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Where the bus can take you on São Miguel

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São Miguel, with the places this guide covers and the AzoresBus network Shaded relief of São Miguel from Copernicus elevation data, with every printed AzoresBus line drawn between the places it serves. Solid lines run every day; dotted lines print weekday, school-day or summer columns only. Lagoa do Fogo, an open ring, has no printed stop. Line 218 (also 222, 301, 303, 305, 306, N03): Arrifes – Ponta Delgada Line 218: Capelas – Ponta Delgada — not every day all year; check the line page Line 101 (also 102, 105, 108, 110, 302, 304, 328): Fajã de Baixo – Ponta Delgada Line 208 (also 210, 211, 212, 217, 218, 219, 221, 307, N01, N02): Fajã de Cima – Ponta Delgada Line N05: Livramento – Ponta Delgada — not every day all year; check the line page Line 200 (also 202, 203, 205, 206): Ponta Delgada – Relva Line 103 (also 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 318, 335, N04): Ponta Delgada – São Roque Line 218: Arrifes – Capelas — not every day all year; check the line page Line 301 (also 303, N03): Arrifes – Covoada Line 223: Arrifes – Relva — not every day all year; check the line page Line 103: Cabouco – Livramento — not every day all year; check the line page Line 208 (also 211, 217, 218, 219, 221): Capelas – Fajã de Cima Line 208 (also 211, 212, 216, 217, 219, 221, 222, N02): Capelas – São Vicente Ferreira Line 208 (also 212, 217, 218, 219, 222, N02): Capelas – Santo António Line 202 (also N03): Covoada – Relva — not every day all year; check the line page Line 302 (also 328, N01): Fajã de Baixo – Fajã de Cima — not every day all year; check the line page Line 101 (also 102, 105, 108, 110, 304): Fajã de Baixo – São Roque Line 210 (also 212, 221, N02): Fajã de Cima – Fenais da Luz — not every day all year; check the line page Line 203 (also 205, 206): Feteiras – Relva Line 311 (also 312, 313, 314, 315, 318, 335, N04): Lagoa – Livramento Line 101 (also 102, 105, 108, 110, N05): Livramento – Pico da Pedra Line 101 (also 102, 103, 105, 108, 110, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 318, 335, N04): Livramento – São Roque Line 314 (also 315, 318, N04): Água de Pau – Lagoa Line 312 (also 335): Cabouco – Lagoa Line 103: Cabouco – Santa Bárbara — not every day all year; check the line page Line 212 (also 216, 217): Calhetas – Fenais da Luz — not every day all year; check the line page Line 102 (also 110, N05): Calhetas – Pico da Pedra Line 203 (also 205, 206): Candelária – Feteiras Line 208 (also 211, 212, 216, 217, 219, 221, N02): Fenais da Luz – São Vicente Ferreira — not every day all year; check the line page Line 101 (also 105, 108, 110): Pico da Pedra – Ribeira Grande Line 208 (also 218, 219, 221, 222): Remédios – Santo António Line 314 (also 315, 318, N04): Água de Pau – Ribeira Chã Line 208 (also 218, 219, 221, 222): Ajuda – Remédios Line 102 (also 110, N05): Calhetas – Rabo de Peixe Line 205 (also 206): Candelária – Ginetes Line 102 (also 110, N05): Rabo de Peixe – Ribeira Grande Line 102: Rabo de Peixe – Santa Bárbara — not every day all year; check the line page Line 101 (also 102, 105, 108, 109, 110): Ribeira Grande – Ribeirinha Line 102 (also 103, 111): Ribeira Grande – Santa Bárbara Line 315 (also 318, N04): Água d'Alto – Ribeira Chã Line 208 (also 218, 219, 221, 222): Ajuda – Pilar da Bretanha Line 206: Ginetes – Mosteiros Line 205 (also 206): Ginetes – Sete Cidades — not every day all year; check the line page Line 105 (also 108, 110): Porto Formoso – Ribeirinha Line 315 (also 318, N04): Água d'Alto – Vila Franca do Campo Line 206: Mosteiros – Sete Cidades — not every day all year; check the line page Line 208: Pilar da Bretanha – Sete Cidades Line 105 (also 108, 110): Porto Formoso – São Brás Line 105 (also 108, 110): Maia – São Brás Line 316 (also 318): Ribeira das Tainhas – Vila Franca do Campo Line 105 (also 108, 110): Lomba da Maia – Maia Line 316 (also 318): Ponta Garça – Ribeira das Tainhas Line 105 (also 108): Fenais da Ajuda – Lomba da Maia Line 110: Furnas – Lomba da Maia Line 318: Furnas – Ponta Garça Line 105 (also 108): Fenais da Ajuda – Lomba de São Pedro Line 317 (also 318, 319): Furnas – Ribeira Quente Line 105: Lomba de São Pedro – Salga Line 318 (also 319): Povoação – Ribeira Quente Line 105: Achadinha – Salga Line 112 (also 326): Faial da Terra – Povoação — not every day all year; check the line page Line 105: Achada – Achadinha Line 112 (also 326): Água Retorta – Faial da Terra — not every day all year; check the line page Line 105: Achada – Algarvia Line 112: Água Retorta – Nordeste — not every day all year; check the line page Line 105: Algarvia – Santo António Nordestinho Line 105: Lomba da Fazenda – Nordeste Line 105: Lomba da Fazenda – São Pedro Nordestinho Line 105: São Pedro Nordestinho – Santo António Nordestinho 208 206 105 110 318 Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Sete Cidades Sete Cidades Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande Lagoa do Fogo — no verified bus Lagoa do Fogo no verified bus Furnas Furnas Nordeste Nordeste Vila Franca do Campo Vila Franca do Campo Povoação Povoação Fajã de Baixo Fajã de Cima São Roque Livramento Arrifes Covoada Relva Lagoa Mosteiros Feteiras Candelária Ginetes Capelas São Vicente Ferreira Fenais da Luz Santo António Remédios Pilar da Bretanha Pico da Pedra Calhetas Rabo de Peixe Cabouco Santa Bárbara Porto Formoso Maia Fenais da Ajuda Água de Pau Ribeira Chã Água d'Alto Ponta Garça Ribeira Quente Faial da Terra Água Retorta

