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Funchal has a new face Madeira Island News 

Funchal has a new face

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The Praça do Povo opened last November 8, 2014, giving a new image to the sea front of Funchal. Funchal grown and is more beautiful with this intervention was born the Praça do Povo, a work of the vice-presidency of the regional government responsibility. The last phase of the reconstruction front sea Funchal is the berth for cruise ships due to be completed next year in May. As a result of time of 20 February 2010 and due to the essential and urgent dredging of the end portions of the…

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Wonderful Madeira Island Madeira Island News 

Wonderful Madeira Island

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Many call it the pearl of the Atlantic or the Garden of the Atlantic; others call it the Hawaii of Europe. I call it home: this is Madeira. Madeira is an island where we have four seasons in one day, where we can drive above the clouds, where you can surf at 9 in the morning, and just half an hour later take a walk in the immense Laurus forest dating back to the Miocene and Pliocene periods of the Tertiary period, 20 million years ago. It’s a geological and…

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Diocese of Funchal Madeira Island News 

Diocese of Funchal celebrates 500 years – Religion

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The Diocese of Funchal was created on June 12th, 1514, by Papal Bull Pro excellenti præeminentia of Pope Leo X, after Funchal was granted city status by Manuel I, King of Portugal, in 1508.The recently created diocese was placed under the auspices of the archdiocese of Lisbon. Nineteen years later, on the 31st of January 1533, it was raised to the dignified status of archdiocese, making it for the following twenty two years the largest metropolitan archdiocese in the world, having jurisdiction over the dioceses of the Portuguese Colonial Empire…

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Sailing week madeira 2014 Madeira Island News 

Sailing week madeira

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JULY 26 th – JULY 31 stJULY 31 st – AUGUST 5 thAUGUST 5 th – AUGUST 10 th ONE WEEK IN A PRIVATE SAILBOATTAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SUN, THE SEA AND EXCLUSIVE PARTIES IN WHITE SAND BEACHES.COME ON BOARD AND ENJOY AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE IN UNIQUE SCENARIOSOF MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY IN THE ISLE OF MADEIRA AND PORTO SANTO!Dive in crystalline waters, dance on the beach with your feet touching the sandand watch the sunset or sunbathe in the privacyof an exclusive sailboat watered with champagne…WELCOME TO MADEIRA SAILING WEEK.  

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Glasgow to Madeira travelling Madeira Island News 

Glasgow to Madeira travelling

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The Jet2 started earlier this summer over a regular operation originating in the British market for the Madeira Airport . This time , the origin airport is Glasgow , Scotland. This operation , on a weekly basis , will be held on Mondays until the end of summer and IATA represents an increase of about 8,694 seats offered. Tickets are on sale in www.jet2.com. In the first flight arrived in Madeira about 154 passengers on a Boeing B737 – 800 to 189 seats. Represents an occupancy rate of 82 %…

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Pestana hotels in Madeira appointed for the World Travel Awards Madeira Island News 

Pestana hotels in Madeira appointed for the World Travel Awards

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The Pestana Group has 11 hotel units with 7 nominations for the 2014 World Travel Awards, the most reputed tourism awards worldwide. Specifically, the seven units that are on the ballot are: Pestana Palace Madeira, Pousada de Cascais, Pestana Carlton Madeira, Pestana Porto Santo, Pestana Convento do Carmo, Pestana Rio Atlantica and Pestana Caracas. Pestana Palace Madeira The Pestana Palace has received 5 awards World Travel Awards (WTA) and now is running for 3 new awards: “Europe’s Leading Luxury Business Hotel“, “Portugal’s Leading Business Hotel” and “Portugal’s Leading Hotel“. Pestana…

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Madeira was again named 'best destination island' in the World Travel Awards Madeira Island News 

Madeira was again named ‘best destination island’ in the World Travel Awards

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Madeira was again named as ‘ best island destination ‘ in the World Travel Awards Europe , who won award in 2013 . ‘s Edition has 2014 competitors as the Balearics , Canaries, Cyprus, Malta and Sardinia and if you want to repeat the success achieved in the year past , will have to be mobilized by weight in the online vote which opened April 14 and runs until June 23 . Anyone can vote for http://www.worldtravelawards.com/nominees/2014/europe . Just have a valid registration , and the vote of the Professional…

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Desertas islands Madeira declared a protected area Madeira Island News 

Desertas islands Madeira declared a protected area

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The Council of Europe has announced that the Desertas islands are to be declared a ³Protected Area², thus acknowledging the importance of the work that has been done in this Natural Reserve for over 25 years.Various areas of interest were assessed at a meeting of experts on the European Diploma of Protected Areas, held in Strasbourg this weekend. Desertas islands This area of the Madeira Natural Park was selected by them, as its exceptional natural heritage is managed in an exemplary manner in pursuit of the conservation of biodiversity and…

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Madeira Regional Meeting of Philharmonic Bands Madeira Island News 

Madeira Regional Meeting of Philharmonic Bands

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Ribeira Brava municipal council, in partnership with the Madeira Cultural Affairs Department (DRAC) and the Madeira Philharmonic Bands Association, organises this cultural initiative annually – a public recognition of regional philharmonic bands. The Madeira’s Regional Meeting of Philharmonic Bands is a festival held every year in the city of Ribeira Brava. Initially created 29 years ago with the purpose of providing greater visibility to philharmonic music and to the work developed by all the associations, which have always dedicated themselves to the promotion and protection of this musical genre. The…

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Funchal is the second best Portuguese city to visit Madeira Island News 

Funchal is the second best Portuguese city to visit

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Lisbon is the best city in Portugal to live , visit and invest , according to a ranking of Portuguese cities , released in early February , that take into account three dimensions : Investment , Tourism and Talent . According to the ranking, prepared by the international consulting firm Bloom Consulting and the Lusa had access, ” Lisbon is a city apart from the rest because it surpasses them both regionally and nationally .” According to the company , the ranking was constructed using statistical data from official sources…

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