Madeira Promotion Bureau

Featuring a diversified programme, with a clear emphasis on the Flower Parade, this celebration symbolises renewal and hope. The Flower Festival fills Madeira with unforgettable colours, decorations and fragrances.

Inaugurated in 1949 in the centre of Funchal, the Mercado dos Lavradores is the supply point of the city. Find here the most famous fresh and tropical products of Madeira's archipelago.

As if the unparalleled landscapes revealed in every corner of Madeira weren't enough, the crystal-clear waters of the archipelago are also home to a lively world. This sea, which in some areas reaches a 3000 metres depth, is home to an extremely rich fauna, making the activity of Dolphin and Whale Watching in Madeira one of the most popular activities in the archipelago. Are you really going to stay on land?

Originally from the 19th century, Monte Sledges are one of Madeira's ex-libris. Experience this unique adventure, with all the adrenaline and emotion you are entitled to.

Located between the Seixal and Ribeira da Janela mountains, Fanal is a vast forest area that invites you to quietly enjoy the best that Nature has to offer. This idyllic place is one of the most emblematic places in the municipality of Porto Moniz, housing an extremely beautiful landscape heritage. At Fanal, the main role is undoubtedly played by the centuries-old Til (Ocotea foetens) forest - with trees that date back to a time before the discovery of the archipelago. They are part of the indigenous Laurissilva forest, which expresses itself here in an impressive state of conservation given its vitality. Between viewpoints, a leisure area with a public barbecue and a winter lake born from an old crater, there are many natural nooks and crannies in Madeira's Fanal Forest where you can be dazzled, have fun, walk or just relax (this area is, in fact, classified as a Rest and Quiet Reserve by the Madeira Natural Park). Here you will also find hiking trails that offer the opportunity to contemplate this vast and rich forest area. At Fanal you can start several trails and 'levadas', as is the case of PR 13 - Vereda do Fanal or PR 14 - Levada dos Cedros. Let yourself be surprised by the richness of Fanal.

Levada do Caldeirão Verde PR 9 Levada do Caldeirão Verde is a moderate difficulty trail with a distance of 8.7 km (+ 8.7 km return), and offers hikers the chance to explore the orography of the island's interior, known for its monumental landscapes. The beginning of Levada do Caldeirão Verde, which takes about 6:30 hours, is immediately striking. This is because the shelter Casa de Abrigo das Queimadas, in the Queimadas Forest Park, maintains the original features of the typical Casas de Santana, triangular in shape and with the traditional thatched roof. Shortly after starting, you will find the terrace of Levada do Caldeirão Verde, where Nature reveals its exoticism. We are in the midst of the Laurissilva forest, where abundant water is routed through this historic 'levada', built in the 18th century, to the farmlands of the parish of Faial. Along Levada do Caldeirão Verde, punctuated by escarpments and mountains, you will pass through four tunnels carved in the rock. Only then will you find, on your left, the Caldeirão Verde lake, formed by the water that falls vertically from the bed of the brook Ribeiro do Caldeirão Verde, at an altitude of about 100 m. Once you have regained your energy, you can continue to Caldeirão do Inferno, at 2200 m, or return via Levada do Caldeirão Verde.