The Azores are nine volcanic islands in the middle of the Atlantic, divided into three groups and nineteen municipalities. Each island has its own character: São Miguel, the largest, with Ponta Delgada, the lakes of Sete Cidades and Fogo and the fumaroles of Furnas; Terceira, with the Renaissance city of Angra do Heroísmo, a UNESCO site; Pico, dominated by Portugal's highest volcano and vineyards among lava walls; Faial, with the port of Horta, a stop for Atlantic sailors; São Jorge, with its fajãs; and the more remote Flores, Corvo, Santa Maria and Graciosa.
The Azores are ideal for hiking, whale and dolphin watching, diving and slow travel, with unspoilt nature and a mild climate all year. For a complete picture see our guide to the Azores, and for connections the page on Azores airports. Below you will find the map, the guides and all the islands' municipalities.
Destinations on the map
Guides to the region
Azores
Nine volcanic islands in mid-ocean, with crater lakes, hot springs, hydrangeas and whales.
Corvo
One village, a few hundred people and a green crater with small lakes: the island where everyone knows everyone.
Faial
The legendary port of Atlantic sailors, on an island of blue hydrangeas and very young volcanoes.
Flores
The wildest island in the Azores, with hundreds of waterfalls tumbling down the cliffs into the ocean.
Graciosa
The flattest and quietest of the central islands, with a unique volcanic cave and red-domed windmills.
Pico
A perfect volcano rising from the ocean, vineyards walled in black lava and the memory of the whalers.
Santa Maria
The archipelago's oldest and warmest island, with pale sandy beaches, fossils and a small red desert.
São Jorge
A long, narrow island like a backbone, with green plains at the foot of dizzying cliffs.
São Miguel
The largest island of the Azores, with crater lakes, hot springs and Western Europe's only tea plantations.
Terceira
The oldest city in the Azores, a World Heritage Site, on an island of festivals, bulls and fields enclosed by stone walls.