: +351 292 943 553 Telephone: +351 292 292 124 E-mail: [email protected] Website: Website: http://restaurantebaraopalace.pai.pt/ http://www.facebook.com/asalgueirinha Timetable and reservations: Timetable and reservations: Reservations:: Necessary; 6.30 pm-11 pm Closed on Monday; 12 pm-3 pm / 7 pm-10 pm. Closed on Monday; Payments: Other informations: Credit cards accepted; Target price: $$ (10€ - 20€); 12 pm-3 pm / 7 pm-10 pm Closed on Monday; Characteristics and Services: Characteristics and Services: Outdoor section; Air conditioning; Capacity: 350; Outdoor Outdoor parking; parking; Reserved area for non-smokers; Reserved area for Payments: smokers; Target price: $$ (10€ - 20€); Accessibility: Disabled access; Disabled access;

Capitólio Address: Rua Conselheiro Medeiros, 23 9900-144 Horta Capote Telephone: +351 292 292 538 Address: Avenida Marginal, 24 9900-114 Horta E-mail: [email protected] Website: Telephone: +351 292 293 295 Fax: +351 292 293 295 http://www.restaurantecapitolio.com/ Timetable and reservations: Timetable and reservations: 12 pm-3 pm / 7 pm-10 pm Closed on Sunday; Reservations:: Necessary; 12 pm-12 am; Payments: Payments: Target price: $$ (10€ - 20€); Credit cards accepted; Target price: $$ (10€ - 20€); Characteristics and Services: Capacity: 140; O Esconderijo Address: Rua Janalves 3 - Cedros 9900-341 Horta Peter Café Sport Telephone: +351 292 946 505 Address: Rua Tenente Valadim, 9 9900-027 Horta E-mail: [email protected] Website: Telephone: 292292327 Fax: 292391287 https://www.facebook.com/pages/O-Esconderijo E-mail: [email protected] Website: Timetable and reservations: http://www.petercafesport.com Reservations:: Necessary; 6 pm-210 pm Closed on Tuesday; Characteristics and Services: Payments: Outdoor section; Capacity: 20; Reserved area for non-smokers; Credit cards accepted; Travellers Cheques accepted; Reserved area for smokers; Characteristics and Services: Payments: Outdoor section; Air conditioning; Capacity: 50 pessoas; Outdoor Travellers Cheques accepted; Target price: $$ (10€ - 20€); parking; Panoramic View; Access: Buses; Pizzaria Atlantis Address: Estrada Princípe Alberto de Mónaco 16, Angústias, 9900-038 Horta Restaurante Canto da Doca Telephone: 292 392 777 Address: R. Nova, Angústias 9900-023 Horta Telephone: +351 292 292 444 ; 96 233 84 52 Restaurante da Pousada de Santa Cruz Timetable and reservations: Address: Rua Vasco da Gama 9900-017 Horta Reservations:: Recommended; Telephone: +351 292 202 200 Fax: +351 292 392 836 Payments: E-mail: [email protected] Website: Credit cards accepted; http://www.pousadas.pt Characteristics and Services: Air conditioning; Outdoor parking; Reserved area for non- Timetable and reservations: smokers;

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Horta Horta: The most colourful marina in the world

When on Faial, a visit to the Horta Marina is a must for the excitement of seeing the yachts moored there and for the great open air exhibition of paintings made on the jetty by all the visiting sailors.

This nautical amenity was opened in 1986, and is the modern extension of a harbour and bay of long-standing importance. The marina has space for 300 vessels, and is currently the fourth most visited ocean marina and certainly one of the most important in the world. It has held the European Blue Flag since 1987.

Its location offers an excellent shelter against the winds from any direction and makes it an almost essential stopover for the hundreds of yachts from different nationalities that call here annually on their voyages across the North Atlantic, and also for yachts travelling between the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.

Several international regattas are held here every year, usually directed at ocean-going cruiser yachts, with this marina acting either as the finishing line or one of the ports of call, making Horta a meeting point for many international sailing events such as Les Sables-Les Azores-Les Sables, Atlantique Pogo, La Route des Hortensias, ARC Europe, Ceuta- Horta, OCC Azores Pursuit Race, amongst many others.

Peter’s Café Sport, the most charismatic café in the North Atlantic, is often associated with the marina and sailors. It opened its doors for the first time to sailors more than 80 years ago, and it has offered its hospitality and fantastic stories of the sea, tempered by the simplicity of the Azorean people, over a gin and tonic, ever since. Upstairs, you can visit the Museum of the Art of Scrimshaw, which contains the largest private collection of utensils and pieces of art carved out of, or etched into, the jawbone and teeth of sperm whales.

