The Original Madeira Island News Blog
Whilst it remains fairly overcast in Funchal first thing Saturday morning, the weather forecast shows a significant improvement on the unusually miserable weather this last week. The … Read more
Both the BBC Weather App and IPMA, the Portuguese “Met Office” agree that the outlook is not too brilliant until Sunday. Hopefully both weather forecasts will prove incorrect … Read more
A ferry operated by the company that used to run the service connecting Madeira to the mainland – one that has been promising to return to here … Read more
RTP report that Curral das Freiras is on the “7 Wonders of Portugal” candidate list in the category “Remote Villages” in a Portugal-wide competition. Arco … Read more
I had the pleasure of meeting the “Safe Communities Portugal” project in Funchal recently. The organisation was there to establish further connections with the various organisations that … Read more
New Savoy – more photos
I am not particularly keen on filling the blog full of photos, but following up on the last post I think it is worth drawing … Read more
The construction of the new Savoy hotel is continuing at a blistering pace – the photo above, taken from Funchal Daily Photo, is already out-of-date, with … Read more