São Jorge is famous for its fajãs – small villages set on thin strips of land between ocean and mountain – such as the striking Fajã Santo Cristo, only accessible by hiking ancient paths down forest-covered cliffs. Nearby Faial, where the cross-Atlantic yachties gather, has an interesting whale museum and Horta, its pretty main town. Here you'll find the town of Angra do Heroísmo, the historic capital of the Azores, which dates from 1534 and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
First settled in 1450, it was an important stop on the transatlantic trade routes of the 15th and 16th centuries. Terceira is the old heart of the archipelago. The most populated island, it also has striking boutique hotels along with fine-dining options. São Miguel is lush and green and feels like a vast garden, due to its colourful hedges of hydrangeas. Tiny Santa Maria is a place of fine, white-sand beaches.
#Mysafe azores free
If the test-on-arrival in PDL is free and you really do NOT have to self-isolate until you get the results, I may just ditch my expensive "gold standard PCR" test on Friday morning and just do it there.If you’ve seen one, you definitely haven’t seen them all: the nine islands of the Azores are all wildly different.
#Mysafe azores plus
I'm confident I'm COVID-free and will be able to travel with very low risk to myself and others: I'm TRIPLE vaxxed with an approved vaccine (2 jabs plus got a booster last week) and have the (admittedly meager) US CDC cards to show that, and I'll be getting not one but TWO PCR tests a couple days before we depart for Portugal. So I've been willing to jump though the hoops so I don't waste the first day of my vacation stuck in my room. I have been working under the assumption that if you did the test-upon-arrival, you are expected to self-isolate (stay in your hotel room) until your negative test results are sent to you. "They were able to get tested fairly quickly at the airport and do not have to quarantine awaiting test results." The test center appointment web form offers the option of the " nasopharyngeal (NP) swab" but since I've never heard of that being a requirement (for Ponta Delgada or anywhere else), I did not select that option. I just scheduled a PCR test for next week shortly before I fly to Ponta Delgada from the USA.
But that should all be moot now, except for the requirement to show a recent test on m - That's very helpful (and to me, quite surprising) information. Of course, if COVID numbers go bad quickly, they could always roll back to the earlier restrictions/requirements.Īnd yes, the "days" are counted from your last test, not by counting your days in the Azores (which might differ by up to 2 days). But several people have reported online (in the Azores forum) that the Day 6 test is no longer being done. I saw no announcements in the Portuguese or Azores press about this. Previously the Azores required a test upon arrival, and you had to isolate in your accommodations until your negative test results arrived (or you could simply arrive with evidence of an acceptable negative test, and they set you free), then additional tests on "Day 6" and also on "Day 12".Īccording to all reports I've seen, the Day 12 test requirement was dropped a while ago (maybe 6 weeks back?), and then more recently (maybe 10 days ago?), the Day 6 test was also quietly dropped.
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