A festive Mardi Gras celebration is just four hours away if you aim to mark the holiday on the Mid-Atlantic Islands of the Azores. SATA Airlines is offering travel packages starting at $1,349 per person (air and 6 nights hotel including tax, double occupancy) and includes a Jeep tour of the Furnas Valley.  Flights from Boston are non-stop and just 4 hours.

In the Azores, Mardi Gras is known as “Carnaval” a celebration starting on Saturday, March 1, 2014 and continuing through Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Parades and pageants are at the heart of the Carnaval festivities. There is lively music, colorful costumes, hand-made masks and floats.

On the island of São Miguel, known for its mild weather, you can chose from several hotels in historic Ponta Delgada, the Azores’ main city. Carnaval has a sweet taste of São Miguel, with street vendors selling fried sweet dough, called Malassadas. The festival on the Azores largest island starts of with a black tie grand ball, and heats up with dance music at the historic  Coliseu Micaelense. There is a children’s parade in the streets of the capital, Ponta Delgada, with children in costume from each school district on the island. Then, a massive Carnaval parade fills the streets into the wee hours with music, costumes and dancing.

All packages are per person, and include roundtrip airfare between Boston and the islands, six nights lodging, and all breakfasts.

SATA offers direct flights on wide body A310 aircraft to São Miguel, the main island in the Azores archipelago. The SATA Group connects the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, with the world.

For more information and reservations, contact SATA at 800-762-9995, www.sata.pt.