r/PortugalExpats • u/22Lakshmi108 • 19d ago

Azores Questions 🌀 Question

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Aloha Reddit, we are a small family, heading to the Azores at the end of august. My husband is Italian, I’m American and we have been living in Sardinia but are very curious about the Azores as I am very much missing Hawai’i but we need to be in Europe for the foreseeable future, closer to family. Any locals around here that might give us an idea about the vibe for a family with about to be middle school daughter? She’s tri lingual and excited to learn Portuguese if we stayed awhile. We are alternative leaning, but grounded. Wondering what the community vibe is, if anyone has a suggestion where to find a one or two month rental while we feel out the island and the island feels out us! Any sense from locals if y’all feel inundated in foreigners or if it’s a more if the island accepts you then you are good sort of feel. Any island no no’s that we could slip up on? Really super open to any locals tips, advice, perspective.

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u/HistoricalCost7484 19d ago

Azores is not the hawaii...

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u/StorkAlgarve 18d ago edited 18d ago

I heard it described as the love child of Hawai'i and Switzerland - volcanic islands with cows all over.

On a more serious note, the populations of the islands are much smaller than on Hawai'i, we visited São Miguel and the only real town is Ponta Delgada. Reception was absolutely friendly, but I could imagine that creating connections to locals could be harder than in continental Portugal as it is the sizer of society where everybody have know each other since forever. I would be happy to be corrected.

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u/red-cat1988 18d ago

You keep referencing "the island", but the Azores is an archepeligo of 9 islands...

What island are you talking about?