Snow is a rare thing in the Azores, Portugal. Pico Montain is the highest mountain in Portugal, and now it is covered with snow. It is like a snow cone in the middle of the ocean, and a rare thing to ...

How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Portugal's Azores The Azores, a volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, features nine islands. Forged by earthquakes and volcanoes, the isles today offer ...

For Joel Victoriano Rojas, a hike up Mount Pico – a dormant volcano on Pico Island in the Azores, off the coast of Portugal – was literally and figuratively the pinnacle of the trip. Pico, the highest ...

With a population of over 15,000, the island of Pico is the second largest in the Azores archipelago. Visitors would be remiss to think all the islands that make up what’s been called Europe’s Hawaii ...