Amongst all this activity, the Horta Marina has another source of fascination too: the myth of the paintings on the walls of the port. Nobody knows how and when it started, but probably one day a crewman from a yacht anchored in Horta decided he should leave a painted souvenir of his stay on Faial on the dock wall. The first painting was followed by others, and they now occupy the entire length of the wall. New ones are painted over old paintings and what was a dark, uneven surface has been transformed into a colourful display of drawings and words recalling the many yachts that have docked in Horta.

A superstition began circulating among residents that vessels which, for one reason or another, failed to leave a record of their presence, would suffer a serious accident. So as not to tempt fate, every sailor now uses his brush and paint to sketch a drawing and some words that refer to his vessel or voyage, and a giant mosaic of vivid murals has thus been created over the decades by countless crews.

2013 Turismo de Portugal. All rights reserved. 12/16 [email protected] Horta Marina is also the point of departure for observation boats setting out to catch sight of the large marine mammals and agile dolphins that find abundant feed in the waters surrounding the islands of Faial, Pico and São Jorge. The vocation of Faial for sea sports is supplemented by fishing and by underwater observation. And its high point is the Sea Week, in August, in which the yacht regattas and races for whaling canoes join together in a festival that enlivens the whole city.

If distance is an unforgettable milestone for any yachtsman, if you finish your voyage in Horta Marina, you’ll have the added bonus of achieving such a feat in a place where the sea is its very lifeblood. Useful Information

-Horta Marina website www.marinasazores.com/Horta -Yachting www.visitazorez.com/Yachting -Island of Faial www.visitazores.com/Faial -Horta Tourism www.turismo.cmhorta.pt

Getting here

Horta Marina coordinates: 38º 31' 09'' N 28º 37' 50'' W VHF channels: 10 / 16

Opening hours: High season: 8.00am – 8.00pm Low season: 8.00am - 5.00pm

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Horta Horta

The city of Horta has plenty to see, scenically built between two bays, divided by the isthmus that leads us to the Monte da Guia.

Its streets tell us the story of a city founded five centuries ago, which saw the arrival of the caravels that brought the first inhabitants with their implements, livestock and seeds. It experienced a period of prosperity due to its strategic position as a safe haven between Europe and the American continent and more recently was the axis of communications between continents. Today it is a major point of reference of international yachting.

Visit the city of Horta, the monuments and its points of interest such as the Igreja Matriz de São Salvador (Main Church), the Church and former Convent of San Francisco, the Church of Nossa Senhora das Angústias, the Horta Museum, the Scrimshaw Museum, the Sea Centre, the Viewpoint of Monta da Guia e da Espalamaca, the Horta Marina and Peter Café Sport, where you just can’t go by without trying the famous gin and tonic.

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Horta Abreu / Horta Aerohorta - Ag. Viagens e Turismo Address: Largo do Infante, 20 9900-016 Horta Address: Rua Conselheiro Medeiros, 2 r/c 9900-144 Telephone: +351 292 208 490 Fax: +351 292 208 499 Horta Telephone: +351 292 208 130 Fax: +351 292 208 133 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.abreu.pt E-mail: [email protected]

Agência de Viagens Hortatur Other informations: Licence No.: 3526; Address: Rua S. João, 45 9900-144 Horta Telephone: +351 292 391 531 Fax: +351 292 293 056 E-mail: [email protected] Website: Ourisland http://www.ciberacores.pt/hortatur Address: Rua Serpa Pinto, 329900-095 Horta / Açores Other informations: Telephone: +351 967 172 754 Licence No.: 3258; E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ourisland-azores.com

Top Atlântico / Faial Ourisland is a travel agency that provides unique moments to Address: Rua Vasco da Gama, 40 9900-017 Horta Telephone: +351 292 208 140 Fax: +351 292 293 387 visitors of the Azorean Triangle islands of Faial, Pico and São E-mail: [email protected] Jorge, immersing them in the nature, culture and history of the

islands. Accompanied by local guides, Ourisland provides a

variety of programs organized with the goal of sharing

unforgettable experiences.

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Horta Direção Regional de Turismo dos Açores Posto de Turismo - Faial Address: Rua Comendador Ernesto Rebelo, 14 9900-112 Address: Rua Vasco da Gama 9900-117 Horta Ilha do Horta Faial Telephone: +351 292 200 500 Fax: +351 292 200 501/2 Telephone: +351 292 292 237 Fax: +351 292 292 006 E-mail: [email protected] Website: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.visitazores.travel http://www.visitazores.travel

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