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.

Sao Miguel's coastline is often rugged and stormy. The Azores lie more than 900 miles from the Portuguese mainland and the islands feel remote, a world apart from Europe. Brian Mann/NPR ...

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 ...

A Basic São Miguel Itinerary The tricky part about the Azores is that it’s actually nine different islands. The easy part is that each island is small enough to navigate with relative ease. For ...

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 ...

Yet Sao Miguel has suddenly become as affordable as a trip to the Mediterranean, thanks to a no-frills flight from Stansted that began last month.

SAO MIGUEL, AZORES — On my five-day journey in the Azores, I stayed put on Sao Miguel, the largest of its nine islands. Instead of island hopping, you can also try these eight experiences for ...