Life – we are often told – is about connections. Whom you know, how well you know them – but also, how closely you yourself ...

After a visit fourteen years ago to Pico, one of nine Portuguese Azorean islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, I wrote a blog post about the vineyards. Five years earlier these had been given ...

When advertising executive-turned-hotelier Benedita Branco came across an abandoned distillery in the most picturesque corner of the wild and volcanic Pico island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago, she ...

Register at tours@newscientist.com and we will contact when confirmed details including dates and prices are available. Experience the hidden paradise of the richly biodiverse Azores islands, their ...

TAKE a look at the little-known sunshine spot that’s the ‘Hawaii of Europe’ with lava tunnels, a volcano and crystal-clear waters. Pico Island in the Azores, Portugal, is located less than three hours ...

Traveling to a paradise on Earth doesn’t necessarily require a long, arduous or perilous journey. In fact, an unspoiled landscape reminiscent of a fairytale is barely five hours from Boston and about ...

LISBON, March 24 (Reuters) - Authorities on a mid-Atlantic Portuguese island hit by thousands of small earthquakes in recent days started evacuating people living at the bottom of coastal cliffs on ...

Touching the clouds and volcanic peaks, this hike in the heart of an ancient crater is one of the most spectacular in Portugal. A life-size immersion in the stunning landscapes of the Azores.