Trans-Atlantic Eastbound

Cobh

This is the home of the Blarney Stone and the Kingdom of Kerry, where the majesty of Ireland´s mountains contrasts with its romantic glens and seaside villages. More...

Horta

Horta enjoys an almost eternal spring, thanks to the Gulf Stream. The docks are filled with pictures, names and insignias painted by the sailors who pass by. Whole hedges of hydrangeas give the place a nickname: Blue Isle. Go up to Cabeca Gordo, the volcanic crater lake, or enjoy the view of Pico's Peak across the channel. More...

Mendelo

For hundreds of years, Brazil has symbolized the great escape into a primordial, tropical paradise, igniting the Western imagination like no other South American country. More...

Ponta Delgada

Naturalists will marvel at Crater Lakes and the Botanical Gardens. You´ll even get to tour a working greenhouse and learn about the cultivation of pineapples. More...

Porto Santo

Only 16 square miles, this pleasant island offers beaches of fine golden sand, sweet, juicy fruits which thrive here, and even a healing spring of water that flows into the sea. Christopher Columbus lived here and married the daughter of the governor. Perhaps it was the view west that started him thinking about the Indies. More...

Praia

Praia (Portuguese for "beach") is the capital of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. More...

Sao Vicente

The most cultural and cosmopolitan island of the archipelago. The great names of Cape Verdean music, including Cesaria Evora, come from the island of Sao Vicente. Despite heavy erosion, the landscape still shows evidence of past volcanic activity. The port city of Mindelo is the capital of Sao Vicente. A cultured centre with a community of intellectuals, artists and musicians. Mindelo offers an intensive nightlife. More...

St. Pierre

Saint-Pierre & Miquelon, a territory of France, is a mountainous archipelago located about 15 miles (24 km) off the southern coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The main islands are St. Pierre, the smallest, and Miquelon and Langlade, which are connected by the Isthmus of Langlade. The city of St. Pierre is the territory's capital and commercial center. More...

Tristan da Cunha Island

Known as the "world´s loneliest island," country-counter, philatelists and bird-watchers mark this remote South Atlantic island on their wish list. Discovered in 1506, Tristan de Cunha was annexed by Britain in 1816 and made a dependency of St. Helena Island in 1938. The island group has the only known breeding colonies of great shearwaters. More...