If you've always wanted to visit the remote Atlantic islands known as the Azores, there is what sounds like a great deal available now with TravelZoo http://www.travelzoo.com. You can spend a week on the island of Terceira in a four star hotel with breakfast and transfers and flight from Boston for just $499 per person, double occupancy.
This price applies to certain dates from October through December, and if you want to go from January to April the price goes up by only $100. The package must be booked online by July 28.
I have not visited the Azores, but at this price I am tempted. If they are anything like Madeira (and I suspect they are, since both are Portuguese,) they are well worth a visit. Madeira has perhaps the scariest airport I have ever seen, but the airport in Terceira looks a lot tamer since the island is less mountainous.
Attractions on the island seem to be mainly of the outdoor variety--hiking, horse riding, etc., but there is also a town with some old Portuguese colonial architecture of note.
It is an interesting place for to travel and for enjoy holidays.
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