Experience a magical journey with Your Car Hire in Azores!
A harmonious convergence of majestic scenery is awaiting you to discover with your car hire in
Azores. The main attraction of the Azores is definitely the immense beauty of the natural and human-modified landscape, which can be easily reached with your car hire. Only in Azores while travelling around in your hire car you will get to see garden-like islands and blue lagoons on the horizons of
the Atlantic Ocean. The scenery in Azores is diverse: It is sometimes wild, sometimes tropical and can be easily and fully discovered with your car hire.
The Azores Islands
You will see while travelling in your car hire around the Azores Islands that the Azores individual areas vary between each other quite a lot.
S. Miguel’s is for instance 290 square miles big whereas
Corvo’s only 7 square miles. While cursing around in your car hire trough the nine major islands of Azores you should bear in mind that the Islands extend for more than 373 mi. The minimum distance between two islands is 6 km (
Pico and Faial) and maximum 600 km. That distances might be quite far compared to home of course. You can stay however flexible with your car hire at all times as getting around Azores with hire car is very convenient. Especially considering the fact that the road network is excellent so covering all the main sights and cities of Azores in your car hire is no problem at all.
Discover the main Islands and Cities in Azores with your car hire
The Azores are grouped into three geographic areas, all easily accessible with your car hire. The East of Azores consists of
São Miguel,
Santa Maria and
Formigas Islands. Getting a car hire here will be a perfect option as the distance is only a few miles. You should start your trip with car hire from São Miguel, which is the largest and most populous of the islands. Then with your cheap car hire head to the central of the Azores. We recommend to end your trip in your car hire in the Western part of Azores, which includes
Flores and Corvo.
You should also try to take your car hire for a spin and visit five main cities of Azores Islands. These are
Ponta Delgada,
Ribeira Grande on
São Miguel Island as well as
Angra do Heroísmo and
Praia da Vitória on the island of
Terceira, and
Horta on the island of Faial. Three of these Ponta Delgada, Angra and Horta are considered capital cities in the regional government of Azores.
Explore the surroundings with your car hire in Azores
In
Archipelago of the Azores you will also often stay away from big tourist traps stick to the small cities and villages and take your car hire for a tour. You can certainly enjoy driving around in your car hire while visiting Azores and explore the islands greatest attraction which is
Sete Cidades, a Twin Lake of which half shimmers azure blue and the other grey. These roads around the lakes and the area can be perfectly explored with a car hire. Not far from here you can head with your hire car to Mosteiros, a traditional fishing village remaining true to its roots- another great place to visit in your car hire! Driving you car hire in Azores with will enable you to stay flexible at all times. The Azores provide a whole different European experience for the traveler who would like to experience cultural and environmental contrast to "The Continent."
Driving in the Azores
Car hire is the cheapest and the most comfortable way of getting around in Azores. On the bigger Islands like Sao Miguel and
Terceira you will simply want a car hire. The roads system in Azores is excellent and there is not a lot of traffic. You can hire a car with one of our car hire agencies placed on the bigger Islands. If you plan an extended stay, some people have their car hire transported also to the island by boat.
Weather in the Azores
The climate of the Azores is delightful, lying in the same general climatic zone as
Lisbon guarantees really high temperatures. This is why if you decide to venture into this nearly intolerable heat, it is best to book a car hire with air conditioning!
Influence of the Azores
Even though the Azores form an autonomous region of
Portugal they have been very influential in terms of Portuguese culture as many important figures originate from the islands. We invite you to step into the past and discover with our CarDelMar holiday car hire the beauty and tranquillity of these nine fascinating islands.
