Tea by the sea
The parish tea factory is one of two on the island, both on this coast.
North coast parish · tea factory and beach
How to get to Porto Formoso by bus
AzoresBus prints 9 stops in Porto Formoso on lines 105, 108 and 110 (line PDFs, edition effective 1 September 2026). Each line prints separate weekday, Saturday and Sunday/holiday columns; they are shown separately on every line page.
By bus
Getting to Porto Formoso
AzoresBus prints 9 stops in Porto Formoso on lines 105, 108 and 110 (line PDFs, edition effective 1 September 2026). Each line prints separate weekday, Saturday and Sunday/holiday columns; they are shown separately on every line page.
- Line 105 Ponta Delgada – Nordeste (Lomba da Pedreira): 9 printed stops here; columns Weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
- Line 108 Ponta Delgada – Lomba S. Pedro (via Porto Formoso e Maia): 9 printed stops here; columns Weekdays.
- Line 110 Ponta Delgada – Furnas: 9 printed stops here; columns Weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Source: AzoresBus (Vale do Ave Açores): Line 105 timetable PDF — Ponta Delgada - Nordeste (Lomba da Pedreira) () · AzoresBus (Vale do Ave Açores): Line 108 timetable PDF — Ponta Delgada - Lomba S. Pedro (via Porto Formoso e Maia) () · AzoresBus (Vale do Ave Açores): Line 110 timetable PDF — Ponta Delgada - Furnas ()
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Worth your time
What Porto Formoso does best
Porto Formoso lies on the north coast between Ribeira Grande and Maia. Its tea factory and the beach below the village are both close to the coast road that the Furnas and Nordeste lines follow.
Praia dos Moinhos
The small beach at the foot of the village.
Good to know
- Lines 105, 108 and 110 print Porto Formoso stops; line 108 is a weekday school-time service with very few trips.
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São Miguel · fire lake Lagoa do Fogo A pristine crater lake in a nature reserve on the island’s central ridge — wild, protected, and worth the effort. Plan the ride Bus lines serving Porto Formoso
From the current AzoresBus line PDFs (edition effective 1 September 2026). 9 stops printed under "Porto Formoso"; the day-type columns listed are the ones on which at least one of those stops has a printed time.
- 105 Ponta Delgada – Nordeste (Lomba da Pedreira) 9 printed stops here: Porto Formoso (X) · Porto Formoso (R. do Ramal) · Porto Formoso (Caminho da Praia) · Porto Formoso (Jardim) · and 5 more
- Columns serving Porto Formoso
- Weekdays · Saturdays · Sundays and public holidays · Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday · Friday
- Ponta Delgada → Nordeste (Lomba da Pedreira) · Weekdays
- – , 8 trips
- Ponta Delgada → Nordeste (Lomba da Pedreira) · Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
- – , 2 trips
- 108 Ponta Delgada – Lomba S. Pedro (via Porto Formoso e Maia) 9 printed stops here: Porto Formoso (X) · Porto Formoso (R. do Ramal) · Porto Formoso (Caminho da Praia) · Porto Formoso (Jardim) · and 5 more
- Columns serving Porto Formoso
- Weekdays
- Ponta Delgada → Lomba S. Pedro · Weekdays
- – , 1 trip
- 110 Ponta Delgada – Furnas 9 printed stops here: Porto Formoso (X) · Porto Formoso (R. do Ramal) · Porto Formoso (Caminho da Praia) · Porto Formoso (Jardim) · and 5 more
- Columns serving Porto Formoso
- Weekdays · Saturdays · Sundays and public holidays
- Ponta Delgada → Furnas · Weekdays
- – , 2 trips
- Ponta Delgada → Furnas · Saturdays
- – , 2 trips
AzoresBus publishes no stop coordinates, and no printed stop name here matched an OpenStreetMap node exactly on the read date, so no coordinates are shown rather than guessed.