Poça da Barca
Poça da Barca is a swimming area in Santa Luzia, São Roque do Pico Municipality. Poça da Barca is situated nearby to the museum Centro de Interpretação da Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha da Ilha do Pico, as well as near the swimming area Portinho do Lajido.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ermida de Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo and Church of Santa Luzia.
Ermida de Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Ermida de Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Poça da Barca.
Church of Santa Luzia
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Santa Luzia is situated 3 km southeast of Poça da Barca.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Boa Nova
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Boa Nova is situated 3½ km southwest of Poça da Barca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bandeiras and Santa Luzia.
Bandeiras
Village
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bandeiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 626, in an area of 22.21 km². Bandeiras is situated 3 km southwest of Poça da Barca.
Santa Luzia
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Santa Luzia is a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 422, in an area of 30.13 km2. It is the northernmost parish on the island. Santa Luzia is situated 3 km east of Poça da Barca.
Madalena
Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2. Madalena is situated 9 km west of Poça da Barca.
Poça da Barca
- Type: Swimming area
- Categories: tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, and sports location
- Location: Santa Luzia, São Roque do Pico Municipality, Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude
38.55763° or 38° 33′ 28″ northLongitude
-28.42981° or 28° 25′ 47″ westOpen location code
89CHHH5C+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 6187981486OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=swimming_areaOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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