Portugal travel stories

Madeira part V.

We're late for sunrise today. There's some magic about this place, because even I, who usually make do with a cup of espresso in the morning, eat English and Continental breakfast with eggs...

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Madeira part IV.

Today we're going on a roundtrip. The bus picks us up by the hotel at 8.35, and first stop is Pico Do Areeiro, 1818 m, close to the Island's highest peak (Pico Do Ruivo 1861 m). With heigh...

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Madeira part III.

You can drink the tap water, but it smells of chlorine and is better used for washing hands. The hotel's breakfast buffet is excellent and through the large panorama windows we watch the sun ru...

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Madeira part II.

After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast we walk downtown. At Avenida do Mar by the harbour you can buy a ticket for the city buses valid for 7 days (remember your passport!). This...

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Madeira part I.

In February we spent a week's holiday on Madeira, the small island 650 km west of North Africa. Originally our plan was to go to Egypt, but with the threat of war in Iraq we didn't conside...

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