
Located almost in the center of the same Atlantic Ocean , at approximately flight of Lisbon (around 1,500 km) and about five hours of flight from the east coast of North America (around 3,900 km), the archipelago extends in the parallel area that Lisbon crosses, allowing these islands to enjoy a moderate climate Sway seasonal.

The nine islands have a total area of 2,355 km2. The individual areas of each island vary between the 747 km2 of San Miguel and the small island of Corvo, with only 17 km2. Pinacles and volcanic craters reveal to us the origin of the islands. Pico, the 2,351 meters high volcan
we find an archipelago formed by:
- East Group: it is made up of San Miguel and Santa María
- Central Group: with Terceira, and others such as Graciosa, San Jorge, Pico and also Faial
- west group: houses flowers and corvo

But one of the maximum attractions may be seabed. There are 22 species of cetaceans living in this water, in addition to sharks (it is famous here the sport fishing of the hammer shark in Isla Graciosa), barracudas or, among others, giant tunas.