Fábrica da Baleia do Boqueirão — Attraction in Santa Cruz das Flores

I visited the old "Fabrica" where they were processing the whales to make oil from them at the middle of 20th century. It is now (since 2015) a museum, where the entrance is very cheap (I think I payed just 2e for entrance). The museum is interesting, set up according to modern museology, with pictures, old whaling tools, a lot of information, an interesting video and more. Spend possibly 45 minutes inside and was impressed. This was the best visit of whaling industry museum I did in the Azores, as I visited another two whaling museums in Pico island. The area in front of the museum with the Atlantic ocean waves rolling in gray rocks is wild...

Nice place to learn more about boat building and whale hunting + the use and obtaining of the oil. Not very big, 30 min would be enough to visit inside: all the rooms + a short movie about whale hunting. Entrance is 2€ for adults, you can’t pay by card, only cash. Following the path outside, you will end up to the natural pools which are very rocky and wild...

Really cool activity (especially in crappy weather which is not exactely rare on the island)! My gf and I were surprised by the extent of the exhibit. It is a really neat little museum that shows a lot of actual historic tools and devices. You learn about all aspects of „whaling“ for a ridicoulus 2,50 Eur per person. Get up...