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Things To Do: Summer fests
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  • Every village hosts their own fests for one or two days, sometimes more. They usually consist of a traditional catholic parade, street bull fight, and loads of dancing, eating and drinking. If youre lucky enough to be in a family circle as I am, you will get to experience a fest in every village as the families are spread through the island and take turns in hosting the other relatives......this will be everyday during most of the summer.
    If youre alone, I would advise the fests of the two biggest towns Praia da Vitória and Angra do Heroismo.
    Some people do not enjoy bull fighting, I dont either. This type of bull fighting is much nicer since people arent violent towards the bull, they just set him free in the street, it is fun to watch and who knows....go for a run? hehe

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    Things To Do: Other must see
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  • Ilha Terceira - Biscoitos natural pool
  • Biscoitos natural pool
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  • I terribly regret not having more pictures, but something I would advise doing is asking a local how to get to Biscoitos (natural swimming pool by the ocean), go to Pico island by boat (you will most likely have dolphins following) and scuba diving (I regret not doing this)

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    Things To Do: Praia da Vitória
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  • Its the 2nd town of the island and its translation would be "Victory Beach" because in the first half of XIX century the Liberal Monarchy movement defeated the invasion attempt of the Absolutists. Later on, the Liberals spread through the Azores and finally to the mainland.
    It will always be part of my routine in the Island. Buy a newspaper, have breakfast and relax at the beach. The local fests are great and the first time I experienced them, I couldnt believe those people would go to work the next day. The fact is, it lasts one week and they barely sleep.
    Also a great place for you to buy fresh fish and veggies at the local market

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    Things To Do: Angra do Heroismo
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  • Terceira's biggest town. UNESCO world heritage. Suffered with a big earthquake in January 1st 1980, but restaured as much as possible. Its Architectonics are definetly worth the visit.

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    Comments for Savana66 about Ilha Terceira
    Lunaina Wed Jun 6, 2007 06:42 UTC
     Ilha Terceira looks nice, good tips, good pictures!
    ncfg Sun Feb 20, 2005 20:36 UTC
     Nice tips Rui and the pics are just GREAT!!!!! I didn't know about the street bullfight tradition on Terceira, it is similar to a tradition on my town called Vaca das Cordas.
    CALSF Tue Sep 28, 2004 13:34 UTC
     Very nice page; I enjoyed reading about the summer fests they have here-good to know.

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