Photo: Diego Delso CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
Ponta Delgada
The Azores’ biggest town: basalt-and-whitewash arcades, a working waterfront, and its own municipal MiniBUS.
São MiguelSão Miguel
Praia das Milícias
A broad dark-sand beach on São Miguel’s south coast.
Choose it for a straightforward beach visit near the Ponta Delgada side of the island, with volcanic sand underfoot.
Make your visit work
- Check current bathing conditions and access notices on the day; this description is not a safety report.
Getting there
Line 315 prints S. Roque (Praia das Milícias) in both directions on the south-coast road. The snapshot has no stop coordinates, so it does not prove the beach entrance distance.
Plan the way back
Use the 315 column toward Ponta Delgada for the return and confirm the service day before spending the afternoon at the beach.
Travel & bus guidePrinted bus stops
Stop order, not a geographic map. The line page explains operating days and printed times.
Outward direction
Line 315, stops in printed order: P. Delgada (Alfândega), S. Roque (Igreja), S. Roque (Barracuda), S. Roque (Praia das Milícias), Livramento (Praia do Pópulo), Livramento (Estr. do Pópulo), V. Franca do Campo (Terminal).
Return direction
Line 315, stops in printed order: V. Franca do Campo (Terminal), Livramento (Estr. do Pópulo), Livramento (Praia do Pópulo), S. Roque (Praia das Milícias), S. Roque (Barracuda), Pópulo de Cima (Canto e Arte), P. Delgada (Forte S. Brás).
Nearby & next
Photo: Christer Johansson CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diego Delso CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: P. Hughes CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
Sources & last checked
Azores Bus
Take Azores Bus with you
Plan the way back before you set out. Azores Trails warns that many trails have no mobile network except at the start and end; the app keeps every printed return on your phone, offline.
- Six islands, in one appOperator-sourced schedules, routes and stops for São Miguel, Terceira, Faial, Pico, Santa Maria and Graciosa.
- Made for offlineTimetables stored on your phone for coast roads and craters with no signal.
Independent app. No ticket sales or live vehicle tracking.
