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Cascata da Ribeira Grande
- beach
- country
Ribeira Grande
9960-110, Lajes das Flores
Large waterfall, falling dozens of meters high, among beautiful green hills. It is not just one waterfall, but a group of around twenty, some of which fall into the sea and others give rise to a lagoon.
Miradouro para a Caldeira Rasa e Caldeira Funda
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- leisure
Caldeira Funda
9970-265, Lajes das Flores
This is one of the most beautiful viewpoints on the island of Flores, offering privileged views over Caldeira Rasa and Caldeira Funda. The latter reaches a depth of more than 100 meters.
Praia da Calheta
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Rua Padre José Francisco Soares
9960, Lajes das Flores
Small sandy beach with black sand and dark pebbles, a calm corner where to do to the beach away from the masses.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
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Rua de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
9960-999, Lajes das Flores
Church built between 1763 and 1783 on the site where the Ermida do Espírito Santo previously stood. The main body, with a rectangular plan, features two integrated towers. At the back of the chancel there is an altarpiece in painted revivalist carvings.
Rocha dos Bordões
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ER1-2
9960-630, Lajes das Flores
Rocha dos Bordões is a curious geological phenomenon that presents impressive vertical striations on the basalt wall. Through the rock, several watercourses pass that end in a waterfall. Very close by, we find the so-called Águas Quentes, small boilers boiling with sulfurous water.
Farol das Lajes
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Lajes das Flores
9960, Lajes das Flores
This is one of the largest and best known lighthouses of the Azores. Presents a quadrangular prismatic tower with 16 feet tall and a building attached.
Moinho da Ribeira da Alagoa
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Ribeira Grande
9960-110, Lajes das Flores
This is one of the many water mills located on Lajes das Flores.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
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Rua da Ladeira
9960-110, Lajes das Flores
Church dating from the 18TH century, made up of the main body, a narrower chancel, a Bell Tower, a sacristy and an attachment. Emphasis on the triumphal arch based on imposed entire back.
Capela de Nossa Senhora das Angústias
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Rua da Autonomia
9960-439, Lajes das Flores
18TH-century chapel, erected by two Spanish noblemen as thanks for having been saved from a shipwreck.
Império do Espírito Santo
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Rua Padre João Fraga Vieira
9960, Lajes das Flores
Empire dating from 1846, where every year the great festivities of Divino Espírito Santo Azores.