{"id":10157,"date":"2026-04-22T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findmadeira.pt\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:37:35","slug":"the-brutal-beauty-of-madeira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findmadeira.pt\/en\/the-brutal-beauty-of-madeira\/","title":{"rendered":"The brutal beauty of Madeira"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By<\/em>\u00a0 \u00c1lvaro Reis<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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This is not the postcard version of Madeira. It is an island in its raw state, cliffs dropping sharply into the Atlantic, exposed black rock, mountains carved by wind and water. The landscape is hard, irregular, at times inhospitable. Beauty here is not soft, nor immediately legible. It is intense, almost confrontational. It emerges through contrast, through scale, through force. A brutal kind of beauty without concessions, impossible to ignore. And it is precisely this intensity that sets Madeira apart from easier destinations, from places designed to please at first glance.<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10117″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Pico do Areeiro” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”150px”][vc_custom_heading text=”There is a Madeira off the beaten track, more unspoilt, more isolated, and one that takes time to discover.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776866479163{margin-right: 15px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Geology, vertigo and a layered island\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Madeira is today one of the world\u2019s most recognised island destinations, awarded, promoted and increasingly visited. In recent years, the focus has shifted towards overtourism, towards a landscape becoming increasingly visible, increasingly accessible.<\/p>\n

But this piece is not about that Madeira.<\/p>\n

Not about natural pools with easy access, viewpoints with parking or neatly signposted trails. Not about the curated version of the island that can be consumed quickly.<\/p>\n

This is about another layer, deeper, more demanding, less immediate.<\/p>\n

There is a Madeira that begins where the easier paths end. A quieter, more isolated territory that requires time and often hours of walking \u2014 to reveal hidden levadas, dense forests and slopes where access has never been simplified.<\/p>\n

And it is here that the island\u2019s most compelling form of beauty emerges.<\/p>\n

Not obvious, not decorative, but shaped by resistance: cliffs plunging into the ocean, black sand shores, dense vegetation and mist that settles over the peaks, suspending the landscape in something close to melancholy.<\/p>\n

There is a certain nostalgia to it as if the island belonged to another time.<\/p>\n

How can such harsh terrain hold so much beauty?<\/p>\n

The answer lies in intensity. In the way Madeira presents its geography without compromise sharp, irregular, sometimes severe, yet deeply compelling.<\/p>\n

For those willing to accept the effort, the isolation, the unpredictability, the reward is rare.<\/p>\n

There is something almost secret about it.
\nNot because it is hidden, but because it is not immediate.<\/p>\n

To understand it, you have to go back millions of years.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10097″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Ponta de S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, \u00a9 Dmitry Rukhlenko” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10085″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Vereda do Areeiro” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10099″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Pico do Areeiro, \u00a9 Chris WM Willemsen” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_custom_heading text=”A fragmented, rugged and challenging landscape.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776866583780{margin-right: 15px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

An island shaped from below\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Madeira rose<\/u><\/a> from the ocean floor.<\/p>\n

Around five million years ago, magma began to push through a weakness in the Earth\u2019s crust. Not in a single eruption, but through repeated volcanic events that gradually built layers of basalt, forming a structure large enough to break the surface.<\/p>\n

What we see today is only the visible summit of a much larger volcanic system, a mountain rising several kilometres from the depths of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Erosion came later and defined everything.<\/p>\n

Rain carved deep valleys, the ocean opened sheer cliffs, and the wind exposed layers of rock. The result is a fragmented geography, where movement is never linear, where every journey involves descent and ascent.<\/p>\n

Black basalt dominates, interrupted by iron tones and an almost excessive green. A constant tension between austerity and abundance.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10095″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Seixal” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10093″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Ponta do Sol, \u00a9 Mick Kirchman” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10091″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Balc\u00f5es Viewpoint, \u00a9 Nick Fox” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Laurissilva is not a planted forest; it is an ancient, self-regulating ecosystem in which everything is interconnected.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776866686175{margin-right: 15px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Laurissilva: a forest out of time<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Long before Madeira existed as an island, much of Europe was covered in forests similar to the Laurissilva.<\/p>\n

Glaciations erased them from the continent. Here, isolated in the Atlantic and protected by a stable climate, they survived.<\/p>\n

