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Madeira island is at the top of a massive shield volcano that rises about 6 km (20,000 ft) from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, on the Tore underwater mountain range. [58]
A tropical getaway. With an area of 741 km², the Island of Madeira is an oasis in the Atlantic where, among the forests, towns, beaches and mountains, a great natural and cultural wealth is preserved.
Madeira Island is one of Europe's most beautiful travel locations with many thousands of tourists returning year after year. Why? It offers not only an all year round summer climate, as well as wonderful fauna and flora, but it is also virtually crime-free and one of the safest holiday destinations in the world!
Located off the coast of Africa but also an autonomous region of Portugal, Madeira has its own unique identity. Madeira is a special place with remote rocky hiking trails, beautiful beaches and a signature fortified wine.
Madeira, Portugal. Breezy Madeira is an eponymous island in the Madeira Islands, a Portuguese archipelago. The capital city of Funchal was settled in the 15th century and is a colorful collection of gardens, religious sites, and quirky tourist attractions like the thatched-roof Madeira Story Centre. Hike to the summit of Pico Ruivo and you’ll ...
Madeira and Porto Santo welcome you! Explore everything these Atlantic islands have to offer you: breathtaking natural settings, crystal-clear waters, centuries-old traditions, genuine flavours and a great, great desire to welcome you.
From art to handicrafts, from museums to churches, from gastronomy to music: Madeira's cultural diversity leaves no one indifferent. Come and discover this world of History, stories and tradition.
Geologically dramatic, bursting with exotic colour and warmed year-round by the Atlantic sun, Portugal’s most enchanting island is a place that keeps all its subtropical holiday promises.
Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of 740.7 km 2 (286 sq mi), including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2021, Madeira had a total population of 245,595.
Madeira offers various tourist complexes and accesses to the sea with prime conditions for leisure boating and scuba diving. The island of Porto Santo, in particular, is the ideal place to escape from stress and undertake a thalassotherapy programme, or a beach holiday combined with a spot of golf.