News

Tourist rescued after fall in Levada do Ribeiro Frio

A search, rescue and rescue team in the Municipal Firefighters of Machico is carrying out, this Friday, a rescue operation in Levada do Ribeiro Frio, towards the Portela area. According to the JM, the alert was given after a tourist, who was accompanied, suffered a fall a few meters from the Forest Post. The victim...
Read More

Prolonged strong wind warning until tomorrow morning

The Captaincy of Port of Funchal extended the strong wind warning scheduled for the Region until 06:00 tomorrow. According to information from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), the wind should blow from north/fresh north/northeast (31-39km/h) to very cool (40-50km/h), sometimes strong (51-61km/h). The visibility is foreseen good to moderate and,...
Read More

German citizen rescued by SANAS in Cais do Sardinha

A citizen of German nationality, about 60 years old, was rescued today, in the Sardinha Pier, through the commitment of a vessel affects the Salva-Vidas de Santa Cruz Station. The woman, according to the SANAS, had a trauma in the right lower limb, which was caused following a fall in the Vereda da Ponta de...
Read More

Bus to Pico do Areeiro has transported more than 8,000 people

The data is from the company Horários do Funchal, which adds that 60% of passengers use only the shuttle service, between the parking lot and the peak itself. The rest have been traveling from Funchal. Alejandro Gonçalves, president of the Funchal Schedules, explains to Antena 1 that the harshest winter has damaged demand. The President...
Read More

Forest Police intercept tourists camping illegally in Fanal

Three English tourists were intercepted this Friday by the Forest Police in Fanal, for camping outside the authorized areas. The action was coordinated by the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), as part of a series of inspection operations that the IFCN has been reinforcing with the aim of ensuring compliance with environmental standards...
Read More

Levada das 25 Fontes has now fully reopened

The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation informs that the work to stabilize the slope above pedestrian route number 6 has been completed. The intervention was carried out by the Madeira Electricity Company in collaboration with the IFCN.
Read More

Government guarantees that it will define limits of use of the most sought after pedestrian routes

The president of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation says that there are still no dates for the implementation of these limits, but leaves the guarantee to Antena 1 that the fines for those who do not have tickets will be aggravated in relation to those that are currently applied to tourists who make...
Read More

Quercus wants a daily limit of entries on the most sought-after routes

Quercus Madeira advocates that there is a daily limit of entry in many routes and in the most sought-after places in the Region. The association warns that the tourist pressure is even endangering many protected areas. Quercus speaks of chaos and anarchy in the mountains.
Read More

Machico returns to travel in time between June 6 and 8

Sounds are heard this year from groups from Spain, Egypt, the continent and the Azores. The theme of the Quinhentista Market is the ‘Know in the Hands’, especially the endangered professions. Music, circus groups, dance and fireworks. Machico returns to the sixteenth-century season, on the weekend of June 6-8. The Quinhentista Market is organized by...
Read More