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THE AZORES Best for
Getting away from it all
PAGE 364 With few beaches, a capricious climate and no Home to
large-scale resorts, the Azores has escaped mass
São Miguel
tourism. Come here to explore green mountains
decked with blue hydrangeas, swim in waters Experience
brimming with marine creatures and relax in quiet The majesty of some of the
ocean’s largest creatures aboard
ports where the pace of life is refreshingly civil and a whale-watching trip from
unhurried. The largest settlements are São Miguel’s either Faial, Pico, Graciosa,
Ponta Delgada – the regional capital – and the Terceira or São Miguel
charming, historic town of Angra do Heroísmo on
Terceira. But to get firmly off-grid, where better than
Pico, a towering 2,350-m (7,700-ft) volcanic peak.
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