Graciosa

A gentle island of dry meadows and a green caldera above the sea.

In history

The second smallest island, gentle and dry, once called the breadbasket of the Azores for the cereal it sent away, ground in its windmills.

Inside its caldera, the Furna do Enxofre is a vast cave with a lake far below the ground. The whole island is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Harbour: Santa Cruz
Local catch: Mackerel
Speciality to deliver: Queijadas da Graciosa, Graciosa white wine
Slow-cooked dish: Fresh queijadas
Stone: Cut here and sold at the exchange, for captains’ own harbours.
Harbour paint: Pass the quiz at its exchange and the island’s colours paint the walls and trims of your own harbour.
Ponta da Barca lighthouse: The tallest tower in the Azores, above the whale-shaped islet off Graciosa’s north-west point.
Monte da Ajuda loop: From Santa Cruz da Graciosa across dry meadows above the sea, and home over Monte da Ajuda and its white chapels.

Furna do Enxofre · A vast cave under Graciosa’s caldera, with a sulphurous lake at its floor.

Festas do Espírito Santo · On every island from the Sunday after Easter to Pentecost and Trinity Sunday; Terceira’s impérios carry on through the summer.
Carnaval · From Saturday to Carnival Tuesday, in February or March: Terceira’s bailinhos play in some thirty halls and Graciosa dances at costumed balls.

Open the game with a course set for Santa Cruz.