Sport

The sports offer of The Azores includes a varied scale of activities linked to the sea, between them sports related to the VELA, as the voyages of the Atlantic or the deep-sea fishery. The Azores it is, besides, one of the best places of the world to dive, in spite of the cold conditions of the Atlantic Ocean.

In fact, it is possible to consider being a great discovery inside the world of the scuba diving, where the dips Pico and Sao Jorge are between the best of the world; many of the places to realize dips guarantee meetings with big fish of the Atlantic Ocean, and in occasions, spectacular formations of lava. Likewise, it is possible to practise surf, windsurfing, bodyboard, having equipments available.

Besides these sports of sea, The Azores offer other sports activities for the lover of trekking, the speleology, the climbing, the rapell, the parapente.