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Farol dos Capelinhos, Cabeço do Canto e Cabeço Verde — percurso na Ilha do Faial (PR 1 FAI)

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Farol dos Capelinhos, Cabeço do Canto e Cabeço Verde — percurso na Ilha do Faial (PR 1 FAI)

Moderate

4.4

(40)

195

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Farol dos Capelinhos, Cabeço do Canto e Cabeço Verde — percurso na Ilha do Faial (PR 1 FAI)

03:01

6.99km

410m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Área de Paisagem Protegida da Zona Central

Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies dos Capelinhos, Costa Noroeste e Varadouro

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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229 m

Capelinhos Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

The Farol da Ponta dos Capelinhos is a former lighthouse in the municipality of Capelo in the west of the Azores island of Faial. Due to the volcanic eruption at …

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1.35 km

Vigia da Baleia Whale Watching Lookout

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In the whale watch towers, men sat in the woods and kept their eyes peeled for sperm whales in the waters around the Azores. When they spotted one, they fired …

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2.31 km

Gruta do Cabeço do Canto

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If you follow the sign a little bit to the left from the ascent to Cabeco do Canto, you come to Gruta do Cabeco do Canto, an old lava cave. …

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2.64 km

View of Cabeço Verde

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The highlight is a bit misleadingly named... from here you have a view of the Cabeço Verde and are not on top of it

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3.49 km

View of Caldeirão Crater

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Beautiful view of the volcanic landscape of the Ponta dos Capelinhos and the sea below the green landscape of the Cabeco Verde

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6.99 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.42 km

1.51 km

715 m

339 m

Surfaces

3.28 km

2.30 km

1.26 km

134 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Comments

June 24, 2022,Cabeco Verde --》 Capelinhos

The path along the chain of volcanoes was magnificent, a fascinating interplay of lush greenery and a lunar-like desert. No particular ascents or descents, but the combination of damp fog, drizzle and loose ground required attention. The strange cottage in the photo is a former whale lookout. Staffed daily until the 1980s and informed the whale hunters of sightings by …

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Capelinhos Lighthouse

Vigia da Baleia Whale Watching Lookout

Gruta do Cabeço do Canto

View of Cabeço Verde

View of Caldeirão Crater

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