The Laurissilva is not planted woodland, it is an ancient, self-regulating ecosystem shaped over millions of years. Trees, moss, lichen and airborne moisture form a continuous system, sustained by a largely invisible phenomenon: horizontal precipitation<\/strong>. Moisture carried by trade winds condenses on leaves, feeding the forest from the air itself.<\/p>\n

At Fanal, this becomes tangible.
\nAltitude, wind exposure and constant humidity have shaped trees into sculptural forms, twisted, slow-growing, resistant. Visibility shifts with the fog, sound is absorbed, and time seems to loosen.
\nWalking through Fanal in mist is a fully sensory experience, an immersion in a landscape that no longer exists elsewhere in Europe. It is less about moving through space, and more about inhabiting it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10089″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Fanal, \u00a9 Hikerwise” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][vc_custom_heading text=”The secret lies in going further, choosing more challenging routes that aren\u2019t the quickest option.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776868651488{margin-right: 15px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Levadas: lines of persistence<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Levadas<\/u><\/a> are often described as trails, a simplification.<\/p>\n

They are hydraulic infrastructures, built from the 16th century onwards, designed to channel water from the humid north and interior towards agricultural land. Their construction required cutting into mountains, suspending channels across cliffs and digging tunnels through solid rock.
\nToday, they are among Madeira\u2019s most popular activities. During peak months, access to some routes is controlled, with reservations required and visitor numbers limited.<\/p>\n

For good reason. Crowded levadas alter the experience entirely. The forest loses its silence, the rhythm changes, and the sense of isolation fades.<\/p>\n

The solution is simple: go further.<\/p>\n

Longer, more demanding routes naturally filter those who reach them, restoring the island to something closer to its original state.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10087″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Laurissilva Forest” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Here, the logic is clear: the harder the route, the closer you get to Madeira\u2019s essence.
\nIt\u2019s not just about walking; it\u2019s about reaching places few others do and discovering an island that still stands its ground.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1776867609258{margin-right: 50px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776866844790{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-right: 15px !important;}”]Routes for those seeking the edge <\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”.vc_custom_1776791247804{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” accent_color=”#A7A7A7″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Pico do Areeiro \u2013 Pico Ruivo \u2013 Achada do Teixeira<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Distance: ~10 km
\nDuration: 6 to 8 hours
\nExposed, physically demanding, with steep elevation changes.<\/h5>\n

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Levada do Caldeir\u00e3o Verde + Caldeir\u00e3o do Inferno (full route)<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Distance: ~18 km (round trip)
\nDuration: 7 to 9 hours
\nLong tunnels, constant humidity, progressively more enclosed terrain.<\/h5>\n

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Encumeada \u2013 Pico Ruivo (full crossing)<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Distance: ~12 km
\nDuration: 7 to 8 hours
\nLess frequented, physically intense, with real isolation.<\/h5>\n

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Levada da Faj\u00e3 do Rodrigues<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Distance: ~8 km
\nDuration: 4 hours
\nTechnical sections, long tunnels, requires preparation.<\/h5>\n

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Levada do Rei (to Ribeiro Bonito)<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Distance: ~10 km
\nDuration: 4 to 5 hours
\nMore immersive than difficult, but long enough to avoid the crowds.<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”.vc_custom_1776791484142{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” accent_color=”#A7A7A7″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Levada do Norte (remote sections) <\/strong><\/h5>\n
Variable distance (up to 20 km possible)
\nDuration: 8+ hours
\nOne of the island\u2019s longest with isolated stretches far from crowds.<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”.vc_custom_1776791484142{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” accent_color=”#A7A7A7″][vc_column_text css=””](For a comprehensive guide, see also the article \u201cThe best levada and vereda trails in Madeira<\/u><\/a>\u201d)[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10115″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Levada do Caldeir\u00e3o Verde \u00a9 Hikerwise” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10111″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Levada do Caldeir\u00e3o Verde \u00a9 Hikerwise” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10113″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Levada do Caldeir\u00e3o Verde \u00a9 Unai Huizi” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10109″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Risco Waterfall, Levada do Risco” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Waterfalls are a continuous cycle involving rock, water and vegetation.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1776861810613{margin-right: 50px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776867736447{margin-right: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Water in motion<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Water rarely rests here.
\nIt cuts through rock, feeds the levadas, disappears and re-emerges. Cascades are not fixed landmarks but part of a continuous system.<\/p>\n

