Friday 28 de August de 2026 · Macaronesia
Horta's harbour, an essential stopover for transatlantic sailing crossings, is attracting a growing number of foreign buyers seeking a home or second residence…
The 1957-58 eruption that buried part of Faial's west coast under volcanic ash has become the parish of Capelo's biggest tourist draw, sending demand for secon…
The coastal village of Praia do Norte, known among big-wave surfers, has almost no new housing developments.
Every season, crews stopping over at Horta marina during their Atlantic crossing choose to settle permanently in the city.
The parish of Ribeirinha is facing an exodus of young people who cannot find affordably priced housing, despite the area's low tourist pressure.
In the inland valley of Flamengos, restoring old volcanic-stone houses is gaining ground as an alternative to scarce and costly new construction.
The parish of Cedros, a traditional farming and livestock centre, is starting to see interest from buyers with no ties to the land in its farmhouses and pastur…
The parish of Castelo Branco, home to Horta airport, is seeing improvements in air connectivity begin to translate into greater property interest in the surrou…
The conversion of Porto Pim's old whaling factory into a museum, combined with the boom in whale watching, has turned the bay into one of the areas under the g…
Faced with the sustained rise in housing costs in the municipality of Horta, the Regional Government of the Azores is looking at expanding capped-rent housing …
The old fishing parish of Salão is grappling with a shortage of rental housing that makes it hard to hire staff for businesses tied to the sea and local touris…