25 Jul

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Many tourists come to Madeira to enjoy the countless incredible views and the breath-taking nature. The ‘easiest’ way to discover Madeira seems to involve travel agencies. You’ll book a Madeira Island Tour, a touring bus will pick you up at your hotel and you’ll be able to see a lot of the island. Many of your fellow travelers from DEU, GBR, BEL, FR or RUS are wearing brand new and way too expensive hiking shoes or, even worse, slippers or even heels. You’ll all be dropped off at...

12 Aug

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It is Rio de Janeiro’s best-known attraction: the statue of Christ the Redeemer. The world famous Christ statue is visited by more than a million (!) people each year. This statue is enormous: with its 30m height, it’s one of the largest Christ statues in the world. At this very moment, during the Rio Olympics, it’s also featured in a lot of news footage concerning the Olympics. MADEIRA'S CRISTO REI On Madeira, you’ll find Cristo Rei: a beautiful Christ statue which is lesser-known and visited than its Brazilian counterpart,...

09 Aug

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We are rather fond of Monte. Period. We visit Monte often. And still, once in a while, we will discover something new! For instance, during our last visit to Monte we found out that very close to the large and well known Monte Palace Tropical Garden, there is another large garden. It was actually quite stupid of us we never saw this before, because you just can't miss it. Anyway, when walking past the church of Monte, though a small garden, you’ll end up on a small town...