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Month: January 2017

Desertas Islands. Tourists rescued.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017Monday, January 30, 2017
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New controls for Desertas Islands.

The final version of a new plan for the management of the Desertas Islands nature reserve will be published by the end of this week after a period of public discussion.

The Desertas Islands are part of the Madeira sub-archipelago, and are classified as a ‘Special Conservation ............  ...read more

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Funchal Marathon

Saturday, January 28, 2017Saturday, January 28, 2017
Funchal Marathon route

Funchal Marathon

Just a quick post alerting visitors to Funchal that the “Maraton do Funchal” is taking place tomorrow (Sunday 29th). There will be considerable road closures to facilitate this, particularly affecting the tourist zone west of the city centre.

There are actually three races on what is a completely ............  ...read more

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Monte railway station restoration. Alinda. Ceramics exhibition.

Monday, January 23, 2017Monday, January 23, 2017
Artists impression of new Monte railway station

Old train station to be restored

The Diario online reports that the Câmara do Funchal has acquired and will restore the old Monte railway station, to make the building a space an “evocation of historical memory”. Paulo Cafôfo, the Mayor of Funchal announced that the local authority has reached an ............  ...read more

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Carnival dates. Reids Michelin Star. Agricultural growth.

Saturday, January 21, 2017Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Carnival dates released

Festa dos Compadres to start the Carnival Season for 2017

The Festa dos Compadres, is traditionally the event that opens the carnival season in Madeira. Although officially Carnival celebrations in Funchal will begin this year on February 22nd, it will as usual be the Festa dos Compadres in Santana that will kick off the carnival season ............  ...read more

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Santo Amaro. Toboggan murder.

Friday, January 13, 2017Friday, January 13, 2017

Festas de Santo Amaro

The religious festival of Santo Amaro began low-key yesterday, culminating 15th January. The festival traditionally marks the end of the festive period, where people “clean out their cupboards” and is particularly associated with the village of Santa Cruz – details below (use ............  ...read more

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Soares dies. Bolo-Rei. Madeira Regency Palace

Tuesday, January 10, 2017Monday, January 9, 2017
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Father of the Portugal’s modern-day democracy dies

Portugal is mourning the death of former President and Prime Minister, Mário Soares, a central figure in the country’s return to democracy in the 1970s after decades of right-wing dictatorship, aged 92. Soares is regarded as being central to Portugal’s return to democracy ............  ...read more

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Porto Santo Ferry. Cabo Girão body. Novo Banco.

Thursday, January 5, 2017Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Porto Santo Ferry and Queen Mary 2

Porto Santo ferry annual maintenance

The Porto Santo ferry has its last sailing this morning prior to it’s annual maintenance. The work to the Lobo Marinho will take place in Canical and is expected to last four or five weeks. The photo by João Conceição shows the ferry dwarfed by the Queen Mary 2.

Body found at Cabo Girao

The Diario ............  ...read more

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