The Original Madeira Island News Blog
Last weekend the “Associação de Investigação e Divulgação de Fornos de Cal” promoted a traditional harvest of wheat in São Vicente, in one of … Read more
The current Porto Santo ferry, the second Lobo Marinho, inaugurated May 31 2003, has just passed the three million passenger mark over its ten years of operation. Up to May … Read more
Pestana Group yesterday inaugurated another hotel on Porto Santo. According to Alberto João Jardim, attending the occasion, said that the opening of the new … Read more
The new stretch of Rua Simplício dos Passos Gouveia, parallel to the Estrada Monumental, between the Rotunda do Lido and the Jardim Panorâmico (Baía Azul) opened to traffic on the … Read more
The official holiday yesterday (July 1st – “Madeira Day”) marks the date when Portugal granted autonomy to the island (in 1976), not to be confused with Portugal Day (10th June) … Read more