Sete Cidades Tours in Azores

Sete Cidades is the view everyone comes to São Miguel for, and a guided tour is the simplest way to reach it. Booking a Sete Cidades tour means a driver-guide handles the winding roads and drops you at the viewpoints in the right order, so you spend the day on the green and blue lakes instead of squinting at a map.

When you compare tours, check which viewpoints are on the itinerary. We'd make sure Vista do Rei and the old Monte Palace ruins are included - that's the postcard angle over the twin lakes. Down in the crater, ask whether the tour stops at the lakeside village and chapel. Some 4x4 and quad trips push on to Mosteiros, worth saying yes to for the cliffs and black-sand beach. Want to stay active? E-bike and quad runs get you near the rim, a private 4x4 lets you set the pace, and small-group tours keep the cost down.

14 Sete Cidades tours from €48. Private and small-group, half-day and full-day, hotel pickup and free cancellation on most - easy to book online.