To step inside Peter Café Sport, managed by the local Azevedo family for generations, is to feel the history housed within its walls and the lore of lives devoted to adventuring on the oceans. Just upstairs, the Scrimshaw Museum houses an incredible collection of engraved whale bones and teeth, covering both ornamental objects and pieces formerly used in everyday use in the Azores and beyond. The waters surrounding the Azores are home to 24 species of cetaceans, including 6 species of dolphins. And while whaling officially ended in the Azores in 1984, Horta was once an important stop for whalers from North America bound for points in the Pacific. Pick up a bottle of the house Gin do Mar, blended with passionfruit, for a unique souvenir to bring home. And if you can tear yourself away from the conviviality of Peter’s Café Sport and the many storytellers inside, consider heading out with a guide or renting a car to visit the Caldeira do Cabeço Gordo, about 25 minutes inland from Horta and accessed via winding roads up. At a viewpoint within the Caldeira do Faial Nature Reserve, on the southern rim of the volcano, you can peer into the mile-wide caldera and enjoy views that stretch all the way to neighboring Pico Island. The grand vistas might make you feel small and fill you with wonder— especially when you consider the dot in the vast Atlantic Ocean you’re presently perched upon, and all the world’s many travelers who have similarly found their ways here to Horta and Faial. Freelance travel writer Terry Ward is based in Florida but is frequently on the road (or at sea!) to report stories. Her work has been published by such outlets as Travel Channel, the Washington Post, Travel+Leisure and Cruise Critic. Visit her website to learn more, www.terry-ward.com.
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