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 do Pópulo
A south-coast sand beach east of Ponta Delgada.
A useful short beach outing; keep it distinct from the neighbouring Milícias strand when choosing where to 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 315 prints Livramento (Praia do Pópulo) in both directions. It is a named roadside stop, not a measured walk to the sand.
Plan the way back
Check the 315 return toward Ponta Delgada at the same named stop; nearby Milícias has a different printed stop.
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 (Barracuda), S. Roque (Praia das Milícias), Livramento (Praia do Pópulo), Livramento (Estr. do Pópulo), Livramento (Can. da Salsa), V. Franca do Campo (Terminal).
Return direction
Line 315, stops in printed order: V. Franca do Campo (Terminal), Livramento (Can. da Salsa), Livramento (Estr. do Pópulo), Livramento (Praia do Pópulo), S. Roque (Praia das Milícias), S. Roque (Barracuda), 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.
