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Ponta Delgada
Place: Açores
Photo: Açores
Ponta Delgada

Ponta Delgada
Place: Açores
Photo: Açores
Ponta Delgada
Ilha do Corvo
Place: Corvo
Photo: Corvo
Ilha do Corvo
Açores
Place: Açores
Photo: Açores
Açores
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Reservas da Biosfera
Biosphere Reserves

In Portugal there are 12 areas classified by UNESCO as Biosphere Reserves where the conservation of biological and cultural diversity is reconciled with economic and social development, maintaining the balance between people and nature.


Windmill
Place: Ilha Graciosa nos Açores
Photo: Turismo dos Açores
Graciosa, the white island

The Island of Graciosa, classified by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve, is the northernmost of the five that make up the central group of the Azores archipelago.


Ilha do Corvo
Place: Ilha do Corvo nos Açores
Photo: DRT, Maurício Abreu
The Island of Corvo

Corvo, considered by UNESCO to be a World Biosphere Reserve, forms, together with the island of Flores, the Western Group of the Azores archipelago.


Angra do Heroísmo - Ilha Terceira
Place: Açores
Photo: Roman Sulla - Shutterstock
Terceira, the festive island

The island of Terceira, one of the main entry points to the Azores, together with the islands of Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico and Faial, forms the central group of the archipelago.As its name implies, this was the third island of the


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