About Pico Island

  The second largest Island on the wonderful Azores Archipelago, Pico Island, is a natural marvel, developing around the highest point in the Portuguese territory: the peak of Pico, situated at 2351 meters high, known as “piquinho”. Pico Island has a surface extension of 447km2, with 42km long and 15,2 maximum width, located in the central group of the Azores Archipelago. The Azores Archipelago is divided into three groups: the Eastern Group with, Santa Maria and São Miguel and the Formigas Islets; the Central Group with, Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico and Faial; the… Read more and see photos