Pico Holiday Experts

Pico Holiday Experts Pico Holiday Experts specialize in organizing holidays to Pico island and the rest of the Azores.

Welcome back to the channel, guys!In this video, we're balancing work and play here on beautiful Pico Island. With new g...
06/14/2026

Welcome back to the channel, guys!

In this video, we're balancing work and play here on beautiful Pico Island. With new guests arriving soon at our island vacation rental, it's time to get everything ready. That means plenty of gardening, cleaning, maintenance, and a few other tasks around the property.
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Of course, island life isn't all work! We really enjoyed the Corpus Christi celebrations in the historic whaling village of Lajes do Pico on the island's south coast. We were also fortunate to experience the vibrant atmosphere of the annual World Dance Festival, another wonderful event held in Lajes.

And as if that wasn't enough, we even planted some corn at the rental! It's the simple pleasures and slower pace of life that make living in the Azores so special, and we hope you'll enjoy sharing those moments with us.

Thank you for spending some island time with us. We always appreciate having you along for the journey.

Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Welcome back to the channel, guys!In this video, we're balancing ...

Welcome back to the channel!In this video, we're taking a break from projects and vacation rental prepping to slow down,...
06/07/2026

Welcome back to the channel!

In this video, we're taking a break from projects and vacation rental prepping to slow down, relax, and enjoy everything Pico Island has to offer. From coastal fishing and beautiful sunsets at the villa to exploring the countryside, discovering local eateries, and enjoying great food and wine, these are the moments that make island life so special.
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The Azores is a place of peace, tranquility, and stunning natural beauty, and we hope this video gives you a chance to escape, unwind, and recharge right along with us.

Thanks for joining us on our journey—we love having you here!
Carlos & Laura xoxo

Welcome back to the channel!In this video, we're taking a break f...

Welcome back to the channel, friends!Come with us and our guest as we experience more of Pico Island. We not only love o...
05/31/2026

Welcome back to the channel, friends!

Come with us and our guest as we experience more of Pico Island. We not only love our simple island life here on this amazing Portuguese island, we also enjoy sharing it with you and everyone that stays with us at Villa Vinelva.
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On this video we head out on another road trip, there is so much to see here on Pico Island. On this day we get to explore more of the highlands of the island, visiting a couple of the dramatic lakes. This is the other face of the island, a must visit. We have shown these lakes before, but on this day with this type of weather, it was different and extra special.

After having lunch at one of our favorite island restaurants, we spent some quality time on the Sao Mateus coast and adega area, before ending the day back at our vacation rental Villa Vinelava.

We hope you enjoyed spending the day with us, we enjoyed spending it with you.
Love having you with us on our journey
Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Welcome back to the channel, friends!Come with us and our guest as we experience more of Pico Island. We not only love our simple island life here on this am...

Welcome back to the channel, friends.Come along with us and our special Canadian guest on another road trip, as we disco...
05/24/2026

Welcome back to the channel, friends.

Come along with us and our special Canadian guest on another road trip, as we discover more of Pico Island.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=key5jcOqaKg

On this video we will drive along the south coast and over to the north side of the island. We will visit places such as Sao Caetano, Lajes, Santa Cruz, Ribeirinha, Piedade, Calhau, Santo Amaro and Sao Roque.

We will be making a few stops, before making our way up to Captains lake and over to Madalena. Like in most of our videos, we will be stopping along the way for lunch, shopping and to say hello to a few of our friendly cows and goats.

We hope you enjoyed discovering the island with us.
Love having you with us on our journey
Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Welcome back to the channel, friends.Come along with us and our s...

Welcome back to the channel, friends. Come along with us and our special Canadian guest Yvonne and discover the raw volc...
05/17/2026

Welcome back to the channel, friends. Come along with us and our special Canadian guest Yvonne and discover the raw volcanic coast of Pico Island.

On this video you will not only learn more about what Pico Island has to offer, we will also take a scenic drive through some of our favorite black lava villages along the south west part of the island.
https://youtu.be/uVBJxFXBISY

Another stop we made was at the islands famous wine museum. Here you will learn a bit about the history and tradition of our our world class Pico Island wines.

All 9 of the north Atlantic Portuguese islands of the Azores have so much nature & beauty to offer those who visit or live here. Pico Island is where we are, and we love sharing all it's dramatic treasures.

Love having you with us on our journey
Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Welcome back to the channel, friends.Come along with us and our special Canadian guest Yvonne and discover the raw volcanic coast of Pico Island. On this vid...

Welcome back to the channel, friends!We’re back at our Portuguese Island vacation rental taking on a few more upgrades b...
05/10/2026

Welcome back to the channel, friends!

