Not all lighting was completed on time, there are areas where work continues. Albuquerque hopes everything will be complete within a week. Short deadlines for public tenders affected the work. They spent 14 days trying to complete it on time. The President of the Government says that the placement of lighting points to the west...Read More
Based on forecasts from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the maritime authority indicates that the wind will blow from the north/northeast “fresh to very fresh, being very fresh to strong in the extreme east and west of the island of Madeira” . As for visibility at sea, he says it should...Read More
The Anthem of the Seas, which docked at the Port of Funchal yesterday, with 4,443 passengers and 1,528 crew, for a 10-hour layover. It is not yet known when Anthem of the Seas will return to the CAI, Cruises Atlantic Islands route. In the coming months it will be positioned in Asia, carrying out cruises...Read More
The Port of Funchal today receives three ships, ‘Ventura’ and ‘Azura’, two ships on the CAI route, Cruises in the Atlantic Islands, and the ‘Artania’ which is almost finishing a transatlantic journey. The three ships are handling a total of 9,698 people, 6,926 of which are passengers. ‘Artania’ was the first to arrive. This 50-night...Read More
The Flower Festival parade continues, bringing together 13 groups, in a parade that started at 4.30 pm this Sunday along Avenida do Mar, in a parade of beauty and colour. Watching ‘in loco’ are thousands of people, including residents and tourists. Scroll through the photo gallery and see how it’s going.Read More
The Christmas party in downtown Funchal started yesterday. The lighting brings a new glow to the city, which now also has the ever-popular food and drink stalls on the central sign on Avenida Arriaga.Read More
The inaugural flight of the connection between Berlin and Funchal, carried out by the German charter air carrier Sundair, landed yesterday on Madeira soil. This air connection originated in the German capital and was carried out using an A320 aircraft with 180 seats. It should be noted that this was the first company to start...Read More
Coming from Leixões, on board, it brings 148 passengers and 167 crew. The current cruise, which started on Saturday in Porto de Leixões, in addition to Funchal and Porto Santo, also includes a visit to Selvagem Grande, followed by La Palma and La Gomera, in the Canaries and the island of Sto. Antão, Mindelo, Ilha...Read More
The Port of Funchal received the Silver Cloud ship from Silversea yesterday, which will spend the night in Madeira. According to the description on the Silversea – Luxury Cruises website, the vessel is the first multipurpose ship in its fleet, allowing passengers to “visit sublime corners of the planet in comfort and luxury”. It should...Read More
