The island of São Miguel is strongly known for the beauty of its lagoons, being the one with the largest number of lagoons. Among many unknown and hidden ones, the most known lakes and that certainly become the representative image of São Miguel are the Lagoa das Sete Cidades, the Lagoa do Fogo, the Lagoa das Furnas, the Lagoa do Canário and the Lagoa do Congro.
The Sete Cidades Lake is distinctly recognizable by its two shades: green and blue, which is related to a legend. Legend has it that the Azores are the remains of a kingdom where there lived a princess with beautiful blue eyes who loved to walk in the countryside. One day, the princess met a shepherd with beautiful green eyes who was grazing his sheep and fell in love with him. However, this love was not accepted by the princess’s father, the King, who forced the young couple to separate. The princess and the shepherd met for the last time, and when they said goodbye, they cried so much that their tears ran down the valley and formed two lagoons: a blue one, formed by the tears from the princess’s blue eyes and a green one, formed by the tears from the shepherd’s green eyes.
The Furnas lake is surrounded by lush vegetation and there are many volcanic manifestations, such as the fumaroles and boiling water cauldrons on the lake shore, where the traditional Cozidos à Portuguesa are made underground using the heat of the fumaroles.
Last modified: 14 de September, 2021
