The Peak Cottage
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Inside photos:

Here we see the wooden door that gives entry to the house as well as the East part of the living room that has a fireplace near the window.

Another view of the fireplace.

Kitchenette. In the left, the door for one of the bathrooms is visible.

West part of the living room.

View of the stairs from the beds in the bedroom.

East part of the bedroom.

Southeast view of the bedroom.

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West view of the bedroom. At the right, the door to the other bathroom.

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West view of the bedroom in detail (more recent photo)
 

 

Outside photos:

Road of Pico Alto locality. To the left we see the entry for the secondary road that leads to the house.

Secondary road where one can see the gate and respective ramp that gives access to the house. The fence is made with urze stick, a very traditional type of fence in the island.
Front view of the cottate, where some wood to be used in the fireplace is visible.
The house again, in winter time, where some times the fog appears.
 

 

Photos of one Levada walk:

Beggining of the Levada of Ribeira da Janela that starts in Lamaceiros locality, wich it's 10 minutes away from the house.

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Levadas cross the island's hillsides, being an interminable succession of curves that cross with streams that flow to the sea...

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... miradouros (kind of a balcony constructed in strategic places wich have a great landscape) and tables to rest and recover lost energies...

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... and simply dazzling sights. The stream Ribeira da Janela is visible. At the bottom, close to the sea, a small bridge of stone can be seen. 

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Photos of a nearby locality:

During the summer there are a lot of traditional arraiais (open-air popular festivals with fireworks, dances and songs) in all the island's localities. It's the case of Lamaceiros locality. In these arraiais the local bands are always present and play in the bandstand as visible in this photo.

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In all the arraiais the decoration is very similar to the one in this picture. It's made always in the surrounding area of the church. This is the locality where we can find the beginning of the Levada described  above.

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Here we see the church's inside, wich is decorated for the occasion. Almost always the arraial is in honor of a Saint.

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Photos of the north coast, near Porto Moniz village:

Porto Moniz village is located on the far rigth side of this photo, taken from Seixal village.

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This islet is a quite impressive volcanic formation. It is visible on the previous photo on the right edge.

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In the opposite side of the previous photo, we can now see clearly the north edge of Porto Moniz village.

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