Huge cliffs rise out of the Atlantic in Madeira. The houses give a sense of scale. Imagine what the roads are like!
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At 1862 meters (6107 feet) high Pico Ruivo is the highest point on Madeira and provides some of the most incredible views of the island.
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View of some of the northern coast of Madeira featuring some of the highest sea cliffs in the world
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Pne of the levadas that criss-cross Madeira. This one is the popular Caldeirao do Inferno levada.
The levada are a series of irrigation channels running from the wet north to the dry south of the island. They are now very popular as hiking roots
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Funchal the main city of Madeira with a population of around 120,000. The city gets its name from the herb fennel
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The archipelago of Madeira is situated in the Atlantic Ocean 535 miles southwest of Lisbon and 490 miles off the coast of Morocco in Africa. Madeira consists of 3 main islands, of which two are inhabited. These are Madeira Island and Porto Santo with the other island being appropriately named Ilhas Desertas (deserted island).
The population of the islands is around 250,000 with around 4,800 living on Porto Santo and the rest on Madeira Island.