jo145
Whitburn, United Kingdom80%
[jo145, 22/12/2006] Furnas is on Sao Miguel in the Azores. Both a valley and a town. You can spend several hours here exploring. It is a place of beauty, where some people go to taste the water or try out the medicinal mud. The bubbling "Caldeiras or Hot Springs are fascinating to see, and it is a amzing how much heat is produced. The Lake is a real place of beauty, just to sit and absorb the peace and tranquility - that is if you arrive before the bus loads of tourists!
In the town of Furn [more] [jo145, 22/12/2006] Furnas is on Sao Miguel in the Azores. Both a valley and a town. You can spend several hours here exploring. It is a place of beauty, where some people go to taste the water or try out the medicinal mud. The bubbling "Caldeiras or Hot Springs are fascinating to see, and it is a amzing how much heat is produced. The Lake is a real place of beauty, just to sit and absorb the peace and tranquility - that is if you arrive before the bus loads of tourists!
In the town of Furnas the Caldeiras, are amazing. Geysers spout out boiling hot water.
Local hoteliers bury large containers in the ground and the stew or "cozido is cooked slowly using the heat from the volcanic activity, tourists come to have lunch in the area, and enjoy the scenery.
There is a lovely park owned by the foresty commission. Everywhere was clean and tidy, good parking, although there was one really hot spot in the car park! and toilet facilities. [less]
