Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

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Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

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The Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture is a Unesco World Heritage Site on Pico Island, part of the archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. The landscape, with 987 ha, and the surrounding buffer zone with 1,924 ha, extend through most of the island's western, northwestern and southwestern coasts, with the majority on the municipality of Madalena and the rest on São Roque do Pico, at the foothills of Mount Pico. ()

Local name: Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha da Ilha do Pico Unesco: from 2004Area: 7.43 mi²Coordinates: 38°30'48"N, 28°32'28"W

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Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gruta das Torres, Porto Pim Whale Factory Museum, Botanical Garden of Faial, Praia da Conceição.

2.4 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Cave
Gruta das Torres, Pico
63 min walk • Gruta das Torres, is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers.
4.6 miW
Museum
Porto Pim Whale Factory Museum, Horta
118 min walk • The Porto Pim Whale Factory Museum is a whaling museum in the civil parish of Angústias, in the municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
5.9 miNW
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Botanical Garden of Faial, Horta
150 min walk • The Botanical Garden of Faial is an ecological garden, component of the Faial Nature Park, established in 1986 to educate and protect the biodiversity common on Faial, an island of the Azores archipelago.
4.7 miNW
Beach
Praia da Conceição, Faial
120 min walk • Conceição Beach is a beach located within Horta Bay, in the parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, island of Faial archipelago of the Azores.
5.2 miNW
Manor house
Palacete of Pilar, Faial
133 min walk • The Residence of Pilar is a Baroque-era residence, now in complete ruins, on Lomba do Pilar in the civil parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
5 miW
Forts and castles
Porto Pim bartizan, Faial
127 min walk • The Bartizan of Porto Pim is a medieval watchtower located in the civil parish of Angústias, in the municipality of Horta.
5 miW
Park
Santa Maria Natural Park, Horta
127 min walk • Santa Maria Natural Park is a protected area on Santa Maria Island in the Azores. The park was created by the Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar, of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores to better manage the protected areas of Santa Maria Island.
4.3 miW
Forts and castles
Fort of Greta, Faial
110 min walk • The Fort of Greta is a medieval fortification, whose remnants are located on the cinder cone of Monte da Guia, along the southern coast of the civil parish of Angústias, in Horta, island of Faial, in the Portuguese Azores.
4.5 miNW
Forts and castles
Military Battery of Espalamaca, Faial
115 min walk • The Military Battery of Espalamaca, also known as the Position of Espalamaca or the Fort of Espalamaca, is located over the promontory of Espalamaca, civil parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
5 miW
Park
Nature Park of Flores, Horta
127 min walk • The Nature Park of Flores, or simply Flores Nature Park, developed from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Flores, and was instituted by the Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar, of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores.
1.6 miNE
Locality
Madalena
42 min walk • Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km².