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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...