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Fajã dos Cubres
A village worth the long drive · Calheta, São Jorge, Portugal
Photo: Dreizung · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
4.8★Rating
245Reviews
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May–SepBest time
The experience
A lava-delta hamlet under São Jorge's sheer north cliffs, wrapped around a clear coastal lagoon full of birdlife — the end point of the PR01 trail down from Serra do Topo via the clam lagoon of Santo Cristo.
A remote fajã on an Azorean island most visitors skip for São Miguel.
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It's only worth the detour May–Sep. Turn up outside that window and you're looking at a different place; we'd rather say so than sell you the photo.
Where it is
Calheta, São Jorge, Portugal · Azores. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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