The original Madeira island news blog
In another highly controversial move, the Diario today reports that the Madeira government has approved an increase in the number of beds at the Savoy Palace hotel in the Infante area of Funchal by 300 to 1128, according to a resolution published yesterday in the Jornal Oficial ............
The Savoy Palace have finally improved their website, celebrating what is by consensus the most monstrous construction the island has ever witnessed. Lots of artist’s impressions of the finished product, ............
The hot weather is set to continue into today’s “Republic Day” public holiday. Temperatures could reach 30 degrees according to the Portuguese Met Office, IPMA.
The October 5th holiday commemorates the establishment of the first republic in 1910 after the overthrow ............
Problems continued at Madeira airport again today, with some rather uncivilised scenes of passengers sleeping on the airport floor overnight – not normally associated with Madeira. Having spoken to a number of those involved the biggest complaint appears to have been lack ............
Quick update at 6.00am Monday, as the news emerges overnight that Monarch Airlines has been placed in administration. Will post updates here when more details are available but the Civil Aviation Authority has set up a new website monarch.caa.co.uk
In summary the advice is:
If you are already ............
Todays Diario reports that the Alojamento Local tourist sector now constitutes 25% of the tourist accommodation available in the archipelago. There are currently 2,145 individual units, with a total of more than 8,500 beds spread throughout the region. In the last ............
