This Portuguese archipelago offers very different activities that can delight almost any traveler. Those who look for a beach will find it. Those who prefer routes in search of natural landscapes, can do them. Those who enjoy trying gastronomy from the places they visit will be satisfied with the Azores Islands. And is that this set of 9 islands offers many and varied possibilities. You just have to know everything they offer to be able to organize the most appropriate trip to the tastes or needs of each traveler.
To take advantage of the trip to these islands in the middle of the Atlantic, it is best to have at least one week. At that time you can do a lot of activities to return home with a fairly broad view of what these attractive, unique and unknown islands offer.
Yes, you read correctly. Traveling to the Azores Islands offers an unforgettable experience, to go sailing in search of whales. On these islands is one of the largest whale sanctuaries in the world. Up to 24 different types of cetaceans can be sighted, no less than one third of the total existing species on Earth. Taking a boat and sailing around the islands is magical. You just have to cross your fingers and trust that that day some group of dolphins or imposing whales will cross our path.
Depending on the time in which we travel to the Azores we will have the possibility to see some cetaceans or others. Sperm whales, northern whales and bearded whales are frequent in summer. At the end of winter it is when there will be more possibilities to see some blue whale.