Credits: visitazores.com The Azores’ volcanic sand beaches offer great surf all year round and are being visited among top surfing beaches for those looking for the biggest and perfect waves. But for those using the surfboard for the first time, the nine islands also have secret spots that can help... Read more →

Credits: visitazores.com The bio-diversity of trees and plants of the Azores Islands is fascinating. Much of it was imported from around the world and each island has its own look, feel and climate. Looking around the blue and green crater lakes of Sete Cidades (Seven Cities), on São Miguel Island,... Read more →

This fall, the volcanic beauty of the Azores, nine European islands just 4 hours from Boston, for the month of November a round-trip nonstop from Boston to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island, is just $549 including all taxes and fees. This price is offered for travel between November 8 and December 15, 2013. Tickets must be booked by September 15th 2013. Read more →

This newly found reef is just off the coast of Faial. Read more →

Credits: visitazores.com The Azores are known for their natural landscapes, their nature and as a undiscovered paradise. These nine Atlantic are also recognized for its huge and rich sea that connects all the islands. Is in this sea that we can find one of the most popular products, known for... Read more →

Credits: Pedro Vasconcelos Portuguese and US scientists collected marine bacteria in the Atlantic off São Miguel and Santa Maria islands which might be used to fight different pathologies, such as cancer. This project collected data from more than 3,280 feet below in Azorean waters and gather researchers from Universidade Nova... Read more →

Santa Maria is the oldest island in the Azores, thrust from the ocean some four million years ago by volcanic activity, after which it promptly sank again. The island resurfaced a few hundred years later as the other Azorean islands were being formed. Read more →

If you dive along the buoy further north until 52 ft. deeph, you’ll find one of the most interesting anchors of all: the “555 Anchor”, which is supported on a large rock block. If you go deeper to southwest, you’ll spot several anchors until you reach a vertical wall that goes down until 115 ft. and where you’ll find a huge anchor in an inverted position. Read more →