Emergency Services (the national emergency number is 112)

• Hospitals, Police and Fire Service contact numbers
• The main hospital on the island: Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Av. Luís de Camões, 9004-514 Funchal +351 291 705 600

Clinics

• Madeira Medical Centre. Rua Hospital Velho 23A, 9060-129 Funchal, Phone:+351 291 003 300
• Lido Medical Centre. Estrada Monumental 284. Funchal 9000-100, Phone +351 291 771 020
• Ajuda Medical Centre Rua Nova do Vale da Ajuda, Edifício Vista Girão, Bloco C 9000-720 Funchal +351 291 721 370
• Clinica Da Sé. Rua Dos Murcas 42, 9000-058 Funchal, Phone:+351 291 230 127

In addition to the above the blog did a more detailed post in August 2020 on what to do in the event of an emergency in Madeira

Travel – airports and flights:

• Airport – Madeira (Funchal)
• Live arrival and departures (see also Aerobus below for connections)
• Airport – Porto Santo Island
• Live arrival and departures
• Flights – SATA Portugal
• Flights – TAP UK & Portugal

Local transport

• Aerobus – (SAM) Funchal – Airport only
• Buses – SAM East & North East
• Buses – Rodoeste – West Madeira
• Buses – EACL Caniço – Funchal
• Buses – Horarios City & Central
• see also Horarios “Giro” ticket pricing
• Current local road closures

Takeaway Food Delivery Services(in the Funchal area)

• Bring Eat 65 restaurants deliver in the area
• Glovo app Food from a variety of Funchal restaurants
• Ubereats Have your favorite Funchal restaurant food delivered to your door with Uber Eats

Public Holidays in Madeira

Car parking in Funchal

• Parkopedia

Ferry/Ships

• Ferry – Madeira to Porto Santo
• Funchal Port – Cruise Ships (Port of Madeira official website inc schedules)
• Funchal Port – scheduled list of cruise ship arrivals this year
• Vesselfinder
• Marine Traffic – what’s in port

Weather reports and forecasts

• Weather station – Airport
• Weather station – Funchal
• Average seasonal temperatures in Madeira
• IPMA (Portugal’s Weather Institute)
• Windguru
• Windy.com
• Windfinder
• ECMWF: European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting

Maps

• Google Maps – Funchal (Street Map)
• Google Maps – Madeira
• Google Maps – Porto Santo

Local Press

• Diário de Notícias Newspaper
• Journal da Madeira (JM)
• Madeira Regional Archive

Tourist Information

• Tourism – Official Website
• Local Tourist Information Offices
• New – Madeira Events Guide
• Botanical Gardens
• Cable Car
• Public Holidays in Madeira
• Levadas – recommended walks and their current status

Videos

• Aixperte aerial videos

Golf Clubs

• Palheiro Golf Club
• Santo da Serra
• Porto Santo Golf Club

Essential information for potential property buyers

• Expat blog on life in (mainland) Portugal
• The BBC buyer’s guides for France, Spain and Portugal The documents are available along with other useful info.
• Essential reading for potential property buyers can be found here.
• Local estate agents Nobrega Realty Lda Rua Ponta da Cruz Nº 39 4B – S. Martinho
• Local estate agent Madeira Plus Property Rua São Francisco, 3 – 1C

Others

• SPAD – Animal Protection

Apps for Madeira:

More than 50 walks, offline map and info. App Store. Google Play.

ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. App Store. Google Play.

 What’s in port, arriving or departing. App Store. Google Play. Amazon.

Live air traffic. App Store. Google Play.

Madeira weather app. App Store. Google Play.

BestGuide: Best Of Madeira Travel Guide. App Store. Google Play.

Porto Santo Line – ferry details. App Store. Google Play.

Civil Protection in Madeira. App Store. Google Play.

SAM Madeira Bus. App Store. Google Play.

 Rodoeste Bus. App Store. Google Play.

 Jornal da Madeira (newspaper) . App Store. Google Play.

dnoticias (newspaper). App Store. Google Play.

Last, but not least, the blog’s own Madeira News app