Highlights of the Azores

What's Included

• Accommodation
  Hotel (6 nights)

• Sao Miguel - Island Day Tour

• Sao Miguel - Arruda’s Pineapple Plantation at Faja de Baixo

• Sao Miguel - Cozido das Furnas Lunch

• Sao Miguel - Tea Plantation Visit & Tasting

• Sao Miguel - Miradouro do Pico do Ferro & Miradouro de Santa Iria

• Sao Jorge - Hike to Caldeira do Santo Cristo with Picnic Lunch

• Sao Jorge - Visit to Bakery or Local Market

• Faial - Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre

• Pico Island - Day Trip

• Pico Island - Liqueur Tasting

• Pico Island - Criacao Velha Vineyards UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Pico Island - Arcos do Cachorro (Lava tunnels)

• Meals

  6 breakfasts, 2 lunches

• Sao Miguel - Lagoa das Sete Cidades including transport and guide services

• Horta - Leader led orientation walk

• Faial Island - Hike in Capelinhos Volcano area

• Faial Island - Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre visit

What's Not Included

• Tipping and Gratuities

• International Travel

Transport

• TRANSPORT IN EUROPE
• Half the fun of travel is the travelling itself, that's why we like to travel the local way – whether that means mingling with commuters on a local train, watching the scenery roll by from the window of a long distance bus, arriving on a high speed train in the city centre of your next destination, or navigating each city's public transport system. In Europe, you are guaranteed to travel by genuine local public transport wherever possible, which puts you right in the centre of the action.
• DOMESTIC FLIGHT
• On this trip we will jump on an internal flights between Sao Miguel and Sao Jorge islands. Please note that we require your full passport details (including your middle name) before the start of your departure in order to secure your flights. There is a luggage weight limit of 20kg on this internal flights, so please pack accordingly. If the weight of your luggage will be exceeded you will incur extra charges at the airport.
• FERRY TRANSPORT
• In addition, there will be a couple of ferry trips between the islands. It’s the most convenient and efficient way to move around the Azores, however with temperamental weather some of the rides may be little rocky. Please make sure you have your own motion sickness medication should you need to use it.

Accommodation

• The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline only and may change. On some occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our preferred accommodation. In these cases, we will use a similar standard of accommodation.
• Throughout the trip, we request that our properties prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However, this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination or on some trips, have use of shared day rooms until all rooms are available.
• OCCASIONAL ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION
• The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline. On rare occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our usual accommodation. A similar standard of accommodation will be used in these instances.
• TWIN SHARE BASIS
• Accommodation on this trip is on a twin/multishare basis. We pair up solo travellers with another traveller of the same gender as per the gender marker on each of their passports. Please note there may be times where facilities will be shared rather than ensuite and rare occasions when you share a room with passengers travelling on different Intrepid trips than your own.
• CHECK-IN TIME
• Throughout the trip we request that our hotels prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination.
• PRE/POST TRIP ACCOMMODATION
• If you've purchased pre-trip or post-trip accommodation (if available), you may be required to change rooms from your trip accommodation for these extra nights.
• FACILITIES
• Your accommodation may not always have private en suite facilities or air-conditioning. European hotels generally don't provide kettles or fridges.

Included Activities

• Sao Miguel - Island Day Tour
• Sao Miguel - Miradouro do Pico da Barrosa
• Sao Miguel - Arruda’s Pineapple Plantation at Faja de Baixo
• Sao Miguel - Lagoa Pottery Demonstration
• Sao Jorge - Pico do Pedro Trail Hike
• Sao Jorge - Picnic Lunch
• Faial - Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre
• Pico Island - Whale Watching Excursion
• Pico Island - Day Trip

Important Information

• 1. A single supplement is available if you’d prefer not to share a room on this trip. The single supplement applies to all nights of your trip and is subject to availability. Please note that due to the small properties we use in Europe there is only a limited amount of single supplements available per trip departure. Please speak to your booking agent for further information.
• 2. Please provide your full name exactly as per passport at the time of booking (including any middle names listed on your passport) for internal flight tickets. Fees may apply for amendments to details within 6 weeks of departure, and in some cases you will be required to cover the cost of issuing new tickets.
• 3. The luggage limit for airlines we use for the domestic flights on this trip is 20kg. Exceeding this limit will incur an excess baggage charge, payable by the traveller. However, we must stress that due to the adventurous nature of this trip and the amount of public transport we use on it, this limit far exceeds Intrepid's recommended luggage weight for this tour (15kg).

Mode of Transport

• TRANSPORT IN EUROPE
• Half the fun of travel is the travelling itself, that's why we like to travel the local way – whether that means mingling with commuters on a local train, watching the scenery roll by from the window of a long distance bus, arriving on a high speed train in the city centre of your next destination, or navigating each city's public transport system. In Europe, you are guaranteed to travel by genuine local public transport wherever possible, which puts you right in the centre of the action.
• DOMESTIC FLIGHT
• On this trip we will jump on an internal flights between Sao Miguel and Sao Jorge islands. Please note that we require your full passport details (including your middle name) before the start of your departure in order to secure your flights. There is a luggage weight limit of 20kg on this internal flights, so please pack accordingly. If the weight of your luggage will be exceeded you will incur extra charges at the airport.
• FERRY TRANSPORT
• In addition, there will be a couple of ferry trips between the islands. It’s the most convenient and efficient way to move around the Azores, however with temperamental weather some of the rides may be little rocky. Please make sure you have your own motion sickness medication should you need to use it.

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