Ponta Delgada is the main town of São Miguel, the largest of Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores — a volcanic island of crater lakes, hot springs, hydrangea-lined roads, and tea plantations (Europe's only ones). The cobbled, black-and-white town is pretty, but the magic is inland: the twin blue-and-green lakes of Sete Cidades and the steaming Furnas valley, where stew is cooked by volcanic heat.
The island's beauty is inland, so pick a direction: Sete Cidades for the storybook lakes, or Furnas for hot springs and stew cooked in the earth. Weather changes fast in the Azores — bring a layer, and an old swimsuit for the iron-rich thermal pools.
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