Alto Lido Funchal
Estrada Monumental 316 Funchal, Madeira, Madeira Islands, 9000, Portugal
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Lagos rally
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7th January
After an early flight back to Faro we had a lovely welcome back from The Albufeira Rally crowd.......you lovely people.....Roger and Barbara, Dave and Margaret, Les and John, Jean and Eddie; Anne and Keith we hope the next Rally is as good as this one although we expect it to be smaller, quieter and less active.
We travelled ...
Enjoying the complex
... views to the South and we can watch the cruise ships come into Funchal Harbour and the catamarans, sailings ships and fishing boats go out far below us.
We found all the facilities to be of 5star quality with efficient and friendly staff.
The restaurant serves a range of excellent a la carte dishes albeit a bit on the expensive side. We enjoyed an excellent New Year's Eve Banquet; very good buffet and sampled the Madeiran traditional Kebab skewers ...
Flora and Fauna
... distinctive plant here in Madeira growing in great abundance planted by roadsides and in every garden they are majestic and make very impressive displays.
I'm sure whatever season you come to Madeira there will be wonderful floral displays, We will have to come again to experience the delights of the blossom in Spring, the gardens full of flowers in summer and the agapanthus in bloom in the Autumn, whatever the season there is something to see here.
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Sailing Along
... fishermen hailed us and said they had seen a pod of pilot whales so we raced out to find them but they didn't re-surface instead we found a large pod of spotted dolphins with their young who were very playful alongside the boat. It is very hard to get a good picture as they as quick and we only have a standard digital camera. Colin got the best shot of one leaping out the water.
We passed beneath the Cabo Girao cliff and it looked so high from the sea, ...
North Island Tour
... natural risk of fire.
The North coast is much rougher and rockier than the south and there are many more natural roads and bridges with the old paths beside Levadas still winding their way up the hillsides.
Progress has seen a trend to turn what used to be shepherd huts and cowsheds into holiday homes and small pairs of cosy little buildings high up on the hillsides are being modernised and rented out as romantic weekend get aways.
Port Moniz once a ...



