Photo: Dreizung CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
Santa Maria
Praia Formosa
Santa Maria’s pale-sand bay.
Its light sand gives this beach a different character from the dark volcanic strands common elsewhere in the islands.
Make your visit work
- Check current bathing conditions and access notices on the day; this description is not a safety report.
Getting there
No public-transport stop at this place has been verified. Use the official place or trail map to choose your approach and arrange a return before setting out.
Plan the way back
Choose a way back from this place before leaving your starting point; a local road or trail does not establish a return bus.
Nearby & next
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.
