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Furnas
Steaming fumaroles, iron-orange thermal pools and a stew cooked underground — the Azores at their most volcanic.
São MiguelSão Miguel
Parque Terra Nostra
A botanical garden with a thermal pool in Furnas.
Give the garden time as well as the water: paths and planted collections make this a different visit from the village fumaroles.
Make your visit work
- Opening hours
Daily 10:30–16:30; last entry 16:00. Closed 25 December.
Parque Terra Nostra ·- Admission
General adult ticket €17, including the garden, thermal pool and jacuzzis. Resident discounts are handled at the ticket office.
Parque Terra Nostra ·
- Check current bathing conditions and access notices on the day; this description is not a safety report.
Getting there
Line 318 prints Furnas (Pq. Terra Nostra) on its Ponta Delgada–Povoação journey. Line 110 serves Furnas village but does not print this park stop.
Travel & bus guidePlan the way back
The 318 also prints this stop toward Ponta Delgada. Check its return column and service day before entering the garden.
Travel & bus guidePrinted bus stops
Stop order, not a geographic map. The line page explains operating days and printed times.
Outward direction
Line 318, stops in printed order: P. Delgada (Alfândega), Furnas (Águas Quentes), Furnas (Areias), Furnas (Pq. Terra Nostra), Furnas (Moinho), Furnas (Caminho Novo), Povoação (Terminal).
Return direction
Line 318, stops in printed order: Furnas (Polícia), Furnas (Águas Quentes), Furnas (Areias), Furnas (Pq. Terra Nostra), Furnas (Caminho Novo), Furnas (Cemitério), P. Delgada (Forte S. Brás).
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Photo: Diego Delso CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
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Sources & last checked
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