Quinta do Vale, an elegant manor house conversion, is located about 2km from Horta in the picturesque inland village of Flamengos There is a large reception area with sofas and TV, a breakfast room overlooking the gardens and a games room with card table and snooker table. Dining: In the Hotel Breakfastbuffet. Faial Gastronomy Learn more - Faial island: Although the island faces the sea and received from it various influences over the centuries, the cooking of Faial does not contain any exotic dishes that stray from Azorean traditions. There are the substantial dishes of linguica com inhames (sausages and yams), molha de carne (a meat speciality), morcelas de porco (a pork sausage), torresmos de vinha-de-alhos (bacon prepared with wine and garlic), sopas do Espirito Santo (beef broth) and also caldo de peixe (fish soup), caldeirada (fish stew) and polvo guisado com vinho (octopus stewed in wine), accompanied by maize bread and massa sovada (kneaded dough). Lovers of shell-fish will be delighted at the taste of the local lobsters, cavaco, deep-water crabs and delicious arroz de lapas (limpets cooked with rice). The llha and other cheeses produced on Faial, as well as the sweet with the picturesque name of fofas, provide a good close to a meal. Recreation: Outdoor swimming pool (7 x 14m) open May-Oct Childrens paddling pool Pool bar