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Azores — Pico Island

Sunset at Lajes do Pico in the Azores.
Vertical photograph of the trees of Lagoa do Capitão on a foggy day on Pico Island in the Azores.

Pico, the most beautiful lights in the Azores

— Pico is the second largest island in the Azorean archipelago. In addition to Portugal’s tallest peak, the Pico mountain volcano, the island of Pico also offers stunning landscapes made up of tropical forests, volcanoes and lakes.

Whether in mist or in the light of the rising sun, Lake Capitão is full of colour. This is my starting point for visiting this island. I then head east to discover a mystical world shrouded in fog, which reveals the most beautiful lakes on Pico after a long wait: Lake Caveiro, Lake Rosada and the emerald green lake of Peixinho.

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Sunset at the foot of the volcano on the island of Pico.
Sunrise at Capitao Lake in the Azores.
Photography of Lagoa do Capitão on a foggy day on Pico Island in the Azores.
Aerial view of a volcano on the island of Pico.
Lake Peixinho in the fog, on the island of Pico in the Azores.
Photograph of the trees of the Lake of Capitão on a foggy day on Pico Island in the Azores.
Photograph of the trees of Lagoa do Capitão on a foggy day on Pico Island in the Azores.
Lake Caveiro in the mist on the island of Pico.
Lake Rosada in the mist on the island of Pico.
Dramatic sunset by the sea in the Azores.

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