Fajã Grande

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Faja Grande is a Freguesia (municipality ) in the district of Lajes das Flores Azores island of Flores. It lies on a coastal plain at the foot of a several hundred -meter-high cliff. Being the westernmost settlement on the island, it is also the most westerly town in Europe. The island Monchique or Ilhéu do Monchique (31 ° 16 ' 24 "W ), Faja Grande upstream to the west, forms the westernmost point of Europe. As one in seafaring still navigated by the stars, the islet was an important point of reference for the verification and calibration of the navigation instruments. between here and America is just the Atlantic to Bermuda, the North American offshore archipelago.

Faja Grande is an excellent starting point for hiking on Flores. Three of the four official and marked hiking trails of the island begin or end here.

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The westernmost community in Europe

Monchique