During the day St George's like a living open-air museum from the British colonial era. A favourite Meeting point is King's Square with a reconstructed pillory and the diving chair, which was once used to lower "garrulous women" into the harbour basin for a short time. In the evening hours, a Colourful hustle and bustle around the harbourBars, restaurants and shops invite visitors, with rum punch, calypso sounds and the constant chorus of tree frogs. Nature lovers will get their money's worth, a Lush tropical vegetation characterises the appearance of the island. In the Botanical Garden discover the full diversity and colourful splendour of the local flora. An insider tip is the Crystal Caves stalactite cave in Hamilton County.

Use your Stay on Ilha do Faial for exploring the fifth largest of the "Hawk Islands", as the Azores are known. Little traffic and a low number of tourists allow Hikes in absolute tranquillity. Fantastic routes lead across the densely overgrown island, along the cliffs, around the crater lake and to the lighthouse in the west. The picturesque Horta harbour is a stopover for every circumnavigator. Skippers, divers and whale watchers use the legendary "Peter Café Sport as a popular meeting place to exchange news between souvenir photos and ship models over the "best gin and tonic in the world". On the upper floor, the founder of this pirate pub, one of the last whalers, has set up a scrimshaw museum with skilfully crafted whale bones and whale teeth.