It's a must do tour at Faial. The newest Centro de Interpretação do Vulcão dos Capelinhos, European Best Museum 2013 is the new addition to this spot. Under the earth you can easly learn the formation of Azores Islands and the eruption of the vulcano. Climb the lighthouse for a better view, but if you dare do the many trails in the vulcano added land itself. It's hard but the impact is huge: best views and the feel of isolation. You could easly spent half day there. I did learn a lot about vulcanos and the life after the eruption and the imigration to the US. Great to have this. I'm proud.
The views were incredible and the story of the volcanic eruption and its aftermath even more so. The interpretive center is excellent - we simply did not have enough time to fully explore it. I wanted to go back for another visit, but we didn't have time. I highly recommend a visit to this site!
I visited as part of my one day tour of Faial arranged through Horta Cataceos. Well worth a visit to see the most recent volcanic site on Faial
This museum and site were awesome. The museum was very informative and the site was awe inspiring. The landscape is not to be missed. Great spot for photos. Must see on the islands.
I really got amazed with the view over Vulcão dos Capelinhos. It's amazing what a Vulcan can do the face of the earth. You feel really small in front of this beauty.Definitely recomemend this visti and also to "Centro de Interpretação do Vulcão dos Capelinhos".
Loved learning about the volcanoes and how the islands were formed. Very informational. Everyone that comes to Faial, needs to come here.
This award winning museum and exhibition centre deserves all the accolades it has gathered. Firstly the scenery around it is jaw-dropping! What a landscape. The interactive exhibits, the 3D films, the photos, are all top notch. And then we walked up the 130 steps up to the top of the lighthouse for some more spectacular views. This is a must see!
With all dangerous consequences the volcano eruption undoubtedly has its own beauty. When you look at this newborn peninsula you are trying to imagine how it was and the feeling is making you frightened and excited at the same time. This is the Earth as it was in the beginning of everything, before the first life had appeared. And quite possible that is how everything will end.
This is a very well done interpretive center. After seeing the devastation done by the 1957-58 eruptions this made both the causes and effects much clearer. Inc in the admission charge is the opportunity to climb the lighthouse most of which survived the eruptions (the base is buried). They also had a snack counter, nice seating, a children's play area and clean w/c.
After driving past all the lush greenery of Sao Miguel it was a shock to arrive at the stark, lunar landscape of this new addition to the island. The volcano eruption added 2 kilometers of land and the Interpretive Center has videos, scale models, and all the information needed to understand and appreciate this wonder of nature. Something to see and much to learn makes this a must stop!