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Walks in Horta
1 walk in Horta, Portugal. Follow the map, read a short story at each stop, and answer the question.
Azores: Horta, the sailors' harbour
A building the town put up in gratitude after a volcano erupted, a pier painted by yacht crews from all over the world, a bar that handled the mail for passing ships, and a whaling factory that only closed in the 1970s.
2.5 km
· 180 min
Reading about this place
🌋 Azores: volcanoes, legends and history
Islands that grew on the seam of three continents, the legend of Atlantis, a horseman pointing west, cows that defeated a Spanish army, and a volcano that sent half an island to America – the Azores in a five-minute read.