We have a few places we simply must visit whenever we go to Madeira. One of our favourite places for a very pleasing meal is Taberna do Petisco in Santa Cruz! Every time we are at Madeira, we end our stay with one night in Santa Cruz (because it is so conveniently close to the airport) and dinner at Taberna do Petisco. And most of the time, we have already stopped by far before that last day.  Petisco is located on a lively, small town square right in the centre of Santa Cruz. They started...

Looking for a good espetada with a view in Santana area? Look no further! We have found the perfect place: Café Cabo Aéreo.  Café Cabo Aéreo is located in São Jorge, on the north coast of Madeira. It's about a 25 minute drive from Santana. The café's location is somewhat remote, but this is a beautiful place for a refreshing drink or a good meal. Cabo Aéreo is situated on top of the Sao Jorge cliffs and offers a spectacular view on the surrounding mountains, the ocean and nearby Santana....

Discovering new places to have a coffee/drink/sandwich always makes us very happy. Especially when, apart from serving quality food and drinks, the place looks the part. So when during our last visit to Monte Palace Tropical Garden we discovered the nice looking Greenhouse Coffee Roaster, this was a very pleasant surprise! HAVE A LATTE INSIDE A GREENHOUSE Greenhouse Coffee Roaster is a coffee shop in a greenhouse. A very fun and suiting location for a coffee shop in a botanical garden, if you ask me. I really, really like the...

For all of you who find it hard to decide, when confronted with a vast amount of delicious ice cream flavours: choosing just got even harder! But also, so much more fun! Why? At Geladaria Mil Salbores you can build your own ice cream!  SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM STEP 1: Choose one of their base popsicles. They have a lot of flavors, like watermelon, lemon, chocolate, strawberry and orange. Look at how nice these popsicles are displayed. I found it already quite hard to choose my base flavor! They all...