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Biscoitos Destination Guide

Discover Biscoitos in Portugal

Biscoitos in the region of Azores with its 1,425 habitants is a town located in Portugal - some 975 mi or ( 1568 km ) West of Lisbon , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Biscoitos

Local time in Biscoitos is now 01:45 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Azores " with a UTC offset of -1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vila Nova, Serreta, Senhora das Merces, Senhora da Esperanca, and Raminho. When in this area, you might want to check out Vila Nova . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Biscoitos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Holidays to the Azores from Sunvil.co.uk

2:59 min by Sunvilholidays
Views: 5042 Rating: 4.00

Sunvil discovered the Azores in 1990 and since then we have been one of the leading promoters of responsible tourism to this, one of the last paradises on earth. The Azores form an enchanting archipel ..

The Lady Captain of Cunard

5:10 min by Jutka T. Emoke Barabas
Views: 1527 Rating: 0.00

Sometimes we have the luck and privilege to meet extraordinary persons who make great contributions with their talent, remarkable accomplishments or with their important humanitarian actions to the Wo ..


Terceira island - Azores - in English

1:22 min by azorzen
Views: 1495 Rating: 5.00

Terceira island home of the UNESCO Angra do Heroísmo and the American air force base in Lajes. ..

Azores - Portugal - Bazar Pasaporte

2:22 min by bazartv
Views: 820 Rating: 0.00

Breve documental sobre las islas portuguesas. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Natal Caves

Natal Caves is a cave system in Praia da Vitória, Terceira Island in Azores, Portugal.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 38.79 -27.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Caves of the Azores, Praia da Vitória, Terceira Island

Serra de Santa Bárbara

Serra de Santa Bárbara is a mountain in the Azores. It is located in Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira.

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Located at 38.73 -27.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Angra do Heroísmo, Mountain ranges of Portugal

Algar do Carvão

The Algar do Carvão is an ancient lava tube or volcanic vent located in the center of the island of Terceira in the Azores. It lies within the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the parish of Porto Judeu.

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Located at 38.73 -27.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Angra do Heroísmo, Caves of the Azores

English ship Revenge (1577)

Revenge was an English race-built galleon of 46 guns, built in 1577 and captured by the Spanish in 1591, sinking soon afterwards. She was the first of thirteen English and Royal Navy ships to bear the name.

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Located at 38.77 -27.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 16th-century ships, Deptford-built ships, Galleons of the Royal Navy, Maritime incidents in 1591, Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean

Richard Grenville

Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591) was an English sailor, sea captain and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World, and also participated in the fight against the Spanish Armada. He died in 1591 at the Battle of Flores, characteristically fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish. He was the grandfather of Sir Richard Grenville, of English Civil War fame.

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Located at 38.77 -27.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1542 births, 1591 deaths, 16th-century English people, English explorers, English military personnel killed in action, English sailors, Grenville family, High Sheriffs of Cornwall, Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707), People from Buckland Monachorum, People of Elizabethan Ireland, People of the Tudor period

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