Angra do Heroísmo, the capital, is the oldest city in the Azores and grew quickly because of its strategic importance. Sailing ships, blown by the prevailing trade winds, followed a route across the ...

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 ...

Hundreds of Azorean and Portuguese residents gathered at Dighton Rock State Park on Saturday to celebrate 500 years in southern New England. “I think the Azores is a lot more than nine islands,” said ...

PONTA DELGADA, Azores – It’s called the memorial wing of the restored, early 19th century Sahar Hassamain Synagogue. It’s a small museum with documents, photos and religious artifacts and ...

Showcasing a history that had been all but lost, a small museum has opened in the restored 19th-century Sahar Hassamain Synagogue in Ponta Delgada, Azores. The collection of priceless documents, ...

A four-and-a-half-hour direct fight from Boston can bring you to a little oasis in the middle of the Atlantic, where a Portuguese archipelago is waiting to roll out the green carpet for you. Located ...