Madeira Holidays – Tourism Guide Madeira – Accommodation
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madeira holidays, fruits and ponchaThe Madeira Island is the main island (740.7 km ²) of the archipelago of Madeira, in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of the Portuguese coast, and together with Porto Santo Island (42,48 km²), Desert Island (non-habitable) and Selvagens Island (non-habitable).The capital of the island and the autonomous region is the city of Funchal.The island is of volcanic origin, its climate is subtropical with extensive exotic flora economically is largely devoted to tourism.
Location and ClimateMadeira island is 310 miles from the African coast and 620 miles from the European continent, which is the equivalent of a 1 hour 30 minutes flight from Lisbon. The Archipelago, discovered by the Portuguese in 1418, is made ...