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One week in the Azores, Air & Hotel Starting at $819 Spring Savings to the Azores, Starts April 3, 2007

Boston, MA (PRWeb) March 22, 2007 -- Experience a mild climate, nine beautiful islands with an authentic European flare this fall and winter with new air/hotel packages just announced by Azores Express, a U.S.-based tour operator and member of the SATA Group. The Azores Islands are Europe's closest point to the United States. Azores Express flights from Boston take just four hours, closer than Las Vegas or many islands in the Caribbean.

Flights from Boston to Portugal's Azores Islands will depart Tuesdays and Fridays this April through mid-June 2007, combined with six-night stays at a choice of seven hotels. For Tuesday departures, packages range from $819 to $1,039 per person, double occupancy (plus tax). Friday departures are just $90 more. All packages include daily breakfast.

While visiting the Azores, travelers can experience bustling harbors, quaint seaside villages, dramatic walks around volcanic mountainsides and an up close view of an authentic culture that has been rooted for centuries in agriculture and sea-faring. The Azores offer a mild climate year-round, always fresh and spring-like.

For $819, travelers can experience the new Hotel Vila Nova, in the heart of downtown Ponta Delgada, the Azores' largest city on the island of Sao Miguel. Three other, historic hotels in Ponta Delgada are available for $909 and up: the Avenida, Holiday Inn Azores, and São Miguel Park.

In Furnas, the most famous resort town in the Azores, $889 packages are available at the Terra Nostra Hotel, renown for its Art Deco décor and its botanical garden setting. Terra Nostra specializes in "geyser cooking" in which a meal is prepared buried in the ground and steamed by the naturally occurring thermal springs. Nearby are thermal lakes, two 18-hole golf courses, and the only tea plantations in Europe.

Two new resort hotels on two other islands are available from $1,039, including the connecting flights between islands. The new seafront Terceira Mar Hotel and Resort on the island of Terceira is available for just $1,039 per person. For the same price, travelers can choose the recently opened Hotel do Canal, on the island of Faial in the cosmopolitan town of Horta. Choose a package that combines a stay on Terceira or Faial and São Miguel for the same price. Children under 6 pay only airfare. Children under 10 pay just 10% of the hotel rate, plus airfare.

Throughout the nine Azores islands, the architecture is Portuguese and often built with the local, black volcanic rock. The landscape is rolling, open, and wild, and can remind visitors of Ireland or Hawaii. The geysers, crater lakes, and lava flowers are reminiscent of other Pacific islands where volcanic activity has left its mark.

Visitors can tour one of the Azores tea plantations, the only such plantations in Europe. The Azores are also home to 6,000 pineapple plantations, more bullfights than anywhere else in Europe, and Portugal's tallest peak.

Because of its location, the island of Terceira was a very important harbor in centuries past, and its main city, Angra do Heroísmo, prospered with international trade. Today, Terceira and Angra are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with well-preserved streets and monuments. Set on a bay, the city is a wonderful mix of the cosmopolitan and the traditional, full of culture and great shopping. The island's interior is somewhat wild, while its coast has tidal pools suitable for swimming. Terceira also has several excellent wineries for touring. A special beef stew, fresh seafood, and artisan breads are the island's culinary specialties.

In the city of Horta, on the island of Faial, visitors explore one of the most famous harbors in the world. Yachts sailing from all seven seas make stops here year-round. These yachts can be seen from the city's colorful main street, which winds along the harbor and its sea walls. The island's central Caldeira offers a vivid view into the 300-foot crater of the extinct volcano. To the west, the remains of a lighthouse mark the site of a 1957-8 eruption of the Capelinhos volcano, now dormant but reachable by a hiking trail.

Azores Express has connected New England with the Azores and mainland Portugal for more than 20 years. Today it offers direct flights on wide body A310 aircraft to São Miguel, the main island in the Azores archipelago. Connecting flights from São Miguel to Lisbon and/or the island of Madeira are available. The carrier is part of the SATA Group.

For more information and reservations, contact Azores Express at 800-762-9995, www.Azores-Express.com.

Packages with 6 nights hotel, breakfasts and roundtrip airfare, pp/do:
São Miguel:
-    Hotel Vila Nova - $819
-    Holiday Inn Azores - $909
-    Hotel Avenida - $929
-    São Miguel Park - $929
-    Terra Nostra Garden - $889
Terceira (includes connecting airfare; can be combined with São Miguel Park for same price):
-    Terceira Mar - $1,039
Faial (includes connecting airfare; can be combined with São Miguel Park for same price):
-    Hotel do Canal - $1,039

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