Ribeira Grande
Surf and dive town · Portugal
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Beds: 31 places
31 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£50 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£60 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£75 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 31 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 8 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Rabo de Peixe · about 10 min by car
54 out of 100Areias · about 5 min by car
53 out of 100Praia Santana · about 10 min by car
53 out of 100Praia Santa Barbara (Ribeira Grande) · about 5 min by car
52 out of 100Baixa da Viola · about 25 min by car · stays in Furnas
50 out of 100Santa Iria · about 10 min by car
48 out of 100Populo · about 25 min by car · stays in Ponta Delgada · Not for intermediates
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Dive · this week
Santa Iria · 2.8 km · stays here
63 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Ribeira Grande.
Places to eat
6 near Ribeira Grande
Places to eat near Ribeira Grande
- O CanadianoPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
- AlabotePortuguese · 0.4 km from the centre
- Pizza TimePizza · 0.4 km from the centre
- Restaurante FariaPortuguese · 0.5 km from the centre
- Sogrelhados/Pizzaria Take-Away Ribeira GrandePizza · 0.6 km from the centre
- Restaurante A FamíliaChinese · 1.1 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Ribeira Grande.
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About Ribeira Grande
where it is, what is near
Ribeira Grande is a town in Azores, Portugal.
From Ribeira Grande you can reach 7 surf spots and 1 dive site.
The nearest is Praia Santa Barbara (Ribeira Grande), a surf spot 2.2 km from the centre.
Overture lists 31 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is João Paulo II Airport (PDL), 18 km away.
- 31 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: João Paulo II Airport (PDL), 18 km, Lajes Airport (TER), 172 km, São Jorge Airport (SJZ), 250 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).