Tourist town, Spa, Swimming pool, Stony Beach
The small, landscaped spa town of Porto Moniz, at the very north-western tip of Madeira, is not only attractive for its location with spectacular views of the steep mountain slopes. The main attraction in Porto Moniz are the seawater baths built on the jagged coastline between natural lava pools. There are two natural pools right in Porto Moniz. [btn "Show Madeira hotels by price" https://booking.com/region/pt/madeira.en.html?aid=2380460;label…
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Coast, Cliff, Black sand beach
Ponta São Lourenço is a narrow peninsula near the town of Machico and the easternmost point of Madeira. Unlike the evergreen rest of Madeira, the colour of the peninsula changes with the seasons. The peninsula receives significantly less rain than the rest of Madeira, and is also buffeted by strong winds from the ocean all year round, making the soil even drier. Thus, while in winter and early spring Ponta São Lourenço is covered in lush green…
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City, Cathedral, Botanical garden, Fortress, Museum, Pebble beach
Funchal is the capital and, with more than 110,000 inhabitants, the largest city of Madeira, which will absorb you with its colonial atmosphere. The city lies in a wide bay in the southeast of the island and, because of its mountainous surroundings, climbs from the sea up the hill to places beyond which the terrain simply cannot go. Funchal is made up of 4 basic units - the historic centre in the middle, the Old Town (Zona Velha) to the east,…
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Resort, Tourist town, Sandy beach, Pebble beach
Machico, on the east coast of Madeira, is one of the two typical beach resorts on the island (the other is Calheta) and one of the main tourist centres in Madeira. Machico provides all the facilities - you will find a plethora of restaurants, bars, souvenir shops and supermarkets, tourist agencies offering various excursions and cruises, beaches and paths along the Madeiran "levadas" with views of the beautiful mountainous and green coastline. …
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Resort, Sandy beach, Tourist town
The town of Calheta on the southern coast of Madeira, scattered on steep slopes with idyllic terraced fields falling into the ocean, is one of two popular beach resorts in Madeira (the other is Machico). [btn "The 10 best hotels in Madeira" https://booking.com/region/pt/madeira.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-madeira-calheta] Previously inhospitable and not very attractive for tourists, the place began to change significantly at the turn of the…
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