Observed at 06:00, Tuesday 25 March BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Azores Standard Time (Atlantic/Azores, GMT-1) unless otherwise stated.

Santa Maria is famous for sheltering Praia Formosa ... There are so many beaches in the Azores that it would take days just to visit all that's available on just one island.

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 ...