Born in Angola, son of an Italian mother and Portuguese father, Matteo is a true ethnic mix.

After many years of his childhood spending vacations in Pico Island, in 2014 he finally realized his dream of living in his favorite place, becoming a “Picaroto”.

Passionate about Pico Island he loves to show all the hiding places it has.

Influenced early on by his maternal grandfather in the Italian Alps, the Mountain is his comfort zone and already has more than 650 climbs since June 2015.

In search of providing the best experience to those who climb with him, he seeks to expand his knowledge, technique and experience in other Mountains having already accomplished the ice climbing course in Sudtirol in the Italian Alps as well as medium mountain expeditions to Toubkal (4100m) – Morocco, and high mountain in Cayembe (5800m), Cotopaxi (5900m) and Chimborazo (6300) – Ecuador.

Pico Mountain continues to serve as a training and preparation base for upcoming high mountain expeditions and projects.

The two year long epopee of the first portuguese mariner, and tenth worldwide, to circum-navigate the World solo, via Cape Horn, sailing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. A deed that only the best can accomplish.

Coming from hand-picked grapes between rock crevices and labyrinthine stone corrals, Czar naturally reaches more than 18% alcohol by volume.

This is due to the peculiar characteristics of the grapes, the type of volcanic soil, the indigenous yeasts, and the defoliation carried out a few days before the late harvest, a process that helps to over-ripen the grapes.

Since 2012, the Caldeira family has been producing this soft cow’s milk cheese near the natural reserve of Morro do Castelo Branco on Faial Island. Tangy and unctuous, Omorro is very creamy and buttery, with a gooey, spreadable interior. You can slice it, or peel off the top and dip into the center. There are also flavored varieties made with hot peppers and garlic and herbs.

The Viola da Terra, also known as “wire viola”, or “two-hearted viola” or “12 string viola”, is a string musical instrument that is traditionally from the Archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. It is made of a high resonance box, narrow and shaped as an eight, with a slightly accentuated waist, long arm and a scale that reaches the mouth, with twenty one dots. The mouth is usually two-hearted shaped that, according to popular belief, represents the love between two people that are separated. Other elements of the decoration of the mouth are associated with symbols related to Emigration.

Since she have memory, Dona Rosa remembers her grandmother gather people on there table. She follow the path and welcome everyone to join the table every time they pass by there Fajã house.