Terrain Copernicus DEM GLO-30. © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

Bus lines on the map

  • West 16 lines
  • North coast and the east 9 lines
  • South coast and the city 24 lines
  • Night 5 lines

Express 2 lines, not drawn. The weekday expresses stop only at places the stopping lines already join, so the map draws the stopping lines. E01E02

Places

44 places

  1. Two crater lakes, one green and one blue, seen from the caldera rim with a village between them and the far crater wall under cloud.
    Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Lakes and viewpoints · Trailheads

    Sete Cidades

    Two crater lakes, one green and one blue, with a village on the crater floor between them and the Vista do Rei viewpoint on the rim.

    Scheduled service

    Lines that stop here

    See São Miguel experiences
  2. Steam rising from grey fumaroles beside a stone-walled path in the village of Furnas, with wooded slopes behind.
    Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Hot springs · Lakes and viewpoints · Trailheads

    Furnas

    A volcanic valley with fumaroles in the village, iron-rich thermal pools, the Terra Nostra garden and a stew cooked in the ground by the lake.

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  3. A crater lake ringed by steep green slopes and pale pumice beaches, seen from high on the ridge with the sea in the distance.
    Photo: Gonçalo Torres, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Lakes and viewpoints

    Lagoa do Fogo

    A crater lake on the island’s central ridge, ringed by pumice beaches and protected as a nature reserve since 1974.

    No bus stop here

    Nearest printed stops: Água de Pau, Ribeira Chã

    See São Miguel experiences
  4. The three basalt arches of the Portas da Cidade on the Ponta Delgada waterfront, with whitewashed buildings and a church tower behind.
    Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Towns and villages

    Ponta Delgada

    The city where most of the island’s interurban lines begin: basalt-and-whitewash arcades, a working waterfront and its own municipal MiniBUS.

