Madeira Island,a paradise on earth The pearl of the Atlantic
Get in touch with its beauties,its wonderful sights,its kind people, the flowers
and the exotic fruits. Beautiful gardens, forests and local gastronomy, so tasty
and colourful.

The Madeira wines are well known and appreciated worldwide.
The hospitable people are always happy to welcome you.
Come and see Madeira Island,it will enchant you.

Arrival to Funchal and transfer to the Hotel. At convenient time we begin a
half day tour with a visit to the Market.The flowers, the flower sellers wearing
the bright traditional customs, the fruits and the vegetables stands. The
fish market, specially the typical “espada” fish. The Botanic Garden,
where we can behold the typical Madeira’s vegetation. Then, we visit a
handcrafts factory, where we can watch the different stages of the Madeira’s
embroidery. Finally, taste the famous Madeira wine. Lodging and dinner
at the Hotel.

The majority of Madeira’s goods are imported; so the best-value items are
those produced locally, notably wickerwork, embroidery, tapestry and
knitwear. Orchid plants and seedlings are increasingly part of the tourists’
mementoes of the island, while conventional souvenirs range from
excellent, skillfully made products to downright tacky. Madeira wine is the most
popular buy, and, although you can find it for sale in most towns across the island, it
is in Funchal that you’ll find the adegas where you can taste before you buy.Funchal’s most trendy and upmarket shopping mall is Galerias São Lourenço on
Avenida Arriaga where you can buy anything from stylish sunglasses to refined
tableware.

Embroidery items, tapestry, leatherwork and souvenirs, can be found along Rua dos
Murças; a narrow, city-centre street off Avenida Zarco, and full of shops offering
good bargains. But the main shopping street is the Rua Fernão Ornelas, a bizarre
mix of chic boutiques, grocers, newsagents and coffee shops.

The best place for wickerwork in Madeira Island is Camacha,which keeps 2000 people employed; goods
are sold through O Relógio, in the town centre. Embroidery is a strong local
tradition, and can be found throughout Funchal; but more often in remote villages,
like Curral das Freiras, where you can be sure it’s authentic.

Let me introduce you some hotels in Madeira Island in Portugal, for your vacations and holidays.
To travel to Madeira, all you need is to book a flight.Once in Madeira , you can rent a car and drive around the Island ,
and meet all the magnificient beaches and montains.To your acommodation you should book a hotel in Madeira Island Portugal.

Hotel Jardim Atlantico:

This award winning and environmentally friendly hotel stands on a hillside
enjoying panoramic views over the ocean and verdant countryside. The hotel’s
philosophy is living in harmony with nature.
Comfortably furnished studios and one-bedroom suites, each with kitchenette
facility, satellite television and safe. Restaurant offering table d’hôte and à la
carte menus plus low calorie or vegetarian dishes. Lounge bar and snack bar.
Weekly entertainment programme. Games room.
Fine outdoor swimming pool with sun terrace. Indoor heated swimming pool with
jet-stream, gym and relaxation room. Health Spa with sauna, jacuzzi, massage
bath, yoga, beauty treatments. Individual diet, exercise and fitness and walking
programmes. Tennis court, billiards. Extensive gardens.
97 rooms. Lift. Transfer time 40 mins. Open all year.

Hotel Quinta do Furão:

In an outstanding location high above the sea amidst vineyards and stunning
coastal scenery. This area also incorporates the Madeira Natural Park.
The original Quinta has its own vineyard and there are traditional celebrations
when the grapes are harvested. The restaurant serves typical Madeiran dishes.
All the bedrooms are located in a more modern building which, architecturally,
echoes the famous thatched Madeiran houses. The rooms are traditionally
furnished, each with cable television and balcony. Breakfast room, lounge. Gym
with sauna. Heated swimming pool, enclosed in winter. Sun terraces, poolside
snack bar. Games room, handicraft shop and winery.
43 rooms. Lift. Transfer time 45 mins. Open all year.

