It was another rainy day. According to the SpotAzores app (it has webcams across the Azores, very convenient for checking the weather) it was somewhat clearer on the east coast, so we drove to Nordeste. It was indeed only partly cloudy, yay! We had lunch at Restaurante Casa De Pasto O Cardoso, a very local place. I think there was only one other table with tourists. We both had the steak, which was excellent, but we ate too much. (I've been really impressed with the beef here, it's a tough choice between great beef and great fish!)
We left the car parked near the restaurant and walked to Miradouro do Pelado. According to Google Maps it was just a 3 minute walk from the end of the road, but it turned out to be a 30 minute walk through a bamboo-lined path to a viewpoint over the ocean! It was a nice little walk, especially after our big lunch :)
We drove back along the southeast coast, again stopping at all the miradouros. There were a couple vantage points of Lighthouse Arnel, of which I took dozens of pics.
Our hotel had booked us in a small cosy restaurant for dinner; however there was some issue at the restaurant and it had to cancel the dinners for today. So we were on our own on a Friday night :( We took a taxi into town and searched out a place for dinner. The first few places were fully booked, we ended up at Singular Bistro, which had a very cool setting in a century-old mansion. We could only get seats at the bar, which was okay by us. The food was excellent, and the staff were great. We were still full from lunch, so split a selection of their appetizers. We made reservations for the next evening so we could try their mains :)
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