São Miguel island  Explore Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada is the capital of the island of São Miguel the largest island in the Azores.  Driving from the airport to my hotel I was immediately impressed by the simple black and white buildings around the town.  The town has inherited its architectural style from Portugal.   The Azores […]

Mention Azores to some and the picture that comes to mind is this exotic place speckled with white sands and some beach huts a short distance from the palm tree-lined Caribbean-style bathtub seas. To others, they just have no idea where on the global map such a place exists. And understandably so. For so long, the […]