At 11:27 am, the Regional Relief Operations Command received an alert for an incident on the PR 9 – Caldeirão Verde Pedestrian Route, located in Santana. A 62-year-old French woman suffered a fall while walking the route, resulting in a cut to her face and a broken hand. Immediately, a rescue device was activated, and...Read More
The Funchal port authority today issued a bad weather warning for the sea off the Madeira archipelago until 6 am on Saturday, February 22. The warnings are based on forecasts from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), which indicate winds from the west/southwest with gusts between 13 and 30 km/h, sometimes reaching...Read More
The Commercial and Industrial Association of Funchal (ACIF-CCIM) today challenged the charge of three euros on seven classified pedestrian routes in Madeira, in force since Monday, and considered the possibility of moving forward with precautionary measures. “We do not want to reach a situation where we have to introduce a precautionary measure so that what...Read More
The two ships spend 10 hours in Madeira. The Costa Diadema came from Tenerife, with 3,881 passengers and 1,203 crew. You are disembarking 65 passengers and boarding 68. On this 14-night cruise that began in Funchal on October 15, the ship made stops in Barcelona, Marseille, Savona, Málaga, Casablanca, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Tenerife and...Read More
Bus services between Funchal and Pico do Areeiro will resume next Monday. Travel from Funchal to Pico do Areeiro was cancelled over the weekend when the fires were raging in Madeira.Read More
The signs and tape indicating that the Vereda do Areeiro pedestrian trail remains closed are clearly visible. However, tourists continue to ignore the barriers that block access to the trails in areas affected by forest fires. A video sent to the newspaper’s editorial office shows several people crossing the barrier placed at the beginning of...Read More
The classified hiking trails in the Rabaçal area that were closed due to a fire front in Paul da Serra will reopen tomorrow, Friday. This group includes PR 6 – Levada das 25 Fontes; PR 6.1. – Levada do Risco; PR 6.2 – Levada do Alecrim; PR 6.3 – Vereda da Lagoa do Vento; PR...Read More
This morning, the Port Authority of Funchal issued a warning of severe sea unrest for the Region. The warning was issued based on forecasts from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), which predict, for the seafront, until 06:00 tomorrow, a moderately good northwest wind, increasing to moderate to fresh, sometimes very cool....Read More
This year there will be no Festa dos Compadres in Santana. The event that is the biggest poster of the council’s Carnival festivities is officially canceled The announcement was made by the president of the Chamber, Dinarte Fernandes, in statements to the radio Santana FM, which justifies the measure with the “need to safeguard the...Read More
This year there will be no Festa dos Compadres in Santana. The event that is the biggest poster of the council’s Carnival festivities is officially canceled The announcement was made by the president of the Chamber, Dinarte Fernandes, in statements to the radio Santana FM, which justifies the measure with the “need to safeguard the...Read More
