Monte Brasil
City views.
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Angra do Heroísmo is a city on the south coast of Terceira Island in Portugal's Azores archipelago, in the middle of the Atlantic, and one of the archipelago's three capitals. Its name means «bay of heroism». Founded in 1478, it was for centuries the most important city in the Azores and a stopping point where ships returning from the Americas and India took on supplies. Its centre was laid out in the 16th century with broad, crossing streets lined with colourful houses with iron balconies, churches and palaces. The historic centre was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. The city faces a bay guarded by Monte Brasil, a green old volcano on a peninsula ringed by the walls of the São João Baptista fortress. Visitors climb the mountain's trails to lookouts over the city and the ocean, stroll the Duque da Terceira garden in the city centre, and walk the waterfront and the old harbour. Exploring the city is free. Terceira is reached by plane from Lisbon or the other Azores islands, and the weather is mild all year but changeable.
City views.
Balconied houses.
In the city centre.
Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal
By plane from Lisbon.
Yes.