Nightlife tends to be focused on the many hotels; in the rural areas there is little.
Open to non-residents, they offer wide-ranging programmes of folk dancing
and music evenings during which the musicians and dancers explain the origins
of their folklore, their costumes and instruments. Forthcoming events are
advertised throughout Funchal, but follow
no set pattern.

Casino Da Madeira

Housed in a striking building – the locals
call it the ‘rack of lamb’ – the casino offers
French and American roulette, Black Jack,
chemin-de-fer, and racks of slot machines.
The adjoining panoramic restaurant offers
a regular floor show and the Baccará
discotheque.
Address: Avenida do Infante, Funchal
Phone: +351 291 232 111

Arsénio’s

Renowned for its fado music, the plaintive sound of Portugal and Madeira. Here
performed live by talented singers and guitarists, and justly popular. The best
place to hear fado.
Address: Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal
Phone: +351 291 224 007

Café Relógio

The base for one of the island’s most
accomplished folk groups, performing
nightly at this café’s panoramic restaurant.
Address: Camacha
Phone: +351 291 922 114

O Farol

A popular disco, with top DJs from
Portugal, and packed during the summer
months.
Address: Madeira Carlton Hotel, Largo António Nobre, Funchal
Phone: +351 291 231 031

Teatro Baltazar Dias(theatre)

Also known as the Teatro Municipal, the
theatre is the main focus of the island’s
artistic and cultural life, presenting a
regular programme of concerts, dance and
theatre.
Address: Aveniga Arriaga, Funchal
Phone: +351 291 233 569

Madeira Carlton Park Hotel

Outstanding evening entertainment, as
well as dinner dances, with live acts on
most evenings, plus a casino next door
that offers dinner shows featuring the
music of Broadway, Latin American music
from Brazil and a Cabaret Festival
animated by dance, music and a little
magic.

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If you want to travel to Madeira Island in Portugal,the best and cheapest way to travel
is in a Low Cost airline.
There only a few airlaines that offer direct flights from London to Madeira, besides British Airways
and TAP air Portugal, the cheapest flights are from Easyjet.
To Book a flight to Madeira , you can buy your tickets online or you can go to any Easyjet Store to buy your London Tickets.
Madeira Island is one of the preferred travel destination of Europeans,because in Madeira you have excellent beaches, great weather , fantastic food and Madeira Wine, Carnival,festivals and concerts. You can buy your Concert Tickets on line at this site.

Book you flight to your Madeira Vacations and holidays, a easy and cheap way to visit one of the most beautiful European Island.

Madeiran cuisine is inspired by the island’s rich soil and superb climate.
The seas around Madeira are abundant in marine life, so fish, in one form or another,
features large in the island’s culinary repertoire. Ironically, scabbard fish
(espada), the ugliest of fish, dredged from the depths of the sea, takes centre stage
on many menus, often served with grilled bananas. If you like you can avoid the
expensive imported items like lobster, crab and scallops.Madeira Island Restaurants:

Restaurant Casa Portuguesa:

An absolute gem, tucked away in a side street in the Old Town. Imaginative and
perfectly prepared Madeiran cuisine,including an irresistible sabayon. The chef
here ably demonstrates how well the limited range of ingredients available to
the island can be successfully prepared.
Address: Travessa das Torres
Phone: +351 291 228 446

Restaurant O Colmo:

The O Colmo is a place to enjoy lunch with the locals. Serving traditional Madeiran
cuisine, this family-run restaurant uses its own locally-grown produce. It is worth
coming to Santana for lunch just to sample the lamb stew, or the cod cooked in chef’s
own style.
Address: Santana
Phone: +351 291 570 290

Restaurant O Calhetas:

Found in Calheta, at the end of the road
that runs down to the southern tip of the
island, this inexpensive fish restaurant has
all the traditional dishes plus a few fish and
rice stews.
Address: Porto Santo
Phone: +351 291 984 380

