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Cristiano Ronaldo Museum in Madeira Island Featured Madeira Island News 

Cristiano Ronaldo Museum in Madeira Island

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Cristiano Ronaldo Museum opened in December 2013, museum boasts more than 130 trophies . The CR7 Museum Cristiano Ronaldo portrays the life story of the player Cristiano Ronaldo and shows the trophies won by the Portuguese international throughout his brilliant career. The 126 individual and collective trophies that have been won over the course of the Portuguese footballer’s career have been exhibited at Andorinha (Portugal), Nacional (Portugal), Sporting (Portugal), Manchester United (UK) and Real Madrid (Spain). Inauguration attended by many personalities The footballer was accompanied in the Region of Irina…

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Flights from Bristol to Funchal Madeira Island News 

Flights from Bristol to Funchal

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Book your trip to Madeira in advance. The cheapest flight from Bristol to Funchal is on average booked 82 days in advance. A direct flight to Funchal takes on average 3h 30m and covers a distance of 2371 km.There are about 4 direct flights per week between Bristol and Funchal.Airlines flying between Bristol and Madeira is easyJet with roundtrip tickets between (150 to 300 €)

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Madeira considered one of “10 best islands in the world” Madeira Island News 

Madeira considered one of “10 best islands in the world”

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Madeira the pearl of the Atlantic! Placing sixth, Madeira is one of the only two European islands on the list, alongside Santorini (Greece). Portugal’s beautiful Madeira Island has been considered one of the “10 best islands in the world” by visitors of travel website Tripadvisor. “The capital city of Funchal was settled in the 15th century and is a colourful collection of gardens, religious sites, and quirky tourist attractions like the thatched-roof Madeira Story Centre,” the website says. TripAdvisor recommends hiking the summit of Pico Ruivo (pictured) to “feel like…

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Madeira elected Europe's Leading Island Destination Madeira Island News 

Madeira elected Europe’s Leading Island Destination

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For the second year in a row, Madeira Islands were elected by the “World Travel Awards” organization as Europe’s Leading Island Destination for 2014. Madeira competed in this category alongside with tourist destinations such as the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Malta and Cyprus. The World Travel Awards takes place annually and recognises, awards and celebrates excellence in all sectors of the tourism industry worldwide.Votes followed an evaluation undertaken mostly by tourism professionals and travel agents located in over 200 countries worldwide. Hotels should also be congratulated for winning…

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Best New Year's Eve destination is Madeira Madeira Island News 

Best New Year’s Eve destination is Madeira

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Among the top 10 European destinations for the  New Year’s Eve, the EBD elected Madeira, or rather the fireworks of Funchal, as the best of all.Neither London nor Paris, let alone Berlin. It is in Madeira that is best way for the European year, according to Election European Best Destinations (EBD), organization based in Brussels and bringing together the main European Tour entities. Best New Year’s Eve “The stunning scenery of rare beauty, is simply unique, with thousands of multi-colored lights decorating the amphitheater of Funchal, making it a grand…

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Madeira fireworks promises to surprise again Madeira Island News 

Madeira fireworks promises to surprise again

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This is the most important tourist attraction of Madeira, was internationally recognized by Guinness World Records book in 2006, as “the greatest fire fireworks show in the world”, and this year the show will again be grand and full light, is what the company promises Macedos Pyrotechnics. Madeira fireworks This year’s theme “Madeira Diamond Light”, created by designers of Macedo, was inspired by the fact that on January 1 to start the International Year of Light. They will be “fired” more than 130 thousand rockets, about 29 tons of fire…

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Cristiano Ronaldo is honored today with statue in Madeira Madeira Island News 

Cristiano Ronaldo is honored today with statue in Madeira

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The international and captain of the Portuguese national football team, Cristiano Ronaldo (was born in Madeira Island), will be honored today by the Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, where it is natural, and will also inaugurate a statue in his honor. In Madeira Legislative Assembly, Ronaldo will receive the Autonomic Cord Distinction, the highest award of the Region. In the Sea Square, next to the port of Funchal, the Real Madrid footballer will be perpetuated by a statue.Ronaldo’s coming to Madeira is promoted by Jornal da Madeira, which…

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Sleeps in Madeira destination grew 3.9% Madeira Island News 

Sleeps in Madeira destination grew 3.9%

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Overnight stays in several hotels in the Madeira Islands between January and September 2014 increased 3.9%. In absolute terms, were recorded in Madeira Islands about 623 thousand nights that month (11.8% of total overnight stays occurred in Portugal). A breakdown by type of establishment, it is observed that the annual changes were negligible, highlighting the positive apartment hotels (more overnight stays approximately 2400) and the negative pensions (least 1,500 overnight stays approximately). The average stay in this period was 5 nights In turn, the occupancy rate (bed) in September reached 71.5%…

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