Hey :)
Like
Agnieszka mentioned, we were on Madeira during our free days here. In Porto, from 7-11 (more
less) , we have a Queima das fitas which is a traditional festivity of the
students of some Portuguese universities. My friend told me that J.K.Rowling
had a husband from Portugal and she took some of customs from Porto to create
HP world. I didn’t know about it, but now I can see this similarity. We have a
beautiful bookstore, called Lello.
Isn’t like
from HP?
What is
more, students which are members of student’s commisions usually wear a black
suits and a cloak (black, like from HP).
We can
compare this celebration to “Ursynalia SGGW”. There are a lot of concerts with
local bands, party every day in Parque da Cidade and selling tickets online ;)
I would
like to make a small summary of Madeira for these, who maybe will visit this
beautiful island with mild climate, temperatures above 20 degrees at day and
night which make you feel very comfortable – it’s always warm, without strong
wind like in Porto, even hot when the sun is shining.
We booked our tickets on http://transavia.com. It’s a French airline. Our flight was directly from Paris throw Porto to Funchal. We were travelling with hand luggage, for additional piece and kg you should pay. You can only have 10kg in one piece of suit/backpack/bag and it has to have appropriately size. We had to put all cosmetics in small bottles, trying to put everything inside one piece so we were looking like aliens ;p All in all they didn’t weight our suits and didn’t put it into the special measure. We were lucky!
- Funchal is a capital of Madeira. It’s a big city, but in these days there were only people 30+, mostly 50+. Everything was closed before midnight so we felt very young, like in sanatorium. It has some positive sides-we could see a lot of things in the mornings, when the weather was good enough.
- http://www.madeira-web.com/ I’ve been using this site to get some informations before I came there. You can visit a tourist information at the airport, ask about everything, get a free map and guide in all languages (even in polish!)
- In Funchal we were travelling by bus SAM from the airport (3,3 euro), you can take a Aerobus (5 euro), rent a car or take a yellow taxi. We were also using a public transport to get from the centre to Praia Formosa (line 1) and to Jardim Botanico (line 31 r 31A, entrance costs 5 euro per person). You can visit this garden with a cable railway but it costs 15 euro in both sides (views are amazing).
- Madeira is amazing. To say that you
need to go outside Funchal, meaning rent a car or take (like we) an organized
tourist tours. It’s strongly recommended for first visit to take a West tour
with local driver and guide. Renting a car is a little bit risky with these up
and downs on the island and sometimes you’re on the road with no protection 500
metres above ground and it’s one car
road with many turns.
- Porto Santo is a small island with beautiful beaches near to Madeira. You can take a ship (60 euro) or a plane to get there. The women in the office didn’t recommend it cause it’s not interesting and attractive. It’s famous from these beach available only with clear sky and spa centers.
- Of course you can visit Funchal by Yellow bus :)
- It's good to ask local people about the best places to see, when to go out from the bus etc.
- We were eating in local bars and restaurants but also in Pingo Doce ;p
- We visited Mercado dos Lavradores .
On the first floor you can taste all fruits from local dealers. They’re talking
in many languages, mostly in French.
- Madeira is famous from flowers, now there’s a Flower Festival. Trust me, flowers are everywhere and in the air you can feel this beautiful aroma!
Xoxo,
Dżast :)
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