Off Sao Miguel, dive down 70ft to the largely intact ... WHY EVERYTHING’S BLOOMING ON MADEIRA, THE ‘FLOATING GARDEN’ Madeira has spectacular scenery that is best seen by walking some of ...

Like Madeira, the Azores are an autonomous region ... wildness makes for a winning draw for visitors. The island of Sao Miguel is a landscape of verdant, pastoral gorgeousness.

A less-touristy antidote to Madeira, it’s been a longtime favorite ... The largest and most populous of its islands is São Miguel, nicknamed the “Green Island” for its pastoral rolling ...

Conveniently located on São Miguel, Sete Cidades is an area found northwest of Ponta Delgada that is composed of a blue lake and a green lake that are picturesquely placed in the middle of a 3 ...

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. Credit...Kerry Murray for The ...

At least the bragging rights are. By that logic, I would have passed straight through São Miguel, the biggest and most populated island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago (and the one that ...