Funchal

City, Cathedral, Botanical garden, Fortress, Museum, Pebble beach

Funchal is the capital and, with over 110,000 inhabitants, also the largest city in Madeira, which will captivate you with its colonial atmosphere. The city lies in a wide bay in the south-east of the island and, due to its mountainous surroundings, climbs from the sea up the hillside to points beyond which it simply cannot go any further because of the terrain. Funchal consists of four main areas – the historic centre in the middle, the Old…

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Statue of Christ of Garajau

Statue, Lookout, Cable car

The statue of Christ the King rises to a height of about 15 metres on a high cliff above the sea to protect all Madeira fishermen. At night it is illuminated to act as a beacon. [btn "View accommodation in Madeira" https://booking.com/region/pt/madeira.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-madeira-socha-garajau] Built in 1927 in the Art Deco style, the statue is not dissimilar to the more famous statues in Rio de Janeiro or Lisbon. It stands in the…

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