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. Skip to content Skip to site index ...

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.

Sao Miguel Island, the largest in the Azores, is criss-crossed with well-marked hiking and trekking trails that cross the forests, meadows and pasturelands. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption ...

Take the newest, Sao Miguel. The main island of the Azores is certainly remote: adrift in mid-Atlantic, 900 miles west of Lisbon. But thanks to 15th-century Portuguese adventurers, ...