The Azores' culture is very laid-back ... provided by both Atlântico and Transmaçor, while the eastern islands only operate ferries during the summer via Atlântico. However, there are a ...

And when Tony Blair's plane lands, as expected, at the Lajes Field air base on the Azores island of Terceira, the islands' national flag flying at the end of the runway will provide more than a ...

The Azores are composed of nine islands and are often differentiated by their geographic location; the eastern islands (São Miguel and Santa Maria), western islands (Flores and Corvo) and central ...

The largest of the Azores islands, São Miguel ... albeit nearly two miles longer and heading east, known as the Mata do Canário trail. In general, getting around the island is easiest by ...

Kerry Murray for The New York Times A view overlooking the northwest coast of São Miguel, the largest of the islands that make up the Azores archipelago. Kerry Murray for The New York Times Steam ...

The Azores is an archipelago of nine volcanic ... date back 800,000 years to the Volcanic Complex of Ribeirinha, on the eastern side of the island. Today, the island is structured around a large ...

Sitting 850 miles west of mainland Portugal, the Azores consists of three clusters of nine volcanic islands: São Miguel and Santa Maria to the east; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico ...