A capital that is a Unesco heritage site (Angra do Heroísmo), a blanket of green-grass patchwork woven inside the largest crater of the Azores (Serra do Cume) and a unique volcano in the world that we can enter and look at the sky from inside (Algar do Carvão). Just because of these three attractions it is worth visiting the third largest island of the archipelago, but Terceira offers much more to those who visit it. There are dips in clear waters between lava flows in Biscoitos, biodiverse trails between mistérios negros, steaming cauldrons and the largest areas of endemic vegetation of the whole archipelago, and all these plans are combined with delicious gastronomy, good wine and festivities, lots of festivities.
In this guide we try to reflect all that Terceira has to offer with practical tips, itineraries from 2 to 7 days, where to sleep and even where to eat to make your trip as incredible as ours was.

We rented a car in all the Azores Islands in our 2-month trip around the archipelago, (except for the small island of Corvo where there is not even that possibility) and in our favorite island, Flores, it was not going to be less. In this guide we tell you which car rental companies exist in Flores (Azores Islands), what to check at the time of rental (insurance and excess), how to get the best price and how our experience traveling by rental car on the Azorean island of Flores was.

As we did in the other Azores Islands in our 2-month trip through the archipelago, in Terceira we rented a car and we consider it essential to do so if you want to explore the island organizing the days at your own pace and to your liking. In this guide we tell you which car rental companies exist in Terceira, what to check at the time of rental (insurance and excess), how to get the best price and how was our experience traveling by rental car on the Azorean island of Terceira.