The Azores Islands
When you come from a magically beautiful place, you want to share it with the world, right?
My father is from São Miguel island in the Azores, Portugal. As a first-generation American Azorean freelance writer, I share treasured excursions and delicious experiences collected from many trips “home” over the decades.
Scroll for Azores travel and food articles I’ve penned for some lovely publications. And keep scrolling for a collection of photos that share a little bit more about what the Azores offer as a travel destination.
Articles
Image: A full spread a O Sagitario restaurant on Sao Miguel Island. Photo Jacqueline Raposo
Exploring the Unique Seafood of Portugal's Azores
Across this island archipelago, there’s a penchant for diverse, seasonal seafood. Sometimes, you never know what you’re going to get.
Image: A ceramicist on Sao Miguel Island. Photo Jacqueline Raposo
10 Picture-Perfect Ways to Bring Traditional Portuguese Pottery Into Your Home
Serve your cabbage soup in a cabbage-shaped bowl, and get some gorgeous tile trivets for your table.
Image: Pastry Archipelago Illustration byJoohee Yoon
Go Eat Your Way Through Portugal's Magical Pastry Archipelago
Each island in the Azores has a love affair with sweets. In São Miguel, it's the fofa.
Image: A woman at a butcher shop in the market of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel. Photo by Jacqueline Raposo
Shop at the Incredible Portuguese Market on This Tiny Island
The Azore islands' isolation means some incredible homegrown fish and produce.
Image: Men from Povocacao, Sao Miguel on their Romeria. Photo by Brent Herrig Photography.
The Romeria: A Pilgrimage of Faith on Sao Miguel
Wonderment & Co. (reposted on WFA.com)
“Inside of us - it is very beautiful.”
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Our favorite new restaurant on Pico
the jardim da Povoacao - we live at the bottom of that lomba
My tios, between Pico and Sao Jorge
with my father on Sao Jorge
Ponta Delgada
Povoacao
Tios, in Furnas, Sao Miguel
Nordeste, with cousins
.... cousins who cook...
Nordeste, with my father
Somewhere in Nordeste
One of my favorite dishes on the planet
My family mausoleum, with Povoacao behind
Cete Cidades, 2012