Ponta Delgada

We landed on time at 06:30am, but so did all the other flights from Canada and the US, so they first held us on the plane for a bit until there was room in the customs hall to line up at Passport Control. There are only 3 immigration officers so it was near 08:00 when we jumped in a cab for the 10 minute ride to our hotel.

The Casa da Graca is very nice with 9 rooms, very professionally owned by a husband and wife team and we were met by Sergio, owner. Our room was actually available for us to check in (very nice! - we were tired and it was quite rainy) so we were able to unload our luggage and organize for a walk, then went around the corner for a coffee and cheese sandwich.

We then headed out for a walk in the rain. Noted immediately a feature we were to see all over Portugal, but was perhaps nicest here in Ponta Delgado -- the white and black mosaic patterns on all the sidewalks.Read more