At Caldeir\u00e3o Verde<\/strong>, the path leads through tunnels before opening onto a vertical wall of moss, where water falls in a steady, resonant stream.<\/p>\n

At Lagoa do Vento<\/strong>, the approach is more demanding, the final reward a waterfall dropping into a closed valley, dense and contained.<\/p>\n

Risco<\/strong> impresses by scale, a vertical line across the Raba\u00e7al landscape.<\/p>\n

At 25 Fontes<\/strong>, water fragments into multiple streams, shaped by the terrain.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, waterfalls appear only after heavy rain, then vanish again.
\nWater here does not settle. It moves and reshapes the island.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”330px”][vc_custom_heading text=”In Madeira, water never stays still. It is constantly in motion, reshaping the landscape.” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:26|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1776861823344{margin-right: 50px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10107″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Risco Waterfall, Raba\u00e7al, \u00a9 Daniel J. Schwarz” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776867962438{margin-right: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Selvagens and Desertas: the outer edge of isolation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Madeira\u2019s true frontier does not end with the main island.<\/p>\n

To the south lie two distinct archipelagos, the Desertas Islands<\/u><\/a> (Deserted Islands), closer to Madeira, and, much further out, the Selvagens Islands<\/u><\/a> (Savage Islands), over 250 km away. Both volcanic in origin, dry and exposed, they were never permanently settled. The absence of fresh water and their isolation have kept them largely intact.<\/p>\n

The Desertas, although access is controlled, can be visited under regulated conditions, with a permanent monitoring presence and limited tourism activity. The Selvagens exist at another level of isolation, more distant, more inaccessible, closer to their original state.<\/p>\n

Both archipelagos are protected nature reserves, home to significant seabird colonies and among the Atlantic\u2019s last truly preserved territories.
\nAccess is always restricted, organised through authorised expeditions and dependent on sea conditions.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10103″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Selvagens Islands, \u00a9 Tiago Machado” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10101″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Desertas Islands, \u00a9 Francisco Correia” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:12|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Fira%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1776867975168{margin-right: 15px !important;}”]No permanent population.
\nNo urbanisation.
\nOnly a lighthouse, a minimal human presence and a landscape that remains largely untouched.<\/p>\n

Here, silence is absolute. The scale of isolation becomes tangible.<\/p>\n

Nature in its purest form, and perhaps the closest expression of what Madeira once was, before it became visible.<\/p>\n

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The value of difficulty<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In a world increasingly designed for access, there remains a part of Madeira that resists, precisely because it is not easy to reach.<\/p>\n

These are the places that feel most authentic today.<\/p>\n

They demand time, effort and a willingness to accept discomfort, both physical and mental.<\/p>\n

It is this very filter that preserves them.<\/p>\n

Madeira beyond the tourist circuits is not for everyone.
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Continue discovering Madeira<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Madeira reveals itself slowly, through its landscapes, its cuisine, its wines and the small stories of each place. To go further, explore our guides to where to eat<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, where to stay<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, things to do<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, shopping<\/u><\/strong><\/a> and nightlife<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you are planning your trip, follow the Find Portugal curation \u2014 a carefully selected collection of places and experiences to discover Madeira with more time, more depth and a different perspective.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10144″ img_size=”585×585″ css=””][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Where to eat<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Island flavours, from traditional to contemporary, rooted in local produce and Atlantic identity.<\/p>\n

See restaurant recommendations in Madeira<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

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Things to do<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Levadas, ocean and mountains \u2014 experiences that reveal Madeira at its most authentic.<\/p>\n

See Things to do recommendations in Madeira<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

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Where to stay<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Hotels, quintas and retreats where silence and landscape shape the experience.<\/p>\n

See hotel recommendations in Madeira<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

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Shopping<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Madeira wine, local-flavoured chocolates, embroidery and crafts with character and identity.<\/p>\n

See shopping recommendations in Madeira<\/u><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

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Nightlife<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Bars, rooftops and discreet spaces where the night unfolds at a slower pace.<\/p>\n

See bar and nightclub recommendations in Madeira<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

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