"Oh my word, just look at this: a native laurel! This is just absolutely magical!" A quivering peak of botanical ecstasy had been noisily attained by one of our party. As so often with such ...

In the past few years, Portugal’s Azores islands have become a darling of the luxe-adventure travel set. They’re the “Hawaii of the Atlantic,” the “last paradise of Europe,” the “new Iceland,” a ...