Lorraine, if you live in California, there are direct flights every summer (May through September) from Oakland to Terceira. These are the flights I have flown the last few times I visited the Azores. From Terceira, I have flown to Sao Miguel and have a great taxi driver I use there. Carlos Rego speaks English; is enthusiastic about looking for the places ancestors lived and visiting anyone in the villages that might have more information about the family you seek. In Terceira, I have relied on Joao Ventura to direct me to taxi drivers that help me visit the villages where my ancestors lived; to find information in the churches where they lived; to see the sights they saw, etc. In Faial, I have found taxi drivers (some better than others) that drive around the island to see the sights and also to visit the villages where my ancestors lived. I visited Sao Jorge only one time and did, after some searching, find a taxi driver that spoke English and understood what I wanted to see on this island. The only place I took a tour was on the Mainland in Lisbon. Since I had no ancestors from this area in Portugal, I was interested in just seeing the sights. If you need additional information about any of the Islands I mention, feel free to contact me privately and I can share my findings with you. Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected]
________________________________ From: Lorraine Price <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:38 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Azores trip We’re planning a trip to the Azores in May. Does anyone know of any planned trips, good deals, air fares, hotels? I’m guessing the main airport is in San Miguel. We’ll want to travel to Graciosa (my family’s birthplace) and probably Terciera, by boat? plane?. Any other suggestions? What about a driver/tour guide? Thanks much! -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
