Azores - Walking and Guied Tour in Tea Plantation

Visit and Explore the pinery and its greenhouses in glass, where it is grown in large greenhouses that preserve heat and humidity, which allow you to create a plant with so tasty as beautiful aesthetic effect. The pineapple arrived in St. Michael in the mid-century. XIX, from South America, as merely ornamental plant. However, its cultivation in greenhouses quickly came to know a remarkable development because it drew as a good alternative to the culture of orange, which has now entered decline. The delicious fruit gained adherents in several countries in Europe and exports reached very high levels. On the island of São Miguel, pineapple The largest greenhouse concentrations are located in the municipalities of Lagoa, Ponta Delgada and Vila Franca do Campo. Besides taste, the special nature of the Azorean pineapple is highlighted by how they are individually packaged as a precious thing that certainly are. The antiquity, tradition and quality of this culture earned the classification of the fruit with the designation of origin 'Pineapples Azores / São Miguel. "