Know before you go: Azores Islands travel tips
Planning a trip to the Azores Islands? Check out these five Azores travel tips you should know before visiting!
1. YOU’LL NEED A CAR (OR A TOUR) TO GET AROUND
The Azores islands aren’t huge, but they’re big enough that you’re going to need some wheels if you want to explore….
The perfect Azores trip: Four days on São Miguel Island
I was sitting in my kitchen one day last year mindlessly scrolling through Facebook when a Travelzoo ad caught my eye. It was billing a trip to “The Hawaii of the Atlantic” with a photo of a location I didn’t recognize. I clicked immediately. How come I hadn’t heard…
How to spend a layover in Doha, Qatar
I first visited Qatar in early 2013 as part of a graduate school program since my school, Northwestern, had a campus there. We spent five days in Doha doing a reporting project on food and water security—a fascinating topic, given the country’s desert climate and heavy reliance on imports.
While…
Touring Malé, the capital city of the Maldives
After spending our full seven days in the Maldives at a resort that occupied its own private island, I was acutely aware that I hadn’t really seen the country. The only glimpse of the main island we’d gotten was from a seaplane window, and the only shred of Maldivian…
