Madeira received two awards yesterday at the World Travel Awards European Gala, held in Sardinia, Italy. For the 11th time, it was named Europe’s Leading Island Destination, and for the second consecutive year, the Madeira Promotion Association (AP-M) received the award for Best European Tourism Authority. Since 2013, with the exception of 2015, Madeira has...Read More

The rescue of a woman who fell and was trapped in a tree, on a cliff of more than 100 meters, in the Levada do Caldeirão Verde, is underway. From what the Jornal da Madeira managed to ascertain, only the tree will have prevented the woman from suffering a fall of approximately a hundred meters....Read More

A 37 year old foreign tourist was rescued on Monday in Levada das 25 Fontes, in Calheta, after suffering severe trauma on a leg that prevented her from returning on foot to the Rabaçal area. The relief operation was conducted Civil Protection, through the Regional Relief Operations Command (CROS), and counted the rescue team of...Read More

A 65-year-old French tourist suffered a fall this Saturday on the path between Pico do Areeiro. The victim will have suffered an exposed fracture in the ankle, requiring assistance. The alert was given by other hikers who were at the scene. The victim was quickly assisted by the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM), who mobilized a...Read More