Azores

Since the Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal, you will often come across various types of Portuguese infrastructure, such as poles, chevrons and bollards.

Most of the Azores visible on Street View consists of open agricultural fields in a rolling landscape, often with taller round hills in the background.

NOTE: Madeira has a very mountainous landscape, and very rarely has open agricultural fields.

Dry rock walls made of volcanic rocks are very common on the Azores.

NOTE: Dry rock walls are not common on Madeira, and while they are somewhat common on mainland Portugal, they will not be made of volcanic rocks.

Hydrangeas can commonly be seen on the Azores.

NOTE: They can rarely be found on Madeira.

Japanese cedars (cryptomeria japonica) are very common on the Azores.

NOTE: While they can less commonly be seen on Madeira, they are not native to any part of mainland Europe.

Houses in the Azores are typically one or two stories, with an orange tiled roof. They are painted white or in pastel colours, and dark green shutters on windows are common.

While you can also find yellow or blue highlights like in mainland Portugal, grey highlights are almost exclusive to the Azores.

Street signs in the Azores are almost exclusively painted ceramic tiles, with blue letters and, typically, a decorative pattern around the edge.

Signposts on the Azores are often striped.

NOTE: These are also seen on Madeira.

Black and white cows are very common on the Azores.

NOTE: Cows on Madeira are usually brown with white spots.

The only islands in the Azores with car coverage are Ilha de São Miguel and Ilha Terceira. Ilha do Faial also has a couple of trekkers.

The only island with Generation 4 coverage is Ilha de São Miguel.

Rock walls with a white painted concrete top are somewhat common on Ilha Terceira.

Ilha de São Miguel is the only island in the Azores or Madeira where you can find lakes.

A trekker going along the edge of a crater can be seen on Ilha do Faial.