The Azores are composed of nine islands and are often differentiated by their geographic location; the eastern islands (São Miguel and Santa Maria), western islands (Flores and Corvo) and central ...

Kerry Murray for The New York Times A view overlooking the northwest coast of São Miguel, the largest of the islands that make up the Azores archipelago ... areas of the island’s steaming ...

Sitting 850 miles west of mainland Portugal, the Azores consists ... and Faial in the centre; and Flores and Corvo to the west. There are highlights, but each island, with its own unique ...

That is the landscape that awaits in the Azores, a volcanic archipelago between Portugal ... and Flores and Corvo to the west. There are highlights, but each island, with its own unique identity ...