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Machico

Machico is the second biggest city in Madeira Island. It has 67.73 km² and 21,321 inhabitants (2004), divided into 5 districts. The municipality is bordered to the south by the municipality of Santa Cruz on the west by Santana and by the Atlantic Ocean on the north and east. Here you can find pedestrian tracks throughout the mountains, lovely beaches, and good restaurants. Every year in the first week of August take place a big food festival. There you can taste various traditional dishes from Madeira. Also some music shows are offered and after closing you can always go to one of the clubs opened all night long.

16km

32.7-16.7667

Tenerife

Spanish island of the Canary Islands

419km

28.268611-16.605556

Gran Canaria

Spanish island of the Canary Islands

470km

27.9667-15.6

Azores

The archipelago of the Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal. This group of islands of the Atlantic Ocean is an ultra peripheral area of the European Union.

1343km

38.5-28
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Casino da Madeira

The only casino on the island. The building's unusual shape was designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. Casino da Madeira offers table games such as Texas Hold 'em, blackjack, baccarat and American roulette (with 0 and 00) and slots. Outside of gambling there is the Palm bar, the Rio casual restaurant, the formal Bahlia restaurant and the Copacabana nightclub that hosts live musical performances (just like the Barry Manilow song). Note that the premises have dress code that forbids sandals, flip-flops and sports wear. Free parking and Wi-Fi for patrons.

2.1km

32.64419444-16.91619444

Madeira Botanical Garden

The more than 2000 plants of these hillside gardens, plus the view of Funchal make this one of the major attractions of the whole island. The gardens also feature a collection of parakeets and parrots.

2.7km

32.6622-16.8958

Madeira

Autonomous Region of Portugal in the archipelago of Madeira

15km

32.75-17
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Funchal

Funchal is the capital and main city, of the autonomous region of Madeira, on the island of Madeira, in the south between Santa Cruz and Camara de Lobos cities.

Today Funchal is a major tourist town, with hotels, port, and an international airport Funchal Airport (FNC), located