1 Best Sight in São Miguel, The Azores

Plantações de Chá Gorreana

Home to one of the only tea plantations in Europe, Gorreana has been cultivating organically grown black and green tea since 1883. A visit here is rather homespun; visitors are welcome to take a self-guided tour (or a free guided tour) of the factory, with machinery dating from the 19th century, before helping themselves to samples of both hot and cold teas. There’s also a tearoom that serves light meals (along with tea, of course), and a shop to buy products to take home.