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
The port of Funchal received today the first call of the ship ‘Enchanted Princess’, which brings 3,370 passengers and 1,322 crew on board. Coming from Tenerife, this ‘Princess Enchanted’ will stay in the port of Funchal for nine hours, leaving at around 5:00 pm for Vigo. The ship was inaugurated on November 10, 2021, when...Read More
NRP Sagres left Lisbon last Sunday, July 24th, with the aim of participating in the Commemorations of the 200 Years of Independence of Brazil and, at the same time, carrying out an instructional trip for the 2nd year cadets of the Naval School, with make your first stopover in Porto do Funchal from 29 July...Read More
The cruises are back in Funchal Bay, after a break of almost a month. The ‘Borealis’, from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, arrived this morning in Madeiran waters, marking the start of July, in terms of cruise ship activity in the port of Funchal. It is recalled that the last cruise to make a stop in...Read More
