Pico Island - Day 2

First thing after getting up, we drove back up pico mountain hoping for better luck with the clouds. And we did get a bit lucky with the clouds occasionally shifting and we saw the peak for the first time. The base lodge area for ascents was crazy cold and windy with a fair amount of snow, so i abandoned any thoughts of trying to hike to the summit.

Instead, we drove down tons of winding mountain roads to a volcanic crater. Couldnt find the trailhead to hike to the top of it and Tita's ankle was hurting, so i dropped off Tita back in town and drove back to the crater and eventually just parked the car and hiked to the top. The crater was smaller than i thought, but great views as i circled the rim.

Back to town, picked up Tita and went to another wine tasting at Solar Terra Brum winery just outside of town. Very authentic old structures, estate and vineyard. Tasted 4 wines with some cheeses and got a verrrry detailed explanation of the wines, process and history from our guide.

Drove up the coast a bit and climbed over some volcanic rocks to take in the massive waves and explosions as they crashed into the shore.

While Tita rested, i went for a drive to the northern coast and found some fantastic volcanic inlets with massive tital pools and geysers of water. Then visited the oldest winery of pico, had a quick taster of 2 of their wines before heading back to rest a while too.

Found a great restaurant with local cuisines for supper before eventually heading back to our apartment for some wine and backgammon.Read more