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Pedro and Luis were fantastic hosts. Very knowledgeable and you can tell they love what they do. Can’t wait to come back and do another tour with them.

Pedro was a great guide. Very knowledgeable with interesting stories. Our 1st trip to Faial was in 2019 we had been on the island for a few days and had done all the normal tourist things we wanted a non-tourist tour. Pedro was great! We moved to Faial in 2020 and have used "Our Island" when family visit. Never disappointed!

It’s a quiet and exciting ride, with great history, little stories, all in relaxation, exchange and good humor. Thank you to Bérangère for this sharing and for making us vibrate even more in Faial.

Berengère not only has very impressive historical knowledge, but also proves to be an outstanding storyteller. We are passionate about the richness of his explanations, but also captivated by the tone of the story, eager to know the rest, as in the best novels.The walk first propelled us to the time of the first settlers, to allow us to share over the centuries the lives and struggles of the inhabitants: the whole cycle thrilling trials and renaissances, until today.An exceptional visit!

Great Day trip to see Faial Island. The tour was accommodating when we had an issue and had to take later ferry and start late. Pedro was a great guide and patient with our kids for the hikes and lots of questions! We learned alot about the island and the landscape. We were able to adjust tour to our needs. Lunch was delicious! Would highly recommend!

From my original enquiries with this company, through to our incredible day with the ‘perfect’ guide, Luis, I would recommend them 100% to any visitor wanting excellent quality, professional and clear pre-trip information, a guide who clearly loves what he does, and is very knowledgeable about local culture, geography and history of Faial. In addition to this our full day tour was planned to perfection by Luis - with a good range of activities and experiences to fully immerse us into this beautiful island. Luis was super friendly, helpful and always aware of his guests’ needs. We felt we finished our day with not just a greater understanding of Faial, but also a new connection with Luis. We thoroughly enjoyed our conversations with him. Thank you to Luis and ‘Our Island Azores’.

Great tour of the island from the caldera to beaches, local ruins and landmarks. Pedro was really friendly and very knowledgeable about local history, wildlife, and restaurants.

Our Faial tour with Pedro was the second day of our Roots tour for our group of cousins and spouses. I had provided Our Island with information about our ancestors who left Faial in the mid to late 1800s. Pedro met us at the ferry terminal and drove us around the island, sharing with us the history of what life would have been like during the time of our ancestors. We visited the churches where major life events occurred. Pedro also told us about the geology and nature on Faial, which kept my husband, the biologist, engaged. We shared a delicious meal in Cedros and made our way leisurely around the island, stopping in places that held our family history as well as notable places on the island. Pedro was wonderful in pacing the tour as one of our members has a disability, and we are all on the older side. He did not tire us out. We learned so much about Faial. If you want to learn about Faial, its history, geography, and nature, I highly recommend Our Island Tours. Liliana helped us design a day that would work for us, and Pedro delivered it!

We had such a great time with Pedro! He was friendly and immediately put us at ease. He made the tour feel relaxed, fun, and full of little stories I never would’ve discovered on my own. It felt more like exploring with a friend than following a guidebook. Highly recommend!

Seven of us created a family expedition to Faial to experience family roots from 3 generations back. We were fortunate to book this tour with Pedro as our guide. We had a full day, touching essential viewpoints, history, geology and as many stories as you want of a life lived on this island. And because of fate and they way Pedro knows his people, we discovered that the knew our relatives too! If you take a day with Pedro, every other day will be the richer for it.

Our day trip with OurIsland to Faial was fantastic. Our guide, Pedro, shared a wealth of knowledge about both the island's natural and cultural highlights. Also, all our questions beforehand were answered promptly and efficiently. I highly recommend this organization!

We were traveling to Faial to learn more about our ancestors that emigrated from the island in the 1800s. Our guide Luis did a seamless job at incorporating the information we gave him of our family while also taking us to breathtaking areas around the island. Luis was extremely knowledgeable about the geological history of the islands which brought another dimension to the tour. Lunch was delicious and I would highly recommend this experience to anyone who wants to make the most out of their time in the Azores!

Private half-day tour to Faial Island. Luis waited for us outside the house and accompanied us to discover the most important and suggestive places of Faial Island. Interesting tour that allows you to take a general look at what the island offers, therefore recommended to those who are short time and also to those who choose to do something less "touristic". Luis proved very prepared, clear in explanations and very nice! Super recommended

My father and I spent the day with Pedro, who was delightful and a wealth of knowledge about geology, history, culture, flora, fauna…the list goes on! We were able to see some incredible sights, enjoy a refreshing swim, and lunch was delicious. We would recommend the tour to anyone!

We did a private half-day tour of Faial with Luis of “Our Island”. The tour was great; Luis, our guide, showed his strong knowledge of the islands covering both the topics on the tour and all our random questions about the Azores. The tour was a highlight of our trip around the Azores. We’d recommend Luis’s tours, and expect that other tours by Our Island would be equally good.We’d hoped to do Our Azores “Azorean Roots” tour, but the tour required three months lead time for them to do additional family research. Because we knew some of our family story, we instead asked for a half-day tour focusing on stories of emigration and rural life, and focused on the villages where our family had come from. Luis came through perfectly, giving us a quick overview of the island and combining scenic locations, visits to the villages and local cemeteries, talk about traditional houses, and stories about the 1998 earthquake. He also helped fill in the gaps in our family knowledge with both stories from his family and friends, and stories about whaling that he’d collected when making a film about Azorean whaling. Luis did a great job of covering both the topics we’d asked for, but also got us interested and curious about whaling which we hadn’t had an interest in previously.

Altough some of us knew the island, following a guided tour was a real opportunity to understand much more about ... a bit of everything. Our guide (whose English was superb) knows each and every stone of the island and its history. Above sharing the knowledge about the island, he shared his love for this little paradise and his willingness to preserve it. We spent an excellent moment (teenagers included!).