Whale Watching Tours Around the Azores
Located around 1,360 km (850 miles) west of Portugal, the nine islands that make up the Azores archipelago are some of the best whale-watching destinations in the world. They’re also a great place to view the largest animals on the planet: blue whales. With a heart the size of a small car, a blue whale can grow to be 30 meters (100 feet) long and can weigh as much as 130 tons. Visitors can view the gentle behemoths from on-shore lookout towers known as “vigias” or can board tour boats for the chance of a closer view. Sperm, pilot and northern bottlenose whales can be spotted as well.
