The true emerald in the Atlantic - the green island - São Miguel, Azores.Summary of a week in contact with a world apart, closed, with an endless beauty, with a secret in every corner, a treasure in every mountain. Forged by fire, painted by nature and shaped by man, all this and more, make  São Miguel a hymn to nature.

Beyond the threshold of this door whispers the sea,and this slave house answers through the carvingsimprinted in the stone foundation, where crashing sea foam reaches its peak.Last night, I came to acknowledge that we may die as slaves,and, like our ancestors, will join the ethereal ranks of our ancestral spirit.Tonight, I raise my chains in farewell and cast my eyes on the Atlantic waters. We ...