Community

People and place are intertwined on Fogo Island. Surrounded by the often-unforgiving waters of the North Atlantic, Fogo Islanders have made their island a welcoming home where true hospitality lives in the love of a stranger.

There is much written about the need for travel to become community-based. Here on Fogo Island, it has always been so.

When you stay at Fogo Island Inn, you are welcomed into our community through our Community Host program. It matches a local community member with guests for an immersive introduction to the island. Visit the Tea Room during your stay for more information.

Fishing is still essential to the community of Fogo Island — either for personal consumption or through work with the Fogo Island Co-operative Society and Fogo Island Fish. Experience it for yourself when you stay at Fogo Island Inn and go cod jigging with a local fisher.

It takes a creative community to sustain themselves on an island for centuries. Generations of makers live on Fogo Island, a place with a rich tradition of quilting, rug hooking, knitting, wood-working, boat-building, and anything else that can be crafted by hand.

An inspiring place for artists, Fogo Island is also home to many contemporary galleries, craft shops, studios, and residencies, including Fogo Island Arts.

Fogo Island is nearly four times as large as the island of Manhattan. Its people are scattered across 11 communities, each with their own stories to tell, from Tilting and Joe Batt’s Arm to Fogo and more.