01 Jan

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When we first visited Madeira, we already encountered a lot of these: stores selling products made entirely out of cork. A few years later, it seems more and more of these stores are popping up around Madeira. Apparently, cork products sell! To be honest, if you would have asked my opinion about this material a few years ago, I would have said I found it a bit outdated. But nowadays, it is back and on-trend! According to style magazines it is absolutely okay to incorporate cork into your...

15 Oct

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If you’re planning a trip to this beautiful place, surely you must be curious about the island. So here’s a speed date with Madeira, offering information about the main attractions, excursions, nature, walks, climate and weather. ABOUT MADEIRA Madeira is located in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1000 km from the Portuguese main land. The island is part of the Madeira Islands group, consisting of Madeira, Porto Santo and Desertas Islands. Of these three, Madeira, with a surface of 740 km2 is the largest. Madeira has around 277.000 inhabitants. They speak...

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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Every time we visit Madeira I will look forward to seeing some local festivities somewhere on the island. Because Madeira decorations are the best! Since Madeira is quite big on festivities, I will often see the decorations I love somewhere. Lucky me. Most of the villages have their own religious celebrations. Besides the local festivities there are many national events in which the people of Madeira will decorate entire streets or towns. The amount of work going into decorating these villages is enormous! Dozens of people will slave (and...