The Desertas Island is a place where time seems to stand still. It rises dramatically from the Atlantic Ocean like a jagged fortress in the Portuguese Madeira archipelago. However, the Desertas is ...

Getting there Ventura do Mar Sailing Tours (00351 291 280033 or 00351 963 390796; www.venturadomar.com) offers one-day tours to the Desertas, usually on a Friday, for €80 (£53), which includes ...

More than 1,300 pea-sized, critically endangered snails that were bred in a zoo have been set free to wander (very slowly) on a remote Atlantic island. The release brings two species of Desertas ...