Laninga's Travel Blog

Ponta Delgado is a smallish city on the Azores Islands.  They are Portuguese territory, and about 1,000 miles from the nearest land.  But they were important during the exploration years (1500’s) as a last chance to stock up on provisions.  Now they export primarily pineapples, canned fish, and wine.

Ponta Delgado is a cute city, lots of color and some nice parks.  They have a very nice botanical garden where tropical flowers bloom.  We enjoyed our stopover.

On the main square. See Romola and the Cooks?

Narrow and styled streets

Bird of paradise

A local fishing boat on the way back to harbor

Local architecture

More flowers

We walked a lot, resting those tired dogs.

Romola standing in a bamboo grove

Beautiful flowers

Colorful house