Attraction · Horta · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Capelinhos Volcano is an attraction in Horta, Azores. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 2 of the 2 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 880 m you'll find a public toilet.
Audio tour · Capelinhos Volcano
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You're standing at Capelinhos, on the western tip of the island of Faial. Take a look around. Grey and black slopes, bare ground, not a tree in sight. Almost everything you see here didn't exist seventy years ago. This land rose out of the sea in 1957 and 1958.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No bench, water point, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.
Yes: a public toilet at 880 m.
When you stand at Capelinhos Volcano, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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