    Scheduled service

    Lines that stop here

    See whale & dolphin watching trips
  5. A steep green coastline falling to deep blue sea, seen from a clifftop path with hedged fields along the ridge.
    Photo: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Towns and villages · Lakes and viewpoints · Trailheads

    Nordeste

    The remote north-east municipality, reached by the island’s longest printed line or the weekday express.

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    Lines that stop here

  6. A white baroque church front with dark basalt trim and a square bell tower, at the top of a wide flight of stone steps.
    Photo: José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Towns and villages · Coast and beaches

    Ribeira Grande

    The island’s second city and the north coast’s bus terminal, with a surf beach and a baroque old town.

    Scheduled service

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  7. A round volcanic islet with a lagoon in its centre, seen from the air off a coastal town with green hills behind.
    Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Towns and villages · Coast and beaches

    Vila Franca do Campo

    The former island capital on the south coast, with its offshore islet, a marina and a printed bus terminal.

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  8. Two tall black sea stacks standing in rough blue water close to a rocky shore under a clear sky.
    Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

    Coast and beaches · Trailheads

    Mosteiros

    The north-west coast village below the outer wall of the Sete Cidades crater, with lava pools and the offshore rocks that gave it its name.

    Scheduled service

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  9. Hot springs · Coast and beaches

    Ginetes

    The westernmost parish of the island, on the Sete Cidades lines via Candelária.

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  10. Towns and villages

    Candelária

    The south-west coast parish that the direct Sete Cidades lines are named "via Candelária" after.

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  11. Towns and villages · Lakes and viewpoints

    Pilar da Bretanha

    A Bretanha parish on the north-west coast, on the Remédios, João Bom and long Sete Cidades lines.

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  12. Towns and villages · Lakes and viewpoints

    Feteiras

    The south-west parish the Sete Cidades lines pass through after Relva and before Candelária.

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  13. Towns and villages

    Remédios (Bretanha)

    A parish of the Bretanha coast in the north-west, reached by a direct line and the long Sete Cidades line.

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  14. Towns and villages

    Covoada

    A rural parish above Arrifes on the circular lines and a direct line from the city.

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  15. Towns and villages

    Relva

    The parish immediately west of Ponta Delgada, on the airport side, served by the western lines.

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  16. Towns and villages

    Santo António

    A north-west coast parish with upper and lower halves, the terminus of two day lines and a night line.

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  17. Towns and villages

    Arrifes

    The big farming parish north-west of the city, with more printed stops than any other place and two circular lines.

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  18. Coast and beaches · Towns and villages

    Capelas

    A large north-coast parish with dozens of printed stops, on the way to Santo António and Sete Cidades via João Bom.

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    Lines that stop here

  19. Towns and villages

    São Vicente Ferreira

    A north-coast parish on the Capelas, Santo António and Fenais da Luz corridors.

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  20. Towns and villages

    Fajã de Cima

    The upper suburban parish north of the city, served by suburban lines and the north-western corridors.

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  21. Towns and villages

    Fajã de Baixo

    The parish on the northern edge of Ponta Delgada known for its pineapple greenhouses, on many outbound lines.

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  22. Coast and beaches · Towns and villages

    Fenais da Luz

    A north-coast parish with sea pools, reached by two weekday lines and the Santo António corridors.

    Scheduled service

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  23. Coast and beaches · Towns and villages

    São Roque

    The coastal parish east of Ponta Delgada with the city’s nearest beaches, on the south-coast lines.

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  24. Towns and villages

    Pico da Pedra

    A parish on the cross-island road between Ponta Delgada and Ribeira Grande, on the north-coast lines.

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  25. Towns and villages

    Calhetas

    A small north-coast parish between Rabo de Peixe and Capelas, with its own Saturday line.

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  26. Towns and villages

    Livramento

    The suburb east of Ponta Delgada that almost every line towards Lagoa, Vila Franca and the north-east passes through.

