Is Ponta Delgada worth it?DONT make the same mistake we made
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Should you spend your money on a trip to Ponta Delgada? We made the mistake of underestimating what the Island of Sao Miguel had to offer. Learn some tips for traveling to the Azores, specifically Ponta Delgada and the rest of the island of Sao Miguel. Enjoy our video on some of the places you will want to visit like Sete Cidades, miradouro da Lagoa do Fogo, Ilheu de Vila Franca do Campo, Terra Nostra, Salto da Farinha. #pontadelgada #saomiguel , #lagoadofogo #IlheudeVilaFrancadoCampo #travelvlog #retirementtravel #azores #azoreswhatelse #azoreislands #pontadelgada #travelvlog #summervacation #portugal #hotspring #dronevideo #djimini2
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I’ve traveled extensively and this is one of my favourite places on earth. A little piece of paradise with all the modern comforts in the city and still very affordable.
We agree. Thanks for watching Maria.
Sao Miguel is one of those places in the world that will once again make you believe in magic and fairy tales. There is absolutely no place on this island that is not overflowing with natural beauty. The gentleness and kindness of its citizens only adds to the ambiance.
We can't agree with you more.
Great video of my home country. I was born in Ponta Delgada and live in Canada. I have been in Canada for most of my life but visit the Azores almost on an annual basis and never get tired of its beauty. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you for watching. We will be returning as well.
Thank you for sharing my beautiful Island! I never get tired of seeing the beautiful sites. I currently live in Massachusetts. Going to visit soon!! 😊
Thanks for watching, we fell in love with the place and really didn't want to share so people would not know about it.lol
We are in MA and will be visiting in Sept. Unexpectedly, actually, we booked flights to Lisben yesterday and found out we could do a three day layover. It's been on my bucket list for a while.
@@bigmustardddd Make sure sure you visit the Alfama area, in Lisbon!
Thank you so much for sharing the beatifull island of Sao Miguel . I was born in Sao Miguel and left in 1968 but never forgot my Azores .
We can’t wait to go back and we hope you get to return often.
Interesting ! You grew up there and left, why? I’ve been to the Azores three times and I have considered moving there while I am growing older (retire) or at least part of the year there and part of it in Sweden. What are your suggestions?
Left as a11 year old kid when my parents came to Canada . Life was not easy in the 60 and many people from the Azores left for Canada and the USA in those years . Nevere forgot were i was born but Canada is my home today along with my children and grand children . I have been back 2 times in the past 3 years and enjoyed every minute we spend in Sao Miguel .@@MixiMera
Thank you for sharing your beautiful adventure, Indeed this island is magical it's where I was born and lived for 8 yrs. I will be visiting again in July I can't wait. All the best.👍👍
Thank you for watching, we are excited for you to be able to return be cause we can't wait to go back.
Thanks for the video my beautiful Island 😢❤
It certainly is beautiful! Thanks for watching.
The places you visited are amazingly beautiful. Nice drone capture, by the way. Love from the Philippines 😊
Thanks we will be heading your way after the new year.
My homeland. We were just there in May 2023, and I dream of going back. A magical, beautiful island.
That’s when we were there. You are right, magical is a good word for it.
Yes one week or a bit more and you won’t be sorry my country is amazing beautiful with lot to see of your into nature glad you guys took a chance
Honestly we think this may be one of the places we decide to stay when we are done traveling. We loved it there so much.
Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. The drone footage is spectacular, and it makes me so happy to see you both having such a great time ❤
Thank you we are very privileged to be able to do this. Thanks for watching.
Hi guys, lovely share, I just wish I were there to share the experience, but until that time comes, i have subscribed to support and look forward to your future adventures.
Thanks for your support, we truly appreciate it.
Thank you ,showing my beautiful island 😢❤
Your welcome, thanks for watching.
Nice Video! 👍👍
thank you for watching
Beautiful video guys são miguel azores beautiful island peace my beautiful hometown my heart broke very nice video thank u so much
We are leaving today and it breaks our heart too. Thank you.
Just came back from Pico island. Beautiful. It's a really fun place. Alot of uphill walking. Bring proper footwear if you don't have a rental car 😂
@@bensonstrumpet_tips good tip. Ponta Delgada too has a lot of elevation changes.
