Corvo Island

Very beautiful and easy going place , nice for spending from a day to 5 or even longer if you want to enjoy the smallest quiet , beautiful island of Acores. Good free camping and nice easy hikes , very good for birdwatching. Possible to get there by plane on ferry.

Corvo is the smallest island of the Azores. There is only one village Vila do Corvo, where live about 500 inhabitans and a lot of cats. Some of them has blue eyes. A lot of houses are uninhabited. It's the most enigmatic island of archipelago. On this tiny island there are highlights such as: windmills, Corvo museum (Casa do Tempo Ecomuseu do Corvo), amazing caldeira. There is no car rental but some residents offer local tours (e.g. to caldeira). I recommend to stay there for one or two nights to meet Corvo by night. It's extremely silent place. Corvo is very good place to birdwatching and sky/stars watching. Lightpollution is very low here.

With an internationally renowned sanctuary that shelters many types of migratory bird, it’s apt that Corvo’s Portuguese name translates to “Crow Island”. The tiniest island in the Azores – with only 430 residents – is little more than a partially submerged caldera, but on it exists a relaxed way of life untouched by the business of the mainland: see the dry stone windmills, pore over the rich woodworking and knitting crafts the island is known for, or lose yourself in the narrow, cobbled streets of the village.

It’s a small island but it’s really beautiful island especially the caldera( Costa Caldeirão )

Corvo island is a unique place. Geographically, on the edge of Europe, actually already on American tectonic plate. You need to take at least 2 or 3 flights to get there from Portugal, not talking about to get to Portugal. Flight getting cancelled because of the weather, as the island is right in the middle of the Atlantic ocean and weather for all Europe is "cooked" right here, above Azores islands. On 17 square kilometers lives about 400 people and 1300 cows. Island has one main road of 10km, 800m long runway for small Q200 planes for landing, 1 volcanic black sand beach, 1 ATM, 1 bank,1 policeman, 1 post office, 1 gas station, 1 church,3-4 places to eat and 2 hotels. Island got the first electricity and telephone in 1973, before that they use smoke signals to communicate with nearby Flores Island. Vila do Corvo is the smallest island capital in Europe, smaller city in Portugal, and the island itself is the northernmost and smallest from all Azores island. Nearest island is Flores 18th south, and then the distances to closest land rising in hundreds kilometers - 1900km from Portugal coast, 2000km from Canadian Newfoundland, 2100km from Moroccan coast, 2500km from Greenland coast and 4400km from the South American coast. Main attraction is a Caldeirao, collapsed volcanic caldera with lagoons, about 6 km up above the village, 3h walk up. Why choose Corvo? For its views, tranquility, greenery, birdwatching. trekking to Caldeirao, for its remoteness.

why does corvo attano have a whole island to himself

My great great great grandparents came from this island

Greatest place on earth