Horta is a beautiful charming town, and the main one in the gorgeous Faial Island, located on the eastern coast of the Island, right in front of the neighbour Pico Island, with a permanent lovely view over the highest point in Portugal: Pico Mountain, at 2.351 meters high above sea level. It was probably in the year 1467 that the Flemish Joss Van Hurtere disembarked in the Faial Island, next to the… Read more and see photos