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• Festa do Loreto

  

   

• Downhill Prazeres

  

   

• Surf Trip Madeira

  

   

• Walking & Canyoning

  

   

• Footloose on Madeira

  

   

• Madeira-Часть Первая

  

   

• Tauchen vor Madeira

  

   

• Paragliding 2012

  

   

• Vespart 2012

  

   

News & Articles of Interest about Madeira

• Madeira: The Original Island of Wellness

  by Sophie McLean .  Before we’d even left the runway I knew I was off to somewhere exotic .... Madeira – not quite the tropics of Brazilian Rio de Janeiro, home to where our on-screen heroes hailed from, but an outer piece of Portugal; lush and green nevertheless.

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• Walking on Madeira and Porto Santo

  From the Madeira Tourism Department: One of the most fascinating features of Madeira is the vast network of open-air water canals that cover the island bringing water from the mountains to the plantations below. Known as levadas, these irrigation channels pass through breathtaking scenery, waterfalls and hidden parts of the island.

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• History of the Madeira Island

  Walking through the History of the Island since its discovery until our time, one can see that that the phenomenon of Tourism is not of recent origin. Effectively, it was born in the XV century and it developed during the following centuries.

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• Laurisilva of Madeira

  The Laurisilva of Madeira is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. It is the largest surviving area of laurel forest and is believed to be 90% primary forest. It contains a unique suite of plants and animals, including many endemic species such as the Madeiran long-toed pigeon.

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• Religious Festivities and Arraiais

  The Archipelago of Madeira is proud to have many Religious Festivitites and “Arraiais” (Madeiran typical festivity) all year long. These festivities are allusive to Madeira and Porto Santo’s culture, traditions and costumes.

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• Big Game Fishing

  from Ian Alvey whose - Multiple Atlantic Blue Marlin bites in a day, fish varying in size from 300lb up to 'granders' (1,000lbs) .... Wahoo, Big Eye Tuna up to 300lbs, White Marlin, legendary international skippers ... that's Madeira!  
  

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