Photo: Diego Delso CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
Furnas
Steaming fumaroles, iron-orange thermal pools and a stew cooked underground — the Azores at their most volcanic.
São MiguelSão Miguel
Praia do Fogo
Ribeira Quente’s beach below the Furnas valley.
Make the coast a deliberate second part of a Furnas day; the village and beach are not the same stop.
Make your visit work
- Check current bathing conditions and access notices on the day; this description is not a safety report.
Getting there
Line 317 from Furnas prints Ribeira Quente (Praia do Fogo) in its outward stop sequence. This beach stop is absent from the printed return sequence.
Travel & bus guidePlan the way back
The return 317 starts at Ribeira Quente (Tv. Buraco) and also prints R. dos Moinhos. Confirm a safe way to a return stop before going; weekend trips are seasonal.
Travel & bus guidePrinted bus stops
Stop order, not a geographic map. The line page explains operating days and printed times.
Outward direction
Line 317, stops in printed order: Furnas (Lg. Marquês da Praia), Ribeira Quente (Chã da Caldeira), Ribeira Quente (Descida da Praia), Ribeira Quente (Praia do Fogo), Ribeira Quente (Ponta do Fogo), Ribeira Quente (Escola), Ribeira Quente (Tv. Buraco).
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.
