Pico do Arieiro

Daniel the guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable, a good communicator, interesting, attentive to all members of the group (and we were quite a mix). He amended the itinerary to deal with the weather, which was wet at higher altitudes, as best he could. It was a good way to see a large portion of the island, which was exactly what we wanted as this was our first visit. Lunch at Santana was made more difficult by constant rain and lots of other group there at same time so eating places were heaving. We found big, not posh, inexpensive friendly restaurant (O Colmo). Would have been good at start of trip to be told how many pickups there were going to be (lots).