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The beautiful Natural Pools of Biscoitos are located on the northeast coast of Terceira, being the most famous summer place on the Island. These beautiful pools are formed between rocks of great beauty, which originated with ancient volcanic eruptions, with solidified lava, in basalt stone. The lava, draining through the territory, and solidifying, was creating new rock formations, sculpted by marine erosion. Its dark color contrasts delightfully with the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean. Adapted to swimming pools since 1969, they were the first on the Island.

The top of the Sierra de Cume, at an altitude of 545 meters, offers the visitor a diversified landscape, one of the best on the island. On one side you can see the patchwork blanket from the Achada Valley, as the locals call it. On the other hand, you can also see the city of Praia da Vitória and the cut of its bay

In the village of Agua de Pau, in the so-called Pico da Figueira, was erected in 1932, the Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Monte Santo. In this same area, the girl Maria Joana Tavares Canto and a friend witnessed apparitions of the Virgin. On 5 July 1918, about twelve thousand people who attended were there, too, the miracle of the apparition of Mary. The chapel, built by the parents of the girl Mary Jane, has a hexagonal body and one altar with the image of Our Lady of Mt. In 1998, with the permission of the Bishop of the Azores, was built a shining cross on the hill behind the chapel, the Catholic Association Catholic Register

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