Ginetes is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese of the Azores.

[2] At the earliest part of the island's settlement, this region was known as the parish of São Sebastião, based on its patron saint.

[3] The parish church, dedicated to St. Sebastian, was constructed between 1603 and 1605, to substitute an older temple that existed since early settlement.

[3] Situated on the western coast of São Miguel, the parish of Ginetes is one of the more extense of the municipality of Ponta Delgada.

The parish realizes religious festivals in honor of the patron saint (São João) in the month of June, while in Várzea, celebrations marking the Holy Family occur in the last weekend of July.