The island, a Portuguese territory, is only 35 miles long, but its mountains are laced with scenic trails, tumbling cascades ...

The Madeira island chain is located west of Morocco and is an autonomous Portuguese archipelago known for its incredible diversity of flora and its historic Madeira wines. Madeira is a popular ...

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There is a reason why Madeira is consistently voted one of the world's top island destinations. Topographically, the Portuguese archipelago of volcanic origin continues to astound visitors with is ...

In some respects, Madeira has transformed within a generation. Located in the subtropical waters off northwest Africa, the Portuguese autonomous region was gifted a network of long-awaited highways ...

The name "Madeira" stems from the Portuguese word meaning "wood". Mainland Portugal is home to a wealth of spectacular destinations—Lisbon, Porto, and the Douro Valley, to name a few—but one of the ...

Doug and Monique take on the challenge of driving all the way around Madeira in one day. Starting and ending in Funchal, ...

It seemed an inopportune moment. Just as we started descending one of Funchal's narrow, near-perpendicular roads in a 1935 Austin 10, driver Joao announced: "The brakes take longer to react than in ...