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There are 2 ways to get from Boston to Faial Island by plane or car ferry

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Fly to Horta Airport
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1. Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Horta Airport (HOR)plane BOS - HOR
7h 30m
€210–450
Fly to Pico Airport, car ferry
1. Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Pico Airport (PIX)plane BOS - PIX
2. Take the car ferry from Madalena to Hortacarferry
10h 31m
€223–728

Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Horta Airport (HOR) flights

9Weekly Planes

10h 22mAverage Duration

€203Cheapest Price

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Map of how to get from Boston to Faial Island.

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Distance: 3,568 km
Duration: 7h 30m

What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Faial Island, Azores, Portugal?

TAP Portugal, Azores Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Horta Airport (HOR) once daily.

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Horta, Portugal(opens in a new window)

Horta is a municipality and city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial. The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of 173.06 km2 The city of Horta itself has a population of about 7,000. - Wikipedia (opens in a new window)

Things to do in Horta

Praia do Almoxarife(Opens in a new window)

Praia do Almoxarife is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the municipality (concelho) of Horta, of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 834, in an area of 9.20 km². Although it was the beachhead of early settlement on the island, its population has not grown significantly since it was settled. It has become an important summer destination and tourist center for its long black sand beach.

Mount Pico(Opens in a new window)

Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico) is a stratovolcano located on Pico Island, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. It is the highest mountain of Portugal, at 2351 m above sea level, and is one of the highest Atlantic mountains; it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores.

Botanical Garden of Faial(Opens in a new window)

The Botanical Garden of Faial is an ecological garden, component of the Faial Nature Park, established in 1986 to educate and protect the biodiversity common on Faial, an island of the Azores archipelago.

Gruta das Torres(Opens in a new window)

The Gruta das Torres (Portuguese: Grotto of Towers), is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers. This formation is located outside the parish of Criação Velha, in the municipality of Madalena, on the western flanks of the island of Pico. The cave system formed from a series of pāhoehoe lava flows which originating from the Cabeço Bravo parasitic cone about 500 to 1500 years ago. The caves are a group of interconnected lava tubes between 0.5–22 metres (2–72 ft) width, created from both pāhoehoe and aā types of lavas generated during different geological periods. It has a height between 1.1 and 15 metres (3.6–49 ft) and is located at an elevation of 300 m. With an estimated length of over 5.2 km it is the longest lava cave in the Azores. Access to the cave was managed by the Mountaineering Association (“Os Montanheiros” – Núcleo da Ilha do Pico). Starting in 2011, AZORINA, SA took over the management and organization of the cave.

Places to stay in Horta

Porto Pim Bay(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

Manta Ray Lodge(Opens in a new window)

9.1Superb

Faial Marina Apartments 1(Opens in a new window)

8.4Very Good

Casa da Baía - Guest House(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

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