Vila Franca do Campo Colonisers History Tour

Travel through the history of S?o Miguel Island on this colonisers' tour of Vila Franca do Campo. Discover its main monuments and the prosperous past of the Portuguese Empire.

Description

Meet at the Vila Franca do Campo Marina at the scheduled time for this colonisers tour. The first stop is the Ethnography Museum featuring items from various archaeological digs on São Miguel, an ideal starting point to learn about the island's oldest traditions.

Next, visit Vila Franca do Campo's old town to see main monuments, including the São Miguel Arcanjo Church, the São Lázaro Church, the António da Silva Cabral Garden, and the site commemorating the D. António Prior do Crato Naval Battle.

Throughout the tour, explore remarkable feats of the colonisers in the context of the rise of the Portuguese Empire in the Atlantic. The tour continues to the Nossa Senhora da Paz hermitage, located on a hill offering panoramic views of Vila Franca do Campo.

Next, visit a pineapple farm to understand the significance of this product from the 19th century onward. Before concluding the tour, enjoy the taste of Queijadas da Vila, a typical sweet from São Miguel produced in Vila Franca do Campo.

After 3 hours, the tour will conclude back at the starting point.