Gloriadventure

     After Vista do Rei we got hit by a great painful muscle fever that prevented us from walking straight 😆 So we decided to go on a car tour and see the rest of the beauties from the West side of the island. The first stop was at Miraduro do Pico do Carvao where we admired the bright green fields which stretched to the Atlantic Ocean. Miraduro do Pico do Carvao     I n this area, along the road, we noticed many old towers and aqueducts and stopped at some of them to take pictures and walk among them. This tower can be found on Maps as "Torre". We also stopped at Aqueducto do Carvao which can be found between Muro das Nove Janelas and a parking lot where we left the car. Torre & Aqueducto do Carvao      On our way to Sete Cidades village, we stopped at another beautiful viewpoint - Miraduro do Cerrado das Freias - to admire again the mesmerizing landscape of the crater's lagoons. In Sete Cidades we enjoyed a cup of coffee at a nice local and...

               On the west side of the island, you can find the most beautiful hike on the island. The trail starts at Miraduro Vista do Rei where you can admire the magnificent view of Lagoa das Sete Cidades crater lake. Translated, it means "the King's view"...indeed a landscape worthy of a king's eyes. It goes along the western edge of the volcano on a dirt road surrounded by fantastic vegetation. Miraduro Vista do Rei                This large depression on the top of Sete Cidades Volcano has an almost circular shape of around 5,3km in diameter. This volcanic caldera was formed at the time of a very explosive erruption followed by several eruptions that took place inside the caldera. These last erruptions formed the Caldera Seca, Caldeira do Alferes, Lagoa Azul and Lagoa Verde, which we've seen today, and Lagoa do Santiago and Lagoa Rasa, which we will be seing later, on the fith day.  ...