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Vila De São Sebastião

Fortes de São Sebastião e Ponta das Contendas — percurso na Ilha Terceira (PR 5 TER)

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Vila De São Sebastião

Fortes de São Sebastião e Ponta das Contendas — percurso na Ilha Terceira (PR 5 TER)

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Fortes de São Sebastião e Ponta das Contendas — percurso na Ilha Terceira (PR 5 TER)

02:58

9.90km

320m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies da Ponta das Contendas

Área Marinha Protegida de Gestão de Recursos da Costa das Contendas

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39 m

Church of São Sebastião

Highlight • Religious Site

The Church of São Sebastião is the oldest on Terceira Island. The exterior is quite modest, but it fits in perfectly with the other neighboring buildings. It's also worth a visit inside.

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3.76 km

Forte do Bom Jesus and View of Ponta das Contendas

Highlight • Historical Site

Very nice viewpoint on a lava headland towards the cliffs on the Atlantic.
Site with remains of an old fort "Forte do Bom Jesus".

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5.07 km

View of Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse

Highlight • Viewpoint

Ponta das Contendas marks the most extreme site southeast of Terceira Island and offers beautiful views of the Atlantic. Ponta is part of the São Sebastião Forts route, however, it can be accessed from the nearby car park.

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9.90 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.04 km

2.73 km

1.66 km

1.29 km

145 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.62 km

2.92 km

1.36 km

498 m

436 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Monday 13 July

21°C

18°C

4 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

August 28, 2022,Fortes de São Sebastiao

The tour on the southeast coast is scenically beautiful. Surefootedness and good shoes are required. Sometimes it takes courage to walk past a herd of grazing cows. The way back is unfortunately about 2KM on a tar road

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April 7, 2024,🇵🇹 Azoren, Terceira: Sao Sebastiao

Today the weather was finally as we had expected from the beginning: lots of sun, with a few (sometimes heavy) rain showers in between and t-shirt weather.
In the morning we sat out a few rain showers, then around midday we set off in sunshine. The town is relatively large, there was a service in the magnificent church - we …

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Fortes de São Sebastião e Ponta das Contendas — percurso na Ilha Terceira (PR 5 TER)

Church of São Sebastião

Forte do Bom Jesus and View of Ponta das Contendas

View of Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse

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