São Miguel

São Miguel is the largest island of the Azores archipelago, with an enviable landscape of forest-wrapped volcanic peaks, azure lakes and improbably perfect calderas. Its charming capital, Ponta Delgada, exudes history, but the true reason to visit São Miguel is the call of the verdant terrain that gives it the nickname ‘Ilha Verde’ (Green Island), and its dramatic coastline battered by the wild Atlantic Ocean. The most iconic crater lake and instagram-worthy photo opportunity in all of the Azores is of Sete Cidades – beautiful twin lakes Lagoa Verde and Lagoa Azul (or Green Lake and Blue Lake blue) situated…