Great video and thanks for sharing the views!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching
It looks amazing thank you guys
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!
I admire you ! Every time I experience my stay in the Azores so much that I can't make videos 😄 Best regards
Thanks! I loved shooting it with the drone.
Hi there!! I'm curious about the place your visiting starting at around 9:50, the garden with the caves? Thank you for sharing! The azores looks beautiful
António Borges Garden close to Parque Atlântico Shopping Center
@TheTheaterdreamer thank you so much!
The gardens there have multiple trails to follow, all leading to very diverse scenery. Its also a free park to enter.
Wow that was lots of fun watching this. My parents were born there and there are many people who really don’t know where the islands are. Maybe you should do a video of all of the 9 Azores and Madeira islands? That would be fun.
We would love to do a video for each island. If only we could visit each one. We do have plans on returning someday but that will be a while.
Bom dia! Great video. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Come to see the canary islands you will like them.
We have already started talking about that option. Thanks for the input.
Canaries are beautiful
Nice video sowing my Island but very much to show and say,like the termas on ferraria have to mention that on the water will be hot near the rocks on one said on the natural pool on the ocean.
Then will be Dona Beija another hot wather,then the diferente wathers with deferen taste and gaz or not.I love my Island
Thanks for watching. We could have made the video last hours there was so much to see, but had to draw the line somewhere.
Great video. I prefer to stay in an area with more nature views than Ponta Delgado. Which side of the island would you recommend? Would you split your stay with 3 days on the north and3 on the west?
The Island is small enough that you can get around easy enough you don't have to move around. Also don't discount the Furnas area really beautiful there as well. Sorry for the non committal answer but the whole place is beautiful and you can't go wrong.in our opinion.
Santo Cristo is the Saint of São Miguel we celebrate in May goes back centuries.
thanks for clarifying that for our viewers, we of course knew, but Tim was just messing around. Lucy actually participated in one of the long processions in silence.Thanks for watching.
nice video, i was in the same places in april... São Miguel is amazing but I ate the bifana sandwich in Lisbon. Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹
Thanks for joining us. We may be headed to Italy our next time into the Schengen area.
@@Travelingtwo Good choice👍🏻😄👋🏻
Açores is a piece of heaven, don´t tell anyone :)
Just our secret 🤫
That is so very true....the world's best kept secret...the opposite of Madeira!
@@andybrough1035 thanks for watching.
Amazing drone work! I am planning a trip soon, did you find the food prices reasonable?
Thank! We found prices to be quite reasonable for the most part. We did hit a couple expensive restaurants but we knew that was the case ahead of time.
I was born there and lived in S.Miguel until I was 21 years old, moved to the USA. I am 35 yo now, can't believe how much the island changed over the years, the amount of tourists that realized how amazing it is there and moved its incredible. Good for people that come from other countries with money, not so great for people born there in poor families, not much job opportunities.
Tourism is definitely a double edged sword, isn't it?
Excellent overview. I really enjoyed watching your video.
Did you book any organized day tour in your trip? If so, what would you recommend? Thank you:)
we did not book any organized tours so I can't recommend any. Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.
I added Jenna, once she accepts, I will make arrangement for Car
Let us know how it you liked it!
amazing video, is it easy to get permit for flying drone there?
Honestly I can’t remember the entire process but it wasn’t hard for me because I am a commercial helicopter pilot already. I do remember for the EU portion I had some online classes I took using the Ireland website because it was in English. Sorry I can’t be of more assistance to you.
I have been here for 2 days and it's been raining non stop. Really hope it improves to see some of these beautiful places.
So sorry to hear. For us we had a number of cloudy days but only had one day of actual rain for most of the day. Luck of the draw I suppose. It should get better. Fingers crossed. Keep us posted.
Beautiful ❤
This place is really magical. Totally unexpected.
Come to paradise. Come to Terceira.
Unfortunately we are forced to leave Europe for 6 months. We wish we could've made our way around to all the islands.
Great video! By the way, what time of year did you go to the Azores?
We were there for the moth of May.
Great information, thank you. Can you please confirm tipping practices for restaurants and such? We arrive on July 8th for several days before going to Santa Maria. Thank you.
Generally it appeared that tipping was not a normal practice like much of Europe. Were saw no tip jars anywhere that you would normally see them in the US.
