I have a confession... when I was growing up my dad had a friend who owned a villa in the Azores off the coast of Portugal so he asked us my whole life to go visit there for free and every time my dad tried to plan that trip, I refused to go as I was just completely uninterested!
I only ended up there because it was CHEAP TO FLY TO FROM PARIS LMAO! I was really upset about having to go but I was on a budget and it made the most sense to fly into it to get to Spain. Out of my whole Euro trip, it was my favourite so do give it a chance, sounds like you're more excited now ;)
Make sure to go to the beach! <3
Oh, I intend to give it a chance for sure. Thanks so much for the encouragement