Blog and Madeira’s North Coast It is always delightful to be featured in a renowned blog, namely Le Big Trip. A couple of French world wanderers expatriated in Australia decided to explore Madeira Island with their baby son. They describe the North Coast of Madeira as in striking contrast to the South. The North Coast …
Cristiano Ronaldo – Part Six Cristiano Ronaldo is Madeira’s miracle son. He no longer needs to be introduced. Please follow these links if you missed the previous CR7 – Facts, Figures and Trivia parts: part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. Fact 20 On 9 June 2010, Madame Tussauds London unveiled …
Faja de Cabo Girao The Rancho Cable Car connects the viewpoint “Rancho” to the Fãja de Cabo Girão. This Fãja lays just below the emblematic and well-known highest vertical drop cliff of Europe, Cabo Girão. So after a visit of Cabo Girão we recommend an excursion down to the fields seen from the cliff. Rancho …
A German Painter in Madeira: Max Römer Max Wilhelm Römer saw the light on November 22nd, 1878 in Hamburg, Germany. His wife became ill and upon the recommendation of a Danish friend, he decided to move to Madeira due to its mild climate. He packed belongings, wife and children onto the Brazilian steamboat “Curvello” with …
Activities on Madeira: tested and approved. You just arrived on Madeira, and despite attempting to plan your stay minutely, you are still not too sure about what to do. Well worry no more, here is a list of tested and approved activities not including the famous levada walks.NB: some of these activities will be more …
This remote area of cultivated land adjacent to the ocean, once unknown, is now a popular place on Madeira. Unlike the Fajã da Quebrada Nova in Achadas da Cruz, the Fajã dos Padres can be a really busy place in Summer. Fajã dos Padres lies by the sea, at the bottom of a smooth, vertical …
Madeira’s Annona cherimola During our Madeira discovery we came across many different fruit varieties. However, one fruit puzzled us: the Annona. Biologist know it as under Annona Cherimola in Latin. Though its more common names are Annona, Cherimoya or Custard Apple. The Portuguese call the green fruit anona. What is a Cherimoya also called Anona …
The “Sorcerer of Calheta” and the Bailinho da Madeira If you have once been to Madeira or even to Portugal and partook in popular festivities, you must have heard the “Bailinho da Madeira” music and maybe even the song. Click play here below to listen to the Bailinho da Madeira while reading this post. O …
Achadas da Cruz Viewpoint The Achadas da Cruz viewpoint, belonging to the Parish of Porto Moniz, has a cable car service that connects the great viewpoint to the beach. Footpath – Trail A footpath also zigzags down. However, venturing down the 470m near vertical drop requires a serious condition! The path is a mixture of …
Cristiano Ronaldo – Part Five As we have seen in the previous parts, Cristiano Ronaldo is a phenomenon. CR 7 is a top world sportsman, a charitable person and a keen businessman. Please follow me if you missed part one, part two, part three or part four. But more than just a sport’s phenomenon, CR7 …
