Portugal

Cruise on the Douro River after exploring central Portugal.

No surprise that Portugal has become so popular, not 

Madeira

The most spectacular view in Madeira was of the Ponta de São Lourenço.

Like the Azores, the Madeira archipelago is an Autonomous Region in Portugal and also has fewer than 300,000 residents.

Azores

One of many arresting Azores vistas on São Miguel island.

We visited the most populated four of the lush green nine islands of the Azores. Each was unique but all had several great things in common:

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