The Azores, also known as the European Hawaii consists out of nine volcanic islands. This archipelago is part of Portugal, but located about 1500 kilometers from the Portuguese mainland in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. This time I just visited the biggest and most popular island: São Miguel. I flew to São Miguel from Lisbon and it took me around 2 hours.

Peaky mountains, a lot of flowers and of course, Cristiano Ronaldo. January this year I decided to book a flight from Lisbon to the island of Madeira. 18 euro for a two way ticket is a pretty nice deal, so why not? This Portuguese island is located in the Atlantic ocean, about 1000 kilometers of the coast of Morocco. The island is quite small, about 800 km2. This does not mean that it is easy to travel from place to place. My way of travelling was by bus, which is doable, but if you travel with others I would recommend to rent a car.