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  27. Towns and villages

    Rabo de Peixe

    The busy fishing town on the north coast that the Ribeira Grande line is routed through.

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  28. Towns and villages

    Cabouco

    The inland parish of Lagoa with the industrial park stop, served by a direct line and the Remédios line.

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  29. Towns and villages · Coast and beaches

    Lagoa

    The first town east of Ponta Delgada, dense with printed stops and served by most south-coast lines.

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  30. Coast and beaches

    Santa Bárbara (Ribeira Grande)

    The surf beach parish beside Ribeira Grande, where the Pico do Fogo road line starts its return.

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  31. Towns and villages

    Água de Pau

    A hillside parish on the south coast whose stops are the nearest printed ones to the Lagoa do Fogo massif.

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  32. Towns and villages

    Ribeira Chã

    A small south-coast parish between Água de Pau and Vila Franca, with its own weekday line from the city.

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  33. Coast and beaches

    Água d’Alto

    The beach parish just west of Vila Franca do Campo, with a printed Praia stop on the coast lines.

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  34. Coast and beaches · Towns and villages

    Porto Formoso

    The north-coast parish with a tea factory and a small beach, on the Furnas and Nordeste lines.

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  35. Towns and villages · Coast and beaches

    Maia

    The north-coast parish beside the tea estates, on the Furnas and Nordeste lines and both express lines.

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  36. Towns and villages

    Ponta Garça

    A long linear parish east of Vila Franca with more printed stops than any other village on the south coast.

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  37. Towns and villages

    Fenais da Ajuda

    A north-coast parish between Maia and Nordeste on the stopping line to the north-east.

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  38. Coast and beaches · Hot springs

    Ribeira Quente

    The fishing village south of Furnas whose beach is warmed by the volcano, served by a short local line.

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  39. Towns and villages

    Povoação

    The first-settled town of the island and the bus hub for the south-east valleys and Furnas.

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  40. Trailheads · Towns and villages

    Faial da Terra

    The village at the foot of the Salto do Prego waterfall trail, on the Água Retorta and Nordeste lines.

    Conditions apply

    Lines that stop here

  41. Towns and villages

    Água Retorta

    The easternmost village of Povoação municipality, at the end of a school-day line from the terminal.

    Conditions apply

    Lines that stop here

  42. Towns and villages

    João Bom

    The Bretanha parish that the third Sete Cidades line is routed through, with its own lines from the city.

    Scheduled service

    Lines that stop here

    Not pinned on the map yet

  43. Towns and villages

    Ribeira Seca

    The parish on the western edge of Ribeira Grande city that most north-coast lines pass through.

    Scheduled service

    Lines that stop here

    Not pinned on the map yet

  44. Towns and villages

    Várzea

    A parish on the outer slope of the Sete Cidades crater, printed on all three crater lines.

    Scheduled service

    Lines that stop here

    Not pinned on the map yet

The island at a glance

São Miguel in four figures

Conditions

What kind of day is it at the craters

Current readings in Ponta Delgada and at the three crater places. On São Miguel the weather, not the timetable, often decides whether a rim or a lake is worth the walk.

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Lagoa do Fogo

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What the weather decides here

  • The climb to Lagoa do Fogo No line prints a stop at the lake. From Água de Pau the lake is a long climb on foot, and the ridge makes its own weather: a clear coast does not promise a clear crater.
  • The rim above Sete Cidades Vista do Rei has no printed stop; it is a climb from the Lagoas stop in the village. When the rim is in cloud, the lakes cannot be seen from the viewpoint.
  • The Furnas lake circuit The lake and the hot springs are walks on the valley floor, inland, between the printed stops of two lines that enter the valley from opposite coasts.
  • Walks that start at a printed stop Only walks that begin and end at a printed stop are recommended on this site; the Salto do Prego trail from Faial da Terra depends on a weekday line.

These are measured weather readings, not a service status. We do not infer from a reading whether a bus is running; the operator’s timetable, linked from every line page, is the source for that.