Beschrijving
Wandelgids: vele dagtochten worden degelijk beschreven met openbaar vervoer informatie, goede routebeschrijvingen en kaartmateriaal. Tevens enkele autotochten. Deze gids staat goed bekend! Engelstalig, want nederlandstalige is uitverkocht en niet meer leverbaar.
5 car tours (on São Miguel, Terceira and Faial), 60 long and short walks, 21 picnic suggestions
136 pages + two touring maps; plans ofPonta Delgada (São Miguel), Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira) and Horta (Faial), large-scale (1:50,000) topo maps
Table of contents:
Foreword 5
Some words of thanks; Useful books; Useful addresses;
Web sites focussing on the Azores
Introduction 7
How to get there 7
Getting about on the islands 7
Where to stay 8
Climate and weather 9
Language 10
Geology and vulcanology 11
Vegetation 12
The islands in detail 13
Picnicking 20
Picnic suggestions 21
TOURING
TOUR 1: WESTERN SÃO MIGUEL (with plan of Ponta Delgada) 27
TOUR 2: CENTRAL SÃO MIGUEL 32
TOUR 3: EASTERN SÃO MIGUEL 36
TOUR 4: TERCEIRA 38
TOUR 5: FAIAL (with plan of Horta) 42
WALKING 46
Waymarking, maps 46
Weather 46
What to take 47
Walkers’ checklist 48
Country code 48
Organisation of the walks 49
