What to expect from Machico Town in Madeira
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We sent a month on the island of Madeira, staying in Santana. Queimadas was our closest mountain and just a five minute drive away. One afternoon we popped up to explore the park and some of the smaller paths around it. Driving to Queimadas The road to Queimadas is narrow and bendy and frequently only...
The literal translation for Camara de Lobos is ‘chamber of the sea-lions’. Here’s how you can visit this charming little seaside town with kids and what to expect from it. Camara de lobos; the history of the town Back in 1419 when the island was discovered by Zarco, he found a colony of marine animals sheltering...
Opened in 1960 the Jardim Botanico da Madeira (Madeira Botanical Garden) is situated on a steep slope, 4km north of Funchal. The gardens contain around 2,500 different species of flower most of which flower in spring and summer. However a trip in winter is certainly not futile. If anything Madeira in winter is much better...
Animal abuse is RIFE on Madeira; you only have to visit a major tourist attraction here on the Island to see the amount of disowned and stray dogs that turn up emaciated and starving. Some Madeirans shrug this off and say they’re “community dogs”. They say It’s a great sign of our wonderful island that these...
Do you ever open your mouth and find yourself agreeing with something your kids say before your brain has had a chance to catch up? This is what happened here! As we were walking close to the bridge to find the ruins of Sao Jorge, our son said to me “Mum, these cobbled pathways look...
Santana is short for Santa Ana (meaning Saint Anne) and is a municipality along the northern coast of the island of Madeira. The town is home to the Palheiros – the small thatched cottages – which makes Santana Madeira’s poster village for the island. Many Palheiros are still in use in this north-eastern corner of...
Visitng Madeira in January will result in some fairly dreich and windy weather but don’t let that deter you from visiting. There’s still loads to do and see. including the Farol Sao Jorge lighthouse and old sugar ruins of Sao Jorge…. Booking.com Farol da Ponta Lighthouse The Farol da Ponta de São Jorge is an...