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3 Bicas
Snack bar in Furnas, open daily 09:00 to midnight, whose own website offers free Wi-Fi and coffee at a small seating area. The only Wi-Fi café we could document in Furnas; not a work café (research).
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Town · Azores, Portugal, Europe
Furnas, São Miguel
Inland valley village in the east of São Miguel, built around hot springs and fumaroles: Terra Nostra park, Poça da Dona Beija, the lakeside caldeiras where cozido is cooked underground. Quiet in the evening, wetter than the coast, 40 minutes by car from Ponta Delgada. Research draft.
- Time zone
- Azores time
For nomads and workations
Where to work in Furnas
When to go
Furnas through the year
- January: high 17.5 °C, low 12.7 °C, 13 rainy days, 3.1 hours of sun a day, sea 17 °C
- February: high 17.4 °C, low 12.1 °C, 10.8 rainy days, 3.7 hours of sun a day, sea 16.5 °C
- March: high 17.9 °C, low 12.6 °C, 11.7 rainy days, 3.9 hours of sun a day, sea 16.3 °C
- April: high 18.8 °C, low 13.3 °C, 10.2 rainy days, 4.7 hours of sun a day, sea 16.6 °C
- May: high 20.2 °C, low 14.6 °C, 8.7 rainy days, 5.6 hours of sun a day, sea 17.8 °C
- June: high 22.4 °C, low 16.8 °C, 6.6 rainy days, 5.4 hours of sun a day, sea 19.6 °C
- July: high 24.7 °C, low 18.9 °C, 4.8 rainy days, 6.7 hours of sun a day, sea 21.9 °C
- August: high 26 °C, low 19.9 °C, 6.5 rainy days, 6.9 hours of sun a day, sea 23.3 °C
- September: high 25 °C, low 19.1 °C, 9.4 rainy days, 5.8 hours of sun a day, sea 23.1 °C
- October: high 22.6 °C, low 17.1 °C, 13.7 rainy days, 4.6 hours of sun a day, sea 21.3 °C
- November: high 19.9 °C, low 14.9 °C, 11.8 rainy days, 3.6 hours of sun a day, sea 19.4 °C
- December: high 18.3 °C, low 13.4 °C, 15 rainy days, 3 hours of sun a day, sea 17.9 °C
Long-term averages, not a forecast. Source: IPMA: Normal Climatológica 1991–2020, Ponta Delgada / Observatório Afonso Chaves (station 513, 35 m), PDF v1.0 2024, read . Full month-by-month guide →
For families
Furnas with kids
Opening hours, prices and age limits for each day out, with the date we read them. Beaches have their own access notes further down.
Parque Terra Nostra
garden with an iron-rich thermal pool (water 38–42 °C per the park, max 30 minutes recommended); youth ticket (6–17) €14.50, adult €17, family 2+2 €57; open daily 10:30–16:30 (park site, Oct 2026).
Caldeiras da Lagoa das Furnas
fumaroles where cozido pots are buried; €3 for non-residents, under-12s free, parking free (Câmara Municipal da Povoação).
Poça da Dona Beija
small thermal pools open 08:30–23:00, €12 for 18+ and 7–17, €10 for 2–6, €16/€14 for slots from 18:00; online booking, no refunds (operator booking system, 10 Oct 2026).
Places
Places in Furnas
Beaches, viewpoints and days out, each with the date it was last checked.
Schematic: positions from each place's coordinates, no roads or coastline. Not for navigation.
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Poça da Dona Beija
Small outdoor thermal pools in Furnas open until 23:00, the evening alternative to Terra Nostra; tickets booked online for a time slot, with no refunds.
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Caldeiras da Lagoa das Furnas
Steaming fumaroles on the shore of Lagoa das Furnas where the cozido stew is buried to cook; €3 for non-residents, under-12s free, free parking.
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Parque Terra Nostra
Historic garden in Furnas with a big iron-rich thermal pool (38–42 °C); €17 adults, €14.50 for ages 6–17, open daily 10:30–16:30 and booked by date.
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In detail
The notes behind this page
Furnas is a village in a volcanic valley in the east of São Miguel, in the municipality of Povoação. People come for the hot water: the Terra Nostra garden pool, the smaller Poça da Dona Beija pools that stay open until 23:00, and the fumaroles by the lake where the local stew, cozido, cooks underground for six or seven hours. It is 40 minutes’ drive or about 1 h 30 by bus from Ponta Delgada.
Guides
- Azores hot springs: Terra Nostra vs Poça da Dona Beija vs Caldeira Velha, prices and booking.
- São Miguel without a car: lines 318 and 110 to Furnas.
- Where to stay in the Azores.
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What the sources say (research)
- Parque Terra Nostra: daily 10:30–16:30, closed 25 December; €17 adults, €14.50 for 6–17s and over-65s, family 2+2 €57; the ticket includes the thermal pool and jacuzzis. [parqueterranostra.com, 10 Oct 2026]
- Poça da Dona Beija: 08:30–23:00, last entry 21:30, tickets booked online with no cancellations or refunds; €12 (18+ and 7–17), €10 (2–6), €16/€14 for slots from 18:00. Check before you go. [pocadadonabeija.com, 10 Oct 2026]
- Caldeiras da Lagoa das Furnas: 56 active cooking holes; €3 entry for non-residents, under-12s free. [CM Povoação, 9 Oct 2026]
- 3 Bicas: snack bar with free Wi-Fi, open daily 09:00–00:00; fine for an hour of e-mail, not a workday. [own website, 10 Oct 2026]
- Buses: line 318 (south coast) several times a day, line 110 (north coast) twice a day; line 317 links Furnas with Ribeira Quente beach on weekdays (at weekends only June to September). [AzoresBus PDFs, Oct 2026; 317 read 11 Oct 2026]
- Weather: we did not obtain a local IPMA temperature normal for Furnas. On São Miguel, rainfall rises about 196 mm a year per 100 m of altitude, so expect more rain and cloud than in Ponta Delgada. [Climate 13(11):238, 2025]
Open questions
Furnas: quick answers
How do I get from Ponta Delgada to Furnas by bus?
On the October 2026 AzoresBus timetables, line 318 runs along the south coast via Vila Franca and takes about 1 h 30; it runs every day, from Ponta Delgada (Alfândega) on weekdays at 09:00, 13:45, 16:00 and early evening, at weekends at 09:00 and 15:00 all year (extra runs June to September). Line 110 goes the north way via Ribeira Grande, twice a day (07:15 and 15:15). A day trip works: out at 09:00, back on the 16:18 (318, weekdays), the 17:17 (318, weekends) or the 17:10 (110). Check the timetable before you go.
Is it worth staying a night in Furnas?
If hot springs are the point, yes: Poça da Dona Beija is open until 23:00 (last entry 21:30), while day-trippers leave on the afternoon buses. The trade-off is a wetter, cloudier valley and about 40 minutes' drive from Ponta Delgada (routing model).
How much does it cost to see the cozido being made?
Entry to the caldeiras area by Lagoa das Furnas costs €3 for non-residents; children under 12 go free and parking is free. Pots go into the ground from 06:00, and restaurants collect theirs between 11:00 and 13:00, according to the municipality.