Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. If you have time to visit only one of the nine islands in the Azores, ...

Far out in the North Atlantic stretches a rain-swept chain of volcanic islands, the Azores, a distant province of Portugal. On a day shaped by washes of cloud and sun, Inês Pereira Rodrigues of Lisbon ...

São Miguel is known as the “Green Island” of the Azores, due to its lush landscapes and rolling, verdant hills. It feels a bit like Ireland, Iceland and Hawaii all bundled up into one enchanting place ...

Volcanic São Miguel, one of the nine islands in this Portuguese archipelago in the Mid-Atlantic, offers landscapes and experiences that are at once wild and serene. Credit...Kerry Murray for The New ...

Would you hike a volcano, kayak across twin-colored lakes and soak in a hot spring all in one place? Welcome to the Azores, the wild Atlantic secret of Portugal you may not heard of. Floating midway ...

Volcanic São Miguel, one of the nine islands in this Portuguese archipelago in the Mid-Atlantic, offers landscapes and experiences that are at once wild and serene. Kerry Murray for The New York Times ...

The Portuguese discovered this remote archipelago, scattered 800 miles west of their mainland in the swirling mists of the Atlantic Ocean in the early 1500s. The Azores comprise nine islands, each a ...

SAO MIGUEL ISLAND, Azores -- It’s called the Hawaii of Europe. And for most Americans, it’s a lot closer than Hawaii. The Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal made up of nine islands in the ...

São Miguel in the Azores is a little oasis in the middle of the Atlantic. The Portuguese island has been blessed with breathtaking scenery, luxuriant vegetation, jagged cliffs giving way to charming ...