What's happening on Terceira Island, Açores
News, guides, and stories about life on Terceira — from reopening announcements to favourite food spots and tips for newcomers.
WOW PIE brings authentic Italian artisan Neapolitan pizza to Terceira, following Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana guidelines: a 24-hour naturally fermented dough of just flour, water, salt and yeast, topped with extra virgin olive oil and fresh island ingredients.
Read more →Ten days, four stages, three Praça de Toiros bullfights, three rope-touradas through the streets, the full 40-adult-plus-9-children's marches over two nights of São João, a Coronation Mass that brings 19 freguesias into a single procession, a fado night with Mariza on the Bailão and a Grande Noite de Fado on the Expert, sixteen art exhibitions, a sports calendar from golf to bloc climbing, and a €30 weekly wristband that hasn't moved in over a decade. The full official program, walked through stage by stage.
Read more →If you're on Terceira this weekend, you'll notice it. Roads freshly painted, impérios opening up, stew simmering since dawn. The two big Holy Spirit weekends are the most distinctively Terceira thing on the calendar — and the food is free.
Read more →Twins is reopening this weekend with a two-night relaunch: Massivedrum on Saturday May 23 and Malvada on Sunday May 24 (eve of the public holiday). Doors at midnight both nights.
Read more →Twins (the Angra nightlife spot) is closed for now. The team posted a heartfelt message on Instagram saying they'll be back 'very soon', with no specific reopening date yet.
Read more →Algar do Carvão is open to visitors again as of 21 March 2026, on a limited schedule while construction of the new visitor centre continues. Bring water and a jacket. There are no facilities on site.
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