I think the most fun trips are the ones that are less talked about. Less lines, less tourist traps, and more time experience ...

Madeira probably isn't the first place that comes to mind when you think golf, but a new course opening later this year may ...

A true postcard image, the traditional houses of Santana in Madeira are one of the island’s most recognisable symbols. These ...

Wine geeks will already have guessed what the wines were: madeira, the longest-lived wine of all, and one that, so usefully, ...

Madeira celebrates the 50th anniversary of it becoming a self-goverened region, following the Carnation Revolution.

Madeira is gearing up for Carnival 2026, set to take place from 11 to 22 February. A highlight of the island’s annual events ...

‘A man’s culture is essentially the sum of his memories,’ wrote José Manuel Melim Mendes in his bilingual book Memories of Porto Santo and Madeira. If so, the collective mental culture of Madeira ...

But how long will Madeira, one of the great fortified wines, survive tourist development on this extraordinary Atlantic ...

Madeira, Portugal, a subtropical island off the coast of northwestern Africa, has an unfortunate reputation as the domain of tourists. And, well, it’s not entirely inaccurate; as a jumping-off point ...

Fundamental to Madeiran identity, its 3,100km of aqueducts have proven to be more than a clever and functional feat of engineering to colonise an isolated island. Trudging through thick mud under ...