This museum, which gives the history of the Capelinhos volcano and the effect its eruption had on the lives of those living nearby, is housed in one of the island's old stone houses, carefully restored and with a few more modern features added. You can still see houses like this in some places, though many have fallen into disrepair and others have been improved beyond recognition.
Ponta dos Capelinhos was the site of the most recent volcanic eruption in the islands of the Azores. A volcano erupted just off the point in 1957, and continuing eruptions created a new area of land joined to Faial itself. The area is dramatic, steep slopes and dark sandy soil with the sea lapping below.
An old windmill, carefully preserved but no longer in use. It's sails are tethered and its stairs anchored to the ground so that the top of the windmill will no longer revolve to take best advantage of the wind.
Like many other islands, Faial is proud of it's "natural swimming pools". On a calm day, this wouldhave been a very inviting place to go swimming in spite of the steep climb down.
From the Monte da Guia you can look down past the beach at Porto Pim to the harbour and marina at Horta. The Monte da Guia and the smaller Monte Queimado are both volcanic cones.
Windmills for producing electricity tower above the farms and houses outside Horta. We saw cattle in some of the fields as well as a few horses, and hay bails wrapped in a white plastic covering.
From Horta and the island of Sao Jorge you can see the island of Pico, with it's volcanic cone towering high above. Sometimes shrouded in clouds, sometimes lightly veiled, sometimes clear - Pico has many moods. Here is the mountain at sunset, seen from Horta's marina.
This museum, which gives the history of the Capelinhos volcano and the effect its eruption had on the lives of those living nearby, is housed in one of the island's old stone houses, carefully restored and with a few more modern features added. You can still see houses like this in some places, though many have fallen into disrepair and others have been improved beyond recognition.
Ponta dos Capelinhos was the site of the most recent volcanic eruption in the islands of the Azores. A volcano erupted just off the point in 1957, and continuing eruptions created a new area of land joined to Faial itself. The area is dramatic, steep slopes and dark sandy soil with the sea lapping below.
An old windmill, carefully preserved but no longer in use. It's sails are tethered and its stairs anchored to the ground so that the top of the windmill will no longer revolve to take best advantage of the wind.
Like many other islands, Faial is proud of it's "natural swimming pools". On a calm day, this wouldhave been a very inviting place to go swimming in spite of the steep climb down.
From the Monte da Guia you can look down past the beach at Porto Pim to the harbour and marina at Horta. The Monte da Guia and the smaller Monte Queimado are both volcanic cones.
Windmills for producing electricity tower above the farms and houses outside Horta. We saw cattle in some of the fields as well as a few horses, and hay bails wrapped in a white plastic covering.
From Horta and the island of Sao Jorge you can see the island of Pico, with it's volcanic cone towering high above. Sometimes shrouded in clouds, sometimes lightly veiled, sometimes clear - Pico has many moods. Here is the mountain at sunset, seen from Horta's marina.
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