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Travel TipsCorvo has over 90 endemic plant taxa, more for its size than any Azorean island. Where to see them in the Caldeirão and on PR01COR, and the rarities you won't.
Travel TipsThe stone horseman of 1567, Carthaginian coins, the 1632 pirate raid and the 1832 petition behind Vila do Corvo, and where to see that history on the island.
Travel TipsCorvo has one of Portugal's darkest night skies, best seen from the Caldeirão on a clear night. Why you must stay over, the fog, and the shearwater lights-out.
Travel TipsCorvo has one small harbour and one fair-weather anchorage, both at Vila do Corvo, and it is not a port of entry. The quay figures from the port authority (80 metres, 3 metres maximum draught), compulsory pilotage on channel 16, where yachts from outside the EU clear in, why Lajes das Flores is a weak alternative in 2026, and what to carry because the port lists no fuel or water.
Travel TipsPR01COR, the Cara do Índio trail, crosses Corvo from the Caldeirão rim at about 560 metres to Praia da Areia: 10.3 km, about three hours, roughly 550 metres of descent. The route past the water tanks, the Coroínha cone and the basalt face in the rock, how to fit it around the Flores boat, and what the fog means for it.
Travel TipsThe Caneiro dos Meros off Vila do Corvo is the Azores' only voluntary marine reserve, kept by islanders since 1998, and the place in the archipelago with the most dusky groupers. Depths and level for it and two other Corvo dive sites, why there is no dive centre on the island and how to ask on Flores, what the 2026 boat and activity dates are, and where to snorkel from the village.
Fishing, aquaculture and fish-processing companies can claim back part of the higher fuel costs they carried since February. Applications close on 30 November.
Builders have 90 days to bid for the design and construction of a larger terminal and rescue and firefighting building at the aerodrome on the smallest island of the Azores.
The 10:45 Horta to Madalena crossing will run without vehicle space from Monday to Saturday while the Atlânticoline ferry is in a Spanish shipyard.
The freighter goes back to its fortnightly schedule and will clear the cargo and livestock that piled up on Corvo while it was away.
BE/Açores urged the Regional Government to curb new Local Accommodation licences in high-pressure areas, rehabilitate vacant public buildings and expand public housing.
The Azores Government says housing policy will continue beyond the Recovery and Resilience Plan, while parties in the Regional Assembly pressed for more affordable homes and longer-term action.
