LORAN Station, Santa Maria Island

Name: LORAN Station
Address: Santa Maria Island, Portugal

#11 among attractions in Santa Maria Island

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The LORAN Station is a long-range navigational station abandoned after the beginning of the 1980s, following cessation of service in the north Atlantic. Located in the locality of Norte, in the civil parish of Santa Bárbara in the municipality of Vila do Porto, the station was closed in the 1980s, and the buildings eventually left to ruins. ()

Local name: Estação LORAN de Santa Maria Architectural style: ModernCoordinates: 37°0'41"N, 25°3'27"W

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LORAN Station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Praia Formosa, Fort of São Brás, Lagar, Reserva Florestal de Recreio de Valverde.

4.7 miSW
Beach, Forts and castles
Praia Formosa
121 min walk • The Fort of São João Baptista is the ruins of a 16th-century maritime fort situated on the western edge of Praia Formoso, in the civil parish of Almagreira, municipality of Vila do Porto, on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria.
6.7 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Fort of São Brás, Santa Maria Island
170 min walk • The Fort of São Brás is a 17th-century maritime fort situated on the southern cliffs of the civil parish of Vila do Porto, municipality of the same name, on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, in the archipelago of the Azores.
4.8 miSE
Archaeological site
Lagar, Santa Maria Island
124 min walk • The Lagar of Diogo Fernandes Faleiro is an ancient winepress, hewn from riverbank rocks, situated in the civil parish of Santo Espírito in the municipality of Vila do Porto, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
5.6 miSW
Playground, Park, National park
Reserva Florestal de Recreio de Valverde, Santa Maria Island
144 min walk • The Recreational Forest Reserve of Valverde is a recreational forest located centrally on the island of Santa Maria, in the civil parish of Vila do Porto, municipality of Vila do Porto in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
5.9 miSW
Park
Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo, Santa Maria Island
150 min walk • The Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo, which singularly translated means field quarry, is an area located west of Pico do Facho and Ponta do Figueiral, in the civil parish and municipality of Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria in the Eastern Group of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
3.1 miSW
Park
Recreational Forest Reserve of Fontinhas, Santa Maria Island
80 min walk • The Recreational Forest Reserve of Fontinhas is a recreational forest located centrally on the island of Santa Maria, in the civil parish of Santo Espírito, municipality of Vila do Porto in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
6.2 miSW
City hall
Convent of São Francisco, Santa Maria Island
159 min walk • The Convent of São Francisco, originally designated the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, located in the Largo of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the civil parish of Vila do Porto, municipality of the same name on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese in the Azores.
1.9 miS
Church
Church, Santa Maria Island
50 min walk • The Church of Santa Bárbara is a Roman Catholic church in the civil parish of Santa Bárbara, municipality of Vila do Porto, in the archipelago of the Azores.
2.7 miSW
View point
Pico Alto, Santa Maria Island
68 min walk • Pico Alto is a mountain which is the highest point, 586.84 metres, on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
4.2 miSW
Church
Church of Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho, Santa Maria Island
107 min walk • The Church of Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho is the parochial church of the civil parish of Almagreira, located in the municipality of Vila do Porto, Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.