Holidays in Madeira – Never to Miss

You may call it Islands of Eternal Spring or Pearl of the Atlantic, Madeira’s beauty is beyond words! Known for its year-round mild climate, incredible flowers, mind-blowing Madeira wines, lovely embroidery and world’s largest fireworks show held on New Year, Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago made of two populated islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and two groups of uninhabited islands, viz. the Desertas and the Selvagens Islands.  It takes 1 ½ hour of flight from the Portuguese mainland to reach Madeira. After its discovery by Portuguese sailors in 1419, Madeira today has grown into a popular holiday resort.

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Cabo Girao

Your holiday in Madeira is incomplete without a visit to Cabo Girao – a gigantic sea cliff on the southern cost on Madeira Island. A glass-floored platform will give you a view of the steep cliff and the sea below, which you cannot forget in life.

Jardim Botanico (Botanical Garden)

Madeira’s Botanical Garden in the Funchal city will amaze you with its atmosphere full of a variety of plants, collected from all continents. To add to the beauty, hundreds of colorful birds keep on frequenting the garden, making it more enticing.

Sao Vicente Caves

This natural wonder located on Sao Vicente – a lovely village on the northern coast of Madeira is a must-see for its series of lava tubes that were formed by a volcanic eruption before 400 thousand years. Equally interesting is the surrounding endemic flora of Madeira.

Jardim Orquídea

If you want to be surrounded by colors – known and unknown – head to Jardim Orquídea, the Orchid Garden of Madeira. Can something be more pleasant than innumerable colors sprinkled on the green backdrop of leaves?

Fireworks on New Year’s Eve

Celebrate your New Year with the most spectacular fireworks of the world in Madeira! This is the world of colors, light, glory and magnificence! Madeira’s annual fireworks show is world-famous and the biggest – a never to miss!

Adventures

If your blood is full of adventure, Madeira has a lot for you. Rise high on the surfs of the Atlantic Ocean at Paul do Mar or Jardim do Mar or dive deep down under the sea and watch the colorful underwater marine life! Roam around the islands to get amazed by the birds of Madeira or gallop on a horse – you can do anything here.

Food and Drinks

Madeira is a foodies’ paradise! Name a fish and you will get it here – blue fin tuna, albacore, blue marlin, spearfish, wahoo… just a few names to make you smack lips. Madeira’s chefs and housewives are expert in making meat dishes too and you should enjoy espetada – a famous meat dish unique to Madeira. Take pleasure in Madeira’s innumerable pastries and of course, enjoy the famous Madeira wine – sweet or dry. In November, you will get an excellent chance to feast your taste buds through the Madeira Gourmet Festival, when international chefs join the local chefs to create some amazing recipes.

Madeira has a lot to offer to a travel-lover; the more you explore, the more will you find; just make it a point to include Madeira in your world travel itinerary.