Madeira, Portugal
Founded in 1421, Funchal is Madeira’s largest city, home to 37% of the population. Funchal is all about the good life, with its small restaurants, market, seafront, intoxicating gardens and numerous churches. The long avenue along the ocean, lined with palm trees and dotted with colorful, fragrant flowers, will take you from one end of […]
Madeira, Portugal
Situated some 800 km from the African coast and 1000 km from Portugal, Madeira is an island (almost) lost in the Atlantic, which has also developed thanks to its port of call, important for crossings between Europe and the African and American continents. Even today, the port of Funchal is busy with cruise ships. As […]
Madeira, Portugal
Located to the west of Funchal, the small fishing town of Câmara de Lobos has preserved its colorful boats, white houses with green shutters and stray cats that scurry around the narrow streets. Familiar with the area in the 1950s, Winston Churchill liked to paint the harbor from the belvedere at the entrance to the […]