The original Madeira island news blog
Monarch have just started offering some remarkably cheap flights over the coming weeks. The screenshot shows Gatwick to FNC. Manchester flights not bad either. Monarch – in my humble opinion – are one of the more civilised of the “low cost” carriers.
The website FN is quite rightly drawing attention to the growing problem of fire hydrants being obstructed by the counters and stalls that are increasingly appearing on the streets of Funchal. They point out that this would not be allowed to happen in many cities, with restricted ............
The South China Morning Post has an interesting write-up on Madeira entitled: “Dicing with death in Cristiano Ronaldo’s birthplace, Madeira ............
Stirling took a pounding yesterday as it hit an eight-year low against the Euro at 1.0829, which was a fall of 0.57% on the day. The Telegraph reports on ............
Low cost airline easyJet yesterday announced that it will commence a weekly flight between Geneva and Funchal from November 1st as part of its winter operation. This will be their second ............
The Diario reports that firefighters have been attending three fires that have broken out in Ribeira Brava, Curral das Freiras and São Martinho.
A fire in in the Fontes area of Ribeira Brava has consumed a “considerable area of forest” ............
The 27th National and International Festival of Folklore takes place this week in the village of Ponta do Sol, integrating with the opening of the municipal ‘Festas do Concelho’. The festival starts on August 24 (Thursday) with the inauguration of a photographic exhibition ............
