Madeira Photos
Here's photos from our week in Madeira, in May 2008. See also
the holiday blog.
Slideshows:
- All photos
- Favourites
- Panorama
Favourites
Here's edited highlights for those in a hurry. Also see the
panoramas.
Roadside flower
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Local fishing at Ponta do Sol
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Porto Moniz: flower and rock
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Porto Moniz swimming pool
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Evening reading
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Ribeiro Frio levada walk
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Grey evening cliffs
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Boa Ventura
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Funchal town hall
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Statue on Funchal front
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Ribeira Brava church
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Encumeada flower and view
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Encumeada levada tunnel
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Swimming in Seixal
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Ponta do Parga lizard and view
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Sunset flare over Porto Moniz
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Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
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Lava tubes at Sao Vincente caves
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Nice light from Sao Vincente beach
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Eleri playing pool
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Friday 23 May 2008
A couple of pix just as we arrived.
Funchal dusk
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Sunset from our room
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Saturday
Chilling out around the hotel and Sao Vincente
Path to Sao Vincente
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Sao Vincente street
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Sao Vincente cemetery
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Strange road sign
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Chapel in estuary rock
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Panorama from hotel
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Enjoying the view
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Sunday
South-western coast and around to Porto Moniz.
Ponta do Sol
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Ponta do Sol panorama
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Local fishing at Ponta do Sol
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Calheta artificial beach
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Roadside flower
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Levada at Prazeres
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Looking down on Porto Moniz
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Road down to Porto Moniz
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Porto Moniz panorama
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Porto Moniz: flower and rock
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Porto Moniz swimming pool
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Porto Moniz menu
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Looking uphill in Porto Moniz
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Evening reading
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Evening panorama from hotel
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Monday
North-east coast and down through Riberia Frio.
Boa Ventura
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Boa Ventura panorama
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Arco do Sao Jorge
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Us at Arco do Sao Jorge
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A-frame houses at Santana
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Faial panorama
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Faial church
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Limoeiro panorama
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Ribeiro Frio trout farm
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Flowers in Ribeiro Frio
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Ribeiro Frio levada walk
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Levada tunnel in Ribeiro Frio
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Monte and Funchal
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Grey evening cliffs
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Flash of sunset over Porto Moniz
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Tuesday
Funchal and Ribeira Brava.
Funchal mosaic pavement
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Funchal Police and Jacaranda tree
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Blandy's in Funchal
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A flowering tree in Funchal
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Funchal town hall
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Inside Funchal town hall
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Funchal market
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Flower-seller in Funchal market
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Funchal backstreet
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The Santa Maria in Funchal bay
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Statue on Funchal front
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Ribeiria Brava
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Ribeira Brava panorama
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Ribeira Brava church
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Interesting sign in shop window
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Wednesday
Encumeada pass and levada, Rabacal levada, mountains and Seixal.
Encumeada 360' panorama
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Coke machine in the middle of nowhere
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Encumeada flower and view
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Flower on Encumeada levada
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Encumeada levada panorama
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Encumeada levada
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Encumeada levada sluice
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Encumeada levada tunnel
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Lizards by Encumeada levada
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Encumeada flower
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Rabacal cloud panorama
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Rabacal levada panorama
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Rabacal levada steps
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Ponta do Parga lighthouse
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Ponta do Parga lookout panorama
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Ponta do Parga lizard and view
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Seixal church and cliffs
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Swimming in Seixal
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View from Seixal towards Sao Vincente
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Hotel from Seixal
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Reading by the sea
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Sunset flare over Porto Moniz
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Thursday
Up to Curral de Freiras, then Sao Vincente caves and coast road. Final walk
along volcanic sands.
Us at Curral das Frieras
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Curral das Frieras 360' panorama
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Curral das Frieras valley panorama
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Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
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Horizontal panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
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Vertical panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
| Lava tubes at Sao Vincente caves
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Coast road from Sao Vincente to Seixal
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Footprints in the black volcanic sands at Sao Vincente
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Nice light from Sao Vincente beach
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View across to hotel from Sao Vincente beach
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Eleri playing pool
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Eleri wins at pool!
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Friday
The journey home.
Farewell hotel!
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The panoramas
I did a bunch of panorama stitching. Here's the collection:
Panorama from hotel
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Ponta do Sol panorama
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Evening panorama from hotel
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Boa Ventura panorama
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Faial panorama
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Limoeiro panorama
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Ribeira Brava panorama
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Encumeada 360' panorama
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Encumeada levada panorama
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Rabacal cloud panorama
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Rabacal levada panorama
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Ponta do Parga lookout panorama
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Curral das Frieras 360' panorama
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Curral das Frieras valley panorama
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Horizontal panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
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Vertical panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
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