Trip to Terceira, for this slice of central Azores has it all - character and charm, history and hills, culture and coast, and Terceira vine wines. Take in Portuguese heritage, views, quiet beaches, lava-fried ruins and marine mammals break the deep Atlantic surface. Listen to geology lectures in a hidden cavern, recall military history and fall in love with steaming geysers and bubbling pools filled with mineral riches. Lunch at refined harbour restaurants, visit villages splashed with Portuguese postcard facades and head to the chic Capital where landscaped lawns, a pastel-pink Teatro and boujee boutiques fleck cobbled streets. Lesser travelled, this volcanic isle is a beautiful and wild European surprise.