Like the other Azores Islands, Faial is a volcanic island, which helps create ideal conditions for growing hydrangeas. The last eruption on Faial lasted for 13 months from 1957 to 1958 ...

Traveling to a paradise on Earth doesn’t necessarily require a long, arduous or perilous journey. The mid-Atlantic Azores archpelago offers a beguiling mix of wild nature and volcanic thermal ...

Hydrangeas are quite common in the Azores, especially on the island of São Miguel, where I was born. The Azores are a North Atlantic archipelago of nine islands that make up an autonomous ...

To top it all off, the Azores have been classified as a "European safest destination 2022," offering peace of mind and the safe distance visitors need, with many outdoors activities, during these ...

Back home, deer have devoured my hydrangeas, so I asked the secret. “It’s the volcanic soil,” explained Luis Sousa, who led us on a quad bike tour to the Sete Cidades caldera.