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 ...

A four-and-a-half-hour direct fight from Boston can bring you to a little oasis in the middle of the Atlantic, where a Portuguese archipelago is waiting to roll out the green carpet for you. Located ...

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 ...

You could call New England and Portugal cousins, thanks to more than a century of migration here from the Atlantic nation. Though visit São Miguel, the largest of the nine islands that make up the ...

Life in the Azores feels a bit like stepping sideways out of mainland Europe and landing somewhere quieter, greener and far ...

Located midway between Europe and North America, the Azores are a group of nine Portuguese volcanic islands known for their breathtaking landscapes and unforgettable outdoor experiences. Roughly half ...

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 ...

Far out in the Atlantic Ocean is a chain of volcanic islands — a province of Portugal. We escape tor a mountain trek among the dairy cows and waterfalls of Sao Miguel island in the Azores. Far out in ...