Pontas Negras is located on the south slope of Pico Island, looking over a vast bay between the sea and the mountain side. It is a small settlement with about fifty houses, located two kilometres from the local village (Ribeiras) and ten kilometres from the main town of the county (Lajes do Pico).
Situated in this friendly and hospitable place named Pontas Negras, village of Ribeiras, County of Lajes do Pico, Azores, you will find the Houses of the Vinagreiro, rural holiday cottages with ancient traces that date back to the 19th century.
Built then by my grandfather, who had the nickname “Vinagreiro” (given at the time of his return from the United States of America), the houses adopted his name.
Isabel’s House: One double bedroom, one single bedroom, wc, living room with a sofa bed and television, kitchen equipped with stove, refrigerator, washing machine and other appliances.
This house was for many years my family’s residence, especially the builder, my grandfather Vinagreiro and my parents. It was a shelter after many arduous hours of a hard day’s work as well as meeting point for our meals and family conversations. It was also a stage for many folk dances (chamarritas) in the long cold nights of the winter weekends or in the warm and animated summer evenings.