Gruta dos Balcões

Azores · Portugal

Gruta dos Balcões, Portugal
Photo: José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa (Arquivo de Villa Maria), Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
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A lava tube in the central highlands of Terceira, entered through a collapsed roof and walked past ledges of solidified basalt. The tunnel records the island's volcanic formation beneath the pastures.

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