Friday 28 de August de 2026 · Macaronesia
The island of waterfalls and biosphere reserve is seeing a trickle of foreign buyers and remote workers drawn by the landscape, while the small housing stock o…
Although Flores has fewer than four thousand inhabitants, young people in Santa Cruz das Flores say there are barely any rental flats available at prices they …
In the parish of Fazenda, traditionally devoted to dairy farming, most rural property transactions include pastureland, not just the house. This pushes up the …
The small settlement of Fajãzinha, with its basalt-stone houses and gabled roofs, is seeing a surge in renovation work driven by buyers keen to preserve the is…
The island's northern tip, around the parish of Ponta Delgada, is gaining fans among nature photographers and tourists drawn by its cliffs and the Albarnaz lig…
The Rocha dos Bordões natural monument, in Flores, illustrates the dilemma facing the island's property market: the environmental protection that draws tourism…
Faced with a shortage of affordable housing on the archipelago's most peripheral islands, the Governo Regional dos Açores is considering extending to Flores re…
The area around Poço da Alagoinha, in the parish of Fajã Grande, has become the new draw for foreign buyers seeking a second home on Flores. Prices for the few…
In Lajedo, one of the smallest parishes in Lajes das Flores, dozens of family homes have stood empty since their owners emigrated decades ago to New England or…
With reduced scheduled flights heavily dependent on the weather, Santa Cruz das Flores airport shapes how much buyers from abroad are willing to pay for a hous…
Restaurants, rural guesthouses and hiking operators in Lajes das Flores agree that a lack of affordable rental flats is making it impossible to hire and retain…