Wandelgids Azores - Azoren | Sunflower books

Wandelgids: vele dagtochten worden degelijk beschreven met openbaar vervoer informatie, goede routebeschrijvingen en kaartmateriaal. Tevens enkele autotochten. Deze gids staat goed bekend! Engelstalig, want nederlandstalige is uitverkocht en niet meer leverbaar.

5 car tours (on São Miguel, Terceira and Faial), 60 long and short walks, 21 picnic suggestions

136 pages + two touring maps; plans ofPonta Delgada (São Miguel), Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira) and Horta (Faial), large-scale (1:50,000) topo maps

Table of contents:

Foreword 5

Some words of thanks; Useful books; Useful addresses;

Web sites focussing on the Azores

Introduction 7

How to get there 7

Getting about on the islands 7

Where to stay 8

Climate and weather 9

Language 10

Geology and vulcanology 11

Vegetation 12

The islands in detail 13

Picnicking 20

Picnic suggestions 21

TOURING

TOUR 1: WESTERN SÃO MIGUEL (with plan of Ponta Delgada) 27

TOUR 2: CENTRAL SÃO MIGUEL 32

TOUR 3: EASTERN SÃO MIGUEL 36

TOUR 4: TERCEIRA 38

TOUR 5: FAIAL (with plan of Horta) 42

WALKING 46

Waymarking, maps 46

Weather 46

What to take 47

Walkers’ checklist 48

Country code 48

Organisation of the walks 49

€ 18,50