Miradouro do Cerrado das Freiras, Sete Cidades, Azores

Fantastic overlook with a few parking spaces. The sun was super bright directly in our eyes, but we were glad because the forecast was for rain.

Miradouro do Cerrado das Freiras, overlooking Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel, Azores. The two crater lakes within the crater, are referred to by the colour of the waters: blue, reflecting the sky (Portuguese: Lagoa Azul) and green, reflecting the ground (Portuguese: Lagoa Verde). According to legend, the differently coloured lakes were created when a princess and her lover, a young shepherd, had to part from each other. The tears they shed at their farewell became the two lakes, with the water coloured like their eyes