Furnas
Furnas is a village in the Azores archipelago on the island of São Miguel, and was home to 1,450 people in 2011. It is famous for its geothermal activity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Terra Nostra Park and Furnas Lagoon.
Terra Nostra Park
Garden
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
The Terra Nostra Park is a botanical garden in Furnas in the Povoação municipality on the Portuguese Azores island of São Miguel:…
Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias, dedicated to Our Lady of the Victories, a small funerary chapel on the southwestern corner of Lagoa das Furnas in the civil parish of Furnas, on the Azorean island of São Miguel.
Furnas
- Type: Locality with 1,440 residents
- Location: Povoação Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.7655° or 37° 45′ 56″ northLongitude
-25.3241° or 25° 19′ 27″ westPopulation
1,440Elevation
275 metres (902 feet)Open location code
899PQM8G+58GeoNames ID
8013451
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Furnas”. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.