Restaurant Gavião Novo:

A small restaurant specialising in Madeiran,
mainly fish, cuisine. Lunch at the Gavião
Novo, is a perfectly acceptable excuse for
doing very little in the afternoon. Unlike
most Funchal restaurants, this is a
family-owned business.
Address: Rua de Santa Maria, Old Town, Funchal
Phone: +351 291 229 238

Porto Moniz Beach:

Lacking any kind of beach, Porto Moniz does have two large natural and popular
sea-water pools created by the reefs in the lava rocks. In this part of the island the
landscapes are steep, wild and rugged: nature in the raw. Buses reach this far, but
an overnight stay is a better idea.
Machico Beach:
Bright and bustling Machico is where man first landed on Madeira. The beach is
rocky, but not painfully so. Popular with locals, and backed by an ancient town with
excellent restaurants and bars. A stay of a couple of nights is a good idea, and allows
you to explore the Ponta de São Lourenço,a long, sinuous finger of volcanic cliffs that
so characterise the Madeiran coastline.There was a period when Madeira was,
unfairly, looked on as a resort for middle-aged and elderly travellers. But
today the island is a hugely successful and enjoyable family and young person’s
destination, too. Moreover, Madeira is generally regarded as a very safe place for
unescorted women, where they will be treated with good old-fashioned courtesy.
The extravagantly beautiful interior is networked by mini-canals, levadas, built to
carry water from the northern part of the island to the southern, more sunny
hillsides that today produce wine, bananas,apples, cherries and a wide range of
tropical fruits. Sunshine is a daily thing,and temperatures rarely beyond the
comfort zone.

The Old Town Of Funchal Funchal is a sprawling city, reaching out
from its roots in the Old Town (Zone Velha). This once seedy area, patronised
by seamen, in recent years has seen a profound make-over to become a place of
fine restaurants and bars, an up-market,trendy zone that is constantly abuzz.

Funchal Market:

Spend a morning in the Mercado dos Lavradores. This is the place to soak up
the atmosphere of Funchal; visit on Friday and Saturday when farmers come into
town with rickety trucks full of flowers and vegetables. Adjoining is the fish market, a
fascinating place, but not for the squeamish.

Monte:

The village of Monte, accessible by a cable car, is renowned for its botanical garden,
and its toboggan runs, an exciting and unusual way of making a quick descent of
Monte’s road.

Câmara De Lobos:

A short distance from Funchal lies the fishing village of Câmara de Lobos, best
known for its attraction to Winston Churchill, who painted a number of
landscapes here. A very atmospheric if ramshackle place, the centre of the village
is an agreeable jumble of whitewashed houses, shops and bars.

There are few conventional ‘beaches’ on
Madeira, and those that do dot the island are black sand. The exception is on
neighbouring Porto Santo, where a natural golden beach extends for miles, and
attracts day and weekend visitors from the main island. A daily ferry makes the trip in
under 3 hours.

Calheta Beach:
The only golden sand beach is at Calheta,a man-made thing, using sand imported
from Morocco, but very popular, and away from the bustle of Funchal. Take a taxi, or
go by bus.

Madeira has long been a British and later a
cosmopolitan tourist destination thanks to
its warm climate and oceanic influences.
Lying some 700km (440 miles) from the
coast of Africa, and 1000km (600 miles)
from mainland Portugal to which it
belongs, this is not one island, but many.
Collectively, the islands take their name
from the largest, but in addition are made
up of Porto Santo to the north-east, and
two groups of uninhabited islands: the
Desertas and the Selvagens, roughly to the
south-east.
The highest point of the island is Pico do
Ruivo at 1862m (6108ft). More than 50%
of Madeira lies above 700m (2295ft), and
the cliffs at Cabo Girão, at 589m (1932ft)
rank as the fourth highest sea cliffs in the
world.