This colossal caldera cradles twin lakes said to be born from the tears of a green-eyed princess and her blue-eyed shepherd. Romance lives here in lava-formed silence, while mist rolls over the crater’s edge like a dreamy veil. Believe in impossible love: other volcanoes may erupt, but Sete Cidades breaks hearts and makes legends.
Take a deep breath, borrow a legend or two, and walk into a place where geography and myth become one. Goodbye, logic, this is Sete Cidades.
Every crater has its story—but Sete Cidades whispers its fables through stone and silence. This is where science meets storytelling: a dormant volcano shaped by explosive pasts and softened by centuries of folklore. The legend of the forbidden lovers lives in the lakes, and every viewpoint feels like a portal into something older than time. Whether you believe in geology or fairy tales, Sete Cidades will have you straddling both. Truth is, here, the earth remembers everything—and so will you.
Epic views
Shift your gaze from the Atlantic’s horizon and you’ll see it: an ancient stratovolcano reborn as a lush, living crown. Sete Cidades offers an amphitheater of emerald hills, cobalt waters, and dizzying viewpoints. From the kingly heights of Vista do Rei to the quiet echoes on a kayak through the twin lakes, this is a landscape sculpted by fire and softened by time, this caldera doesn’t just want to be admired, it wants to be explored. And yes, the view really is that green and that blue.
Weather spells
Sete Cidades doesn’t follow forecasts—it casts its own. A sunny hike may turn misty at the summit, then clear again just in time for a sunset that paints the crater gold. Clouds drift low like forgotten stories, rain passes in ribbons, and sometimes the whole caldera seems to float in the sky.
This place doesn’t promise perfect weather. It promises wonder. Come ready for goosebumps, rainbows, and the occasional moment of magic.
