Celestial Canary island cruise- Day 10 - Funchal Madeira

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February 4th 2023
Day 10 - Last Port of call - Funchal - Madeira We visit Madeira quite often and will be back here in April so after a leisurely breakfast we took a taxi to our usual hotel Porto Santa Maria, located close to the cable car & old town. The hope was that we could arrange our grandstand seats for the Flower Parade that takes place on 30th April but it was too early as reservations are not y ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Madeira » Funchal

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more