2.6 km
Total Distance
182 m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A lunar walk across the ash fields left by the 1957 Capelinhos eruption on Faial's western tip. The path crosses grey volcanic desert past the half buried lighthouse toward green cliffs. Otherworldly and windswept, above the newest land in the Azores.

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Difficulty

3/5 · Moderate