FALL RIVER — Over the course of a week, a Christmas village nativity scene has risen up in the middle of Portugalia Marketplace. A tradition from the Azores, the annual village at the store is a ...

“We represent each of the nine islands in the Azores,” she said. The Azores, a chain of volcanic islands, are located about 800 miles from the mainland. Azorean immigrants began arriving in ...

The Azores is probably one of the best places in the world to go whale watching. That's because it is one of the world's largest whale sanctuaries, with more than 20 different species of cetaceans ...

We escape tor a mountain trek among the dairy cows and waterfalls of Sao Miguel island in the Azores. Far out in the Atlantic Ocean, there's a chain of volcanic islands, a distant province of ...

A weather expert has warned that the chances of Ireland getting snow for Christmas are ‘fading quickly’ as Europe looks set for a surge in temperatures in the coming weeks. The Azores High ...

Welcome to the Azores, a necklace of nine enchanting islands that huddle in the middle of the Atlantic but are part of Portugal. The archipelago is an autonomous region located roughly 1,000 miles ...

I’m completely alone. This is Sete Cidades, a massive dormant volcano in western São Miguel, the largest island of the Azores archipelago. A set of nine volcanic islands in the middle of the ...