The Azores are founded upon 1766 volcanoes, nine of which are still active. This volcanic activity results in lava caves, calderas, crater lakes, fumaroles, and thermal water springs.

The Azores are composed of nine islands and are often differentiated by their geographic location; the eastern islands (São Miguel and Santa Maria), western islands (Flores and Corvo) and central ...

Mark Rowe travelled to the Azores as a guest of RHS Garden Holidays (0800 804 8710; rhsgardenholidays.com), Visit Azores (visitazores.com) and SATA, the airline .

And so it is with a strange sense of déjà vu that I now land with my 13-year-old daughter, Anouchka, in São Miguel, the largest island of the Azores, a group of nine volcanic islands strung out ...

Keen to get in the mood for the Chelsea Flower Show centenary next week, Mark Rowe travelled to the mid-Atlantic for one of the Royal Horticultural Society's first garden holidays ...