Villa with 3+1 Bedrooms
Large Areas
Social Area with 59.00 m2
Backyard
Attachments
Terrace
Center of the Parish of Furnas
Furnas is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Povoação, with an area of 70.20 km² and 1,439 inhabitants (2011). Its population density is 42.5 inhabitants km². It is located to the east of Ponta Delgada and Lagoa and southeast of Ribeira Grande. It faces the Atlantic Ocean to the south and mountains to the north.
The main economic activities are agriculture and tourism.
Furnas is well known for its thermal waters, namely the calderas, Poça da Beija and thermal pools. In addition, Furnas is known for the Hotel Terra Nostra, consisting of a natural pool of thermal waters and a magnificent botanical garden, the Terra Nostra Park and you can also visit the natural park where you can find some animals and some species of plants. It is also in Furnas that you can find a lagoon, the Furnas Lagoon.
Also traditional from Furnas are the bolos lêvedos and the curious stew where the ingredients are cooked underground under the heat of the volcanoes (the meat takes about 5 to 6 hours and the cod about 3 to 4 hours). This fact brings out an exquisite taste.
This town has one of the largest and most diverse botanical collections in the archipelago. - REF: 326/M/03547
