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Main Ports - Azores

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Corvo (Port)

Faial

Horta Port of Entry

Flores

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Cais do Pico
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Madalena

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Sue Richards says:

July 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM

While moored in Ponta Delgada Marina, MV Dragon – a 68’ Nordhavn – was boarded by a burglar in the early hours of the morning. The suspect was aprehended by one of the crew and the police notified. Their advice – lock your doors!

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Ruthn says:

March 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM

When you check out of one of the islands does this stop the Schengen clock until you reach another island?

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Sue Richards says:

March 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Hi Ruthn,
Once you enter the Azores (i.e. clear into the EU and get your passport stamped on entry) then you have entered the Schengen zone and the “clock” does not stop until you are officially stamped out of the EU/Schengen Zone. Moving between islands in the Azores is all part of the EU, you are not leaving the Schengen Zone while moving between islands. Unless your destination after the Azores is a non-EU country (i.e. the UK), your passport won’t be stamped on departure.
Hope that helps.
Sue

Stacy Hall says:

October 28, 2024 at 2:07 PM

Any suggestions for best charts, cruising chart books for crossing from US east coast to Azores

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Sue Richards says:

November 6, 2024 at 9:42 AM

Hi Stacy, take a look at https://www.noonsite.com/place/azores/view/related-books/. The Atlantic Pilot Atlas by James Clark, Imray 100 North Atlantic Passage Chart, Atlantic Crossing Guide, Atlantic Islands and Atlantic Spain & Portugal are all worth considering.

Kim Seeley says:

April 29, 2024 at 3:37 PM

You can only clear immigration at Horta(Faial), Praia Da Vittoria(Terceira) and Ponta Delgada(Sao Miguel)
Source: immigration officer at Horta 29/04/2024

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Sue Richards says:

May 30, 2023 at 11:04 AM

In the Azores, Horta is welcoming yachts already from across the Atlantic and their busy season is in full swing. Duncan Sweet of MAYS, a company dedicated to ocean cruising sailors, reports “the main waterfront thoroughfare in Horta has been given a serious rebuild over the winter with on-going work to complete a new laundry and showers complex to the south of the Yacht Club (Club Naval da Horta). Until these are completed, the original laundry, toilets and showers by the marina bar, are still operational.

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sue-richards says:

April 6, 2022 at 11:13 AM

The Island of Sao Jorge is having a seismic episode at the moment – some 20,000 tremors in the last two weeks. No-one really knows what, if anything, this portends – earthquake or lava effusion – however visiting yachts should be aware. The tremors are mostly in the Velas area where the main town and marina are.

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aquaboa says:

July 19, 2020 at 11:49 AM

You can come directly to Santa Maria – Vila do Porto !

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julesb says:

June 30, 2020 at 1:47 PM

We arrived in Horta June 17th. The COVID test is free and results back in 24 hours. All very organized and the marina, maritime police, and Peter Cafe Sport all doing an amazing job to support boats. With a negative test result document we went to Velas, São Jorge and Angra de Heroismo, Terceira; cleared in through the local marinas and anchored in both places free of charge. Ponta Delgada is not requiring COVID test for entry.

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sue-richards says:

July 1, 2020 at 4:14 PM

Please note – the above comment is not true. Horta and Ponta Delgada remain the only open ports of entry and at BOTH PORTS a SARS-Cov-2 test will be required on arrival, unless the regional health authority waives it in view of the non-stop travel time and the absence of symptoms. A passage time of more than 14 days is seen as voluntary quarantine. If test results are negative you will be given permission to go ashore.

dellamyra says:

June 22, 2020 at 11:47 AM

s/v DellaMyra departs today, 22nd June, 2020, for Horta and Falmouth,UK
lone sailor . MMSI235102055

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captainasmat says:

December 23, 2019 at 6:20 PM

Hurricane Lorenzo struck the western Azores in October, destroying the breakwater at Lajes, Flores. Until repairs are complete, this port is unusable.

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olivier-trouve says:

June 14, 2019 at 12:23 PM

Ponta Delgada is a convenient place to enter the Azores : nice city, facilities for provisioning, skilled professionals if repairs are needed. But there are some issues :
– the local police considered me as highly suspect because I stopped in Ponta Delgada and not Horta like everybody ! So I had a complete police search, including drug search with dog.
– the professionals like the famous Thomas and JB Electronica don’t accept payment with credit cards, only cash or bank transfer. Cash is not possible beyond a small amount, so bank transfer is the only solution, which implies delays and possible errors on the bank apps. It is what happened to me and at my next stop in Gibraltar my mail box was full of complaining and threatening e-mails, saying I would be designed to all ports as a robber ! Visitors should make a strong pressure on these people for accepting credit cards like anywhere in the world (and in Sao Miguel by all shops and restaurants) to avoid such problems.

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davehen says:

July 2, 2019 at 10:02 AM

Just spent a fortnight here in ponta delgada marina in unsettled weather,in my opinion it is untenable in any strong south,south east or southwest winds.We had so many boats break lines and fenders.I bought a pump from Thomas through bank transfer,he put it on ferry to Santa Maria(€4.80) and the total time took 2 days.

SeaCrusader says:

May 12, 2019 at 1:31 AM

I just watched a you tube video of a couple who were charged an engine tax based upon the weight and power of their engine. They had an electric engine which should have been exempt but were forced to pay upon threat of their boat being impounded. They were also charred a lighthouse tax. Neither are mentioned in the formalities section. Report here:-

https://youtu.be/PSm5SbcBHUQ

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peter-oegaard says:

May 2, 2019 at 6:25 AM

The old page was perfect, This is useless

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jstrickfusshotmail-co-uk says:

May 5, 2019 at 9:43 AM

couln not agree more

Data Entry1 says:

October 2, 2016 at 12:45 PM

Must do’s if you have time on Terceira:
1. Go to the local town where there is a “running of the bulls” that particular evening (they move them from town to town). The reason to go is more to observe the way the locals commune around this event than to see the bulls themselves, who are given stimulants and then downers when they are still in their bright red boxes before being released to put on their show.

2. Terceira has several interesting caves that are worth visiting, donning the requisite hard hats, and exploring on a guided tour.

3. Lastly, driving across the island and enjoying the miles of hydrangeas lining the roads is another not-to-miss experience on Terceira in the spring/summer.

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Azores - Update History

Jul 20, 2025

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July 2025: Security information updated with incident report from MV Dragon.
May 2025: Ports of entry updated.
April 2025: All formalities checked and updated.
July 2024: Clearance, documents and fees confirmed as correct by SV Luthien.
March 2024: Status of Lajes da Flores updated.
August 2022: VAT rate updated. Information provided by Duncan Sweet.
July 2022: Covid protocols for entry now lifted - formalities updated and port pages.
March 2022: Covid protocols further updated.
December 2021: Covid entry regs further updated and again December 11th when rules for air arrivals changed.
November 2021: Covid entry regs. checked and updated.
September 2021: New regulations for yacht entry updated.
May 2021: Covid protocols further updated.
April 2021: Covid protocols further updated with the assistance of MAYS.
February 2021: Biosecurity and Covid protocols updated and archived.
March 2020: COVID-19 restrictions noted in biosecurity section and all ports of entry.
January 2020: Fees updated.
July 2019: Circulation tax details added to fees section.
August 2017: Immigration re residence option added.
June 2017: Formalities updated.
June 2015: Customs and Immigration updated/checked.
May 2015: Publications reviewed
May 2013: Customs and Immigration checked.

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