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Azores

Azores

Why the Azores? The Azores, with its subtropical climate, a beautiful spring eternal - not hot, not cold. In summer, the thermometer shows 24 to 26 degrees in winter and 14-18 degrees - up to 4 degrees cooler at night - eternal spring stop. Nevertheless, the Azores are part of Europe.

These Portuguese Island paradise are situated 1500 km west of Lisbon and 3,000 km east of New York, in the Gulf Stream with the cleanest air and water. With the constant Gulf Stream the water temperature about 18 degrees in winter and in summer about 23 degrees. Each of the nine islands has at least one port for cargo ships and all the islands have an airport. The evergreen flower islands are very well developed, unusually friendly and helpful, especially on Pico. We speak Portuguese and English.

The Azores - are No. 2 among the island paradises of the world. Guide to Paradise - to dream Islands Watch: A jury has reviewed 111 of the most popular island destinations - with surprising Results. Not the supposed dream destinations are ranked in front, but seemingly insignificant havens. Away from it all, rest from the city bustle, and wonderful landscapes: Just the thought of a vacation on the island to secluded beaches with palm trees and pristine nature is enough for many to cause hours of wanderlust attacks. Accordingly, the demand is in the travel agencies. But some dream island is loved to death, the high influx of visitors can be dangerous: many islands change threatens to lose its uniqueness due to the overload.

The American magazine "National Geographic Traveller has teamed up with the aid of a jury made from 522 tourism researchers, geographers, travel photographers and journalists in search of the last true paradises on earth - islands, which kept their original charm and traditions and pursue sustainable tourism development. In cooperation with the George Washington University in Washington DC created the magazine played a major study on a total of 111 unique Inseln.Sechs criteria for evaluating a role: environmental and economic development, social and cultural integrity, condition of historic and archaeological sites, the overall aesthetic impression of the quality of tourism management and the prospects for the future. Therefore, it is not the traditional glossy catalog-island destinations like the Maldives, Tahiti and the Canary Islands, which landed on the top ranks. The first three places went to destinations that are not available for summer temperatures or top beaches, but have received thanks to a manageable stream of visitors their own traditions:

with the Faroe Islands, the Azores and the Lofoten made it three Europeans to the winners' podium, all for frequent rainfall are known. This discourages many tourists despite breathtaking nature, so it was easier for these islands, their cultural characteristics erhalten.Auf landed at the lower courts, however with Ibiza, Phuket and Oahu (Hawaii), some of the most popular islands, because the jurors huge tourist centers and a strong dominance of foreign investors rated negatively. Ibiza one of the judges described as "British colony for Raver, Phuket has been named the" planning disaster ".
Source: National Geographic Traveller met quote from Spiegel Online

the Yacht Club of Seville, I know John from Vancouver. He was crazy about the Azores, where he made during his Atlantic crossing station. He told of giant volcanoes, with their mysterious craters of Pico, one of the most beautiful mountain, which towers above the clouds. After me had yet shown a photo of the waterfalls of Flores, I was haunted by the desire to visit these islands, up in my dreams ... After the request was planning. Equipped with the monthly pass for the North Atlantic, as well as Portuguese and British charts, I immersed myself in the sparse literature that you could buy on the Azores. As content was found to be informative travel reports of the Trans Ocean sailor "who had visited on their circumnavigation of the Azores. Their enthusiasm was evident in descriptions like "the nine flower pots of the Atlantic, or in thanksgiving for the unparalleled hospitality of the Azorean. At the same time they pointed, however, the difficulty of ports and anchorages.

Horta on Faial Only, Angra do Heroismo on Terceira and the capital Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel seemed to have safe havens. While each island possesses, the experienced sailor colleagues, at least one mole, but when the wind stands on the open sea in the port, this could very quickly become a deadly trap for a small yacht. I took the warning seriously. I upgraded my "Swan of Bonn" in addition with short-wave transmitters, radar, weather map recorder, wind generator and solar cells. In early May it was time. As the ruling for ten days stormy westerly winds in the Strait of Gibraltar transformed into a fresh breeze from the northeast, I left at sunrise the protective harbor of Sotogrande. I sailed non-stop to Porta Santo, a small neighboring island of Madeira. In Porto Santo first saw the many art works of the sailors on the Molenwänden. As every sailor loves his boat, it was for me a warming thought that my "Swan of Bonn" immortalized in these walls to be seen. After a stay of several days I sailed on towards the Azores to sense, without that these islands should be for the next two years, my home.

The little I had read in advance about the archipelago was nothing to what I self-experienced and what the residents told me. The islands remained undetected, not least because of its geographical location, long time. So I wrote 20 years ago, not knowing that the Azores, Pico particularly, to the haunts my 18-year sailing trip and that I have today, the 20-year later is my retirement home in Piedade on Pico plane.

Peter J. Orth
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