Month: June 2019

On our north-east tour we also visited the tourist magnet Santana. In the late morning all regular parking places were already occupied. A little further up the road was a restaurant/hotel with sufficient parking. On request we could leave the car there. Shortly before we left, the first bus arrived… At the hotel there was […]

One can spend so much time at the two lava rocks Ilheus da Rib and Ilheus da Janela in Ribeira da Janela without true success. We went there five times, but the light was never right. At sunrise an ideal shot, as the sun rises behind the rocks, it was almost completely cloudy, or around noon […]

The cloud forest Fanal is an extraordinary location. At about 1100m altitude there is first a clear view, then clouds rush through and everything is enveloped, shortly after, the clouds are gone again. This is very impressive. If the cloud phase lasts a little longer, you can easily get lost there…

Only a few satisfying sunsets were granted to us. Most of the time all high clouds disappeared in the evening and the sky was completely clear. In the evening after the Levada hike we drove to the peninsula São Lourenço and looked which side it should be at sunset. First we went to Ponta do […]

On Wednesday of the first week we went on the way to our levada hike. On the way there a short stop at a viewpoint on the ER110. Shortly after the intermediate stop we reached the parking lot to the Levada trail. First you have to walk on an asphalted road to the “Casa do […]

Above Funchal, on the way to Pico do Arieiro, is the suburb of Monte. Here, as in other places, the remains of the devastating forest fires of 2106 are still visible.

Porto Moniz was often part of the route or destination on the various tours. During the day, there are a lot of day tourists there, in the evening, one hardly finds a restaurant that is still open. The town has only 1700 inhabitants, so no wonder. If you take the road from Porto Moniz towards […]

We visited the third highest peak several times. The island makes it easy for us. A road leads directly to the summit. Up there a military (?) radar system is installed and unlike in other countries the area outside the radar dome is freely accessible for tourists. Several hiking trails lead from Pico do Arieiro […]

The famous doors of the old town of Funchal. These door paintings from the Zona Velha are even subject of postcards. But in reality this is not that great. You can, but you don’t have to see it. Overall the tugboats from the local restaurants are very nasty, as they all ask if you don’t […]