Every tourist to the Azores will be able to enjoy a great variety of recreation, sports, and facilities for entertainment. A mild climate and rich natural resources create excellent conditions for golf, tennis, hunting, fishing, surfing, windsurfing, yachting, rowing, sailing and swimming. Whether you like quiet walks or strive for adrenaline splashes - in the Azores you will find over 60 walking routes, where all conditions for safe walking are created. Dare to such a journey and in search of unique landscapes, go along roads surrounded from all sides by nature. The Azores trails are a network of hiking routes classified by the Azores' regional government to ensure the safety and tranquility of pedestrian tourists.
Depending on the difficulty of routes, the network is divided into three levels of complexity: easy, medium and difficult. The route should be selected in accordance with the age and physical preparation of tourists. Many of the classified routes run along footpaths that local residents have used for centuries in their daily lives, when moving between settlements, transporting goods or driving cattle. The wisdom of ancestors who paved the shortest paths is useful today for tourists who want to admire the grandiose landscapes of the archipelago from various points and consider all sorts of details. It is these paths that connect all the secluded places on each of the islands - both near the sea and high in the mountains.
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