You should always tip for the service. They don’t have a jar. You just give what you think they deserve for the service.
@@shecaso it was said by some locals that they received good wages and did not want their wages to go down because they received tips on occasion. We don’t have all the answers just report what we see and hear. Thanks for your input. Are you a local in Ponta Delgada?
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thank you for the support
nice and thank you for the video. we're leaving Monday and we tried to get to get to Poca da Dona Beija but it was a disaster with all the road work so we couldn't make it. Did you have any trouble getting at Terra Nostra?
We had no problem getting to Terra Nostra
Soooo beautiful! Wow! Where are u going next!?
Next stop is Málaga Spain
@@Travelingtwo oh I love Spain. Can't wait
@@ingridreeve5449 the thing is, this place is so nice it will be hard to leave.
@@Travelingtwo I can see that!
What about North American food, I'm a Canadian, so fast food such as burgers, pizza, and pasta? Is it available?
Yes. Actually in the mall, there were a lot fast food choices. Some of which I feel had better beef than in North America.
What kind of drone did you bring and were there any hassles from anyone about the droning?
I used a dii mini 2 and not one person even looked at me funny
Is it very wet and rainy in April?
Seemed there was always rain someplace on the island but it wasn’t like the entire island was being rained on at any given time. It did seem overcast without rain much more than we saw rain.
If I remember right theirs nothing there. Sagres brewery still in operation?
Sagres beer was readily avail there. As far as the comment "there's nothing there," I dont understand.
Did you have to apply for a permit for your drone? We are going next year and are thinking of taking one.
Good question lol. I did not fly in controlled airspace where it would be needed.
Wish you mentioned what month this was.
Sorry I believe we mentioned it in our cost of living video for that month which was May of 23.
Hi from Quebec, Canada. What is the park at 10:00 ? Thanks ;-)
that's a free park to enter named Jardim Antonio Borges Park
Thanks Nice video, we will be on a cruise in May on RC, can we do it ourselves or have to take an excursion,,,,Thanks
Hiring a driver to take you to one or two places or sticking with the excursions will be your best bet. We hired a driver to take us to Sete Cidades on a 1/2 day tour only cost us 75 euro.
@@Travelingtwo Thank you, we are 7 we met on Facebook on Voyager of the seas 15 may, 2024 group, thinking of hiring a driver and a van for the day, where can find them? Other option to rent a van, do they drive on the wrong side of the road...lol..Leaning toward hiring a driver, whole lot cheaper than Royal caribbean excursion for 7
@@AsifKhan-jq3vw the driver name is Joana and her WhatsApp number is +351 925 500 990. Maybe she can get you set up. The company website is www.brumasecenarios.com hopefully that helps you.
@@Travelingtwo Thank you I will call hem
@@AsifKhan-jq3vw We look forward to hear how you liked the Azores. Hope you have great weather.
Did you stay in one area and travel from there, or do you recommend staying in different areas of the island. TIA
We stayed in the same place all month.
@Travelingtwo If you don't mind, what area did you stay?
If you google Hotel Sao Miguel, we were very close to it. Sorry for the delay, we are on a cruise off Australia and dont have internet access on the boat.@@georgedodwell1721
@@Travelingtwo thanks, I'll look in the area. Enjoy your cruise.
What month did you visit
we were there last month pretty much all of May
São Miguel island is more like the continental Portugal. The real Azores are beyond SM.
Thanks for watching. We hope to se all the islands eventually.
If you don’t like why you go
We loved it. I don’t understand your question.
@@Travelingtwo sorry 😢 I think you guys don’t like to be in S MIGUEL AÇORES BECAUSE THATS MY birth place I love so much again I am so sorry 🙏❤️
@@user-zi6vb6sq6i no problem, you are lucky to live there!!
@@Travelingtwo I wish I came to USA 🇺🇸 in 1979 after that I never have a chance to visit my beautiful country first I have 5 kids you know too start a new life is not easy I work hard 😓 to buy my house 🏠 and support my children me and my husband now I have the money to go but I can’t because I am to sick but I love went people go visit my beautiful S Miguel I love you ❤️ guys
@@user-zi6vb6sq6i thanks for watching. We wish you well and pray you can get through whatever sickness you may have.