The highly-rated Best Spot Azores Dive Center and Season Challenge Azores Island Diving Center, located on São Miguel, both feature dive courses taught by PADI-certified instructors. Summer is ...

Escape the crowds and discover the Azores, a stunning Atlantic paradise offering unspoiled landscapes, volcanic beauty, and ...

Diving off Santa Maria island in the Azores, Jordi relished his close encounters with blue sharks. ‘Sometimes they came within centimetres,’ he says. ‘They’re such beautiful animals, such elegant ...

diving, thermal baths, and hot springs. If you want to visit some of the other islands, like Pico (amazing wines!), São Jorge, and/or Terceira, you will need two weeks just in the Azores.

The Azores are one of the best places in the world for observing whales and dolphins. They are a hotspot for diving, with opportunities to explore underwater volcanic formations and shipwrecks.