We’re back at our Portuguese Island vacation rental taking on a few more upgrades before our next guests arrive. With this small break between bookings, we wanted to make the most of our time on getting our rental ready.
https://youtu.be/kQpNCz21VTc

In this video, we’ll be improving one of our main pathways to make it not only safer, but also more beautiful and inviting. We’re also creating a small new garden in front of our old lava stone house, tackling more weeding, cleaning, and plenty of other projects around the property.

Of course, we also took a little time to enjoy the island and went on a quick road trip filled with breathtaking scenery and unforgettable views. And we even have a fun surprise for you — some special visitors stopped by the house!

Little by little, the house keeps getting better and better. All the hard work is truly paying off. We love being here on the island, and we’re so happy to have you joining us on this journey.

Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Welcome back to the channel, friends!We’re back at our Portuguese Island vacation rental taking on a few more upgrades before our next guests arrive. With th...

Welcome back to the channel, friends.Come with us and discover the other face of Pico Island, the highlands. This is a v...
05/03/2026

Welcome back to the channel, friends.

Come with us and discover the other face of Pico Island, the highlands. This is a very special area of the Azores, and one of our favorite places.
https://youtu.be/iws_os8Hs2U

You can reach these more elevated areas of the island within a 20 minute drive from the coast. In a short time, you will be in a complete state of peace. Up here you will not only be surrounded by nature, lakes, volcanos, quiet and very few people. You might even get a visit from some of the wild horses found in this area.

We had a great day hanging out with our Canadian friends Art & Christine, hopefully it was a treat being high above the beautiful Atlantic for them as well.

We hope you enjoyed our visit to the highlands of Pico.
Love having you with us on our journey
Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Discover the highlands of Pico Island - Azores, Portugal - Escape 20 minutes from the coast - Ep 267

Welcome  backto the channel, Guys.On this video, we are taking you to our neighboring island of Faial. Come along with u...
04/26/2026

Welcome backto the channel, Guys.

On this video, we are taking you to our neighboring island of Faial. Come along with us and our special Canadian guests as we tour this very cool north Atlantic Portuguese island.
https://youtu.be/ZGYx8p9JyuM

We started our road trip from the city of Horta, visited places such as Varadouro, Capilinhos, Faja, Cedros, Praia Almoxarife and ended back in Horta. During our walk around in trendy Horta; we checked out the famous marina, Peter Cafe, Praia Porto Pim and much more.

We also had an amazing lunch at Aldina's restaurant, located in Cedros. This place had quality food, amazing service and affordable prices. If you have a chance, stop here for lunch, you won't regret it.

We hope you enjoyed coming with us to Faial.
Love having you with us on our journey.
Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Faial Island - Such A Cool Island - Here in Azores, Portugal -A must visit, so much to offer -Ep 266

Welcome back to the channel, guys.Come along with us and our friends from Canada as we slowly discover the beautiful isl...
04/19/2026

Welcome back to the channel, guys.

Come along with us and our friends from Canada as we slowly discover the beautiful island of Pico, one of the 9 islands of the Azores.
https://youtu.be/GVfvg2Ln52w

On this video we will experience areas of the coast and the highlands of the island. We visited lakes, lava villages, parks, scenic lookouts, dramatic landscapes, cows,, ducks, birds and more cows. We were also invited in to one of the local adegas (wine houses), where we made new friends, had some amazing wine, food & song.

We hope you enjoyed hanging out with us on Pico Island,
Love having you with us on our journey
Carlos, Laura, Art & Christine
XOXO

Sharing Pico Island with our friends from Oakville, Canada - Loving the Azores simplicity - Ep 265

Welcome back to the channel friends.After working at our Pico Island rental for the last 3 weeks, we are finally ready t...
04/12/2026

Welcome back to the channel friends.

After working at our Pico Island rental for the last 3 weeks, we are finally ready to welcome our special Canadian guests. On this video you will see what we have done during the last week of maintenance; cleaning, paint touch ups, fire pit, outdoor bbq and much more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1LUjfTnmU0

We also took some time off for our friend Richard's birthday, which took place in the beautiful area of Baia Das Canas. We will also introduce you to another mechanic auto shop on the island, they also sell used cars.

We are looking forward to seeing our awesome Canadian friends, soon to be guests at Villa Vinelava. Welcome to the Azores, Portugal, Pico Island.

We hope you enjoyed hanging out with us, we really appreciate it.
Love having you with us on our journey.
Carlos & Laura
xoxo

Welcome back to the channel friends.After working at our Pico Island rental for the last 3 weeks, we are finally ready to welcome our special Canadian guests...

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