If you’ve come back from your trip without being able to bring souvenirs home with you, or you simply want to discover the little wonders made in the Azores, this article is for you. As you already know, Travel to the Azores promotes only local brands that showcase craftsmanship and support the local economy.
On that note, we’d like to highlight two online shopping sites that, to us, perfectly reflect this meticulous work. This is not a partnership of any kind, simply a spotlight on what we consider important to support.
1 – Buying local crafts: Loja Dos Açores
With its bricks-and-mortar shop at Ponta Delgada airport, on the island of São Miguel, Loja dos Açores quickly stood out for its incredible knowledge of the various local crafts from each island of the archipelago. Luckily for you, the shop is also available online. Here is our selection of local craft pieces, handmade, by island:
- São Miguel: fish-scale earrings
- Santa Maria: Pau Branco wooden spoons
- Terceira: hydrangea doilies
- São Jorge: placemats
- Faial: fig-pith model boat
- Pico: lava-stone coasters
- Graciosa: Richelieu-embroidery centrepiece
- Flores: mini cedar-wood violin
- Corvo: wool hat
Happy browsing!
2 – Buying local products: Made In Azores
It’s not only crafts that you can pick up in the Azores, there are also the local products that make everyone who discovers them salivate! Here too, each island has its speciality, and it’s Made In Azores that introduces you to the finest local productions.
For the taste buds, Travel to the Azores recommends, for example, the cheese of São Jorge, the Dona Amélia cakes or the honey of Terceira, the pineapple jam, the tuna or the chilli pepper of São Miguel…
To quench your thirst, you won’t be able to miss the famous tea of São Miguel, but also its gin, the wines of Pico, and also the honey liqueur of Terceira. Did you know that beer is also brewed in the Azores?
3 – Trusting local players: Travel to the Azores
Because you’re often best served by doing it yourself, we’re taking advantage of this article to introduce our concept in more detail: the tailor-made creation of your discovery itinerary for the Azores archipelago, including the negotiation and booking of essential services (car rental, accommodation, activities, restaurants…) as well as the creation of a day-by-day discovery programme based on your traveller profile (family, friends, couple…) and on your budget. You stay in control of the latter because you pay directly for the services of your trip: all prices are transparent. But you don’t have to deal with anything else, which lets you fully enjoy your stay, without having to organise a thing!
Our credo? Travel that is healthy and sustainable, respectful of the environment and of local life. We work only with local tourism players who share the same ethics.
To receive our free quote, contact us at the following address: contact@voyage-aux-acores.com, or by filling out the contact form.
