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Municipalities in Madeira

Calheta(5)Câmara de Lobos(16)Funchal(594)Machico(21)Ponta do Sol(10)Porto Moniz(4)Porto Santo(33)Ribeira Brava(1)Santa Cruz(30)Santana(3)São Vicente(11)
Calheta(5)Câmara de Lobos(16)Funchal(594)Machico(21)Ponta do Sol(10)Porto Moniz(4)Porto Santo(33)Ribeira Brava(1)Santa Cruz(30)Santana(3)São Vicente(11)







  • Calheta(5)
  • Câmara de Lobos(16)
  • Funchal(594)
  • Machico(21)
  • Ponta do Sol(10)
  • Porto Moniz(4)
  • Porto Santo(33)
  • Ribeira Brava(1)
  • Santa Cruz(30)
  • Santana(3)
  • São Vicente(11)
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Recent stories

Madeira: at Gato Legal, far away in Ponta do Pargo, specialty coffee is for everyone

📍 Madeira🏖️ Daily Life🎭 Culture#gastronomy+1 more

It is a project by Bernadette and Jahnlo Swanepoel, in her parents' homeland, now theirs too, with specialty coffee at the heart of a proposal that is as much about Madeira as it is about South Africa.

publico.pt16 Jul

Madeira invests 19.7 million euros in wind farms in Calheta and Ponta do Sol

📍 Madeira🌱 Environment🚇 Infrastructure#sustainability+2 more

The Madeiran government states that the infrastructure “increases installed renewable capacity, reduces energy dependence on external sources, and contributes to a more sustainable future.”

cmjornal.pt9 Jul
Madeira invests 19.7 million euros in wind farms in Calheta and Ponta do Sol

The best hotel swimming pool in Portugal is at the Saccharum

📍 Madeira🧭 Travel🏖️ Daily Life#tourism+1 more

The Saccharum hotel features the top-rated hotel swimming pool in Portugal.

www.jm-madeira.ptwww.jm-madeira.pt1 Jun
The best hotel swimming pool in Portugal is at the Saccharum

From Brazil to Cape Verde, with a touch of local revelry: in Madeira, the new Calheta SoundsCool festival dances with the Atlantic

📍 Madeira🎭 Culture#entertainment+1 more

Last weekend, Calheta SoundsCool hosted Brazilian band Maneva and Cape Verdean group Tubarões, among other acts, for a day full of sun, harmony, and festive rhythm. Small in scale but broad in ambition and reach, the festival featured an unusually open, smiling, and communicative audience and promises to return next year.

expresso.pt5 May
From Brazil to Cape Verde, with a touch of local revelry: in Madeira, the new Calheta SoundsCool festival dances with the Atlantic

Accident in Madeira leaves six injured, including two children. One of the cars overturned

📍 Madeira⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#public-safety+2 more

Among the injured are four German nationals and two Spaniards.

Correio da Manhã1 Apr
Accident in Madeira leaves six injured, including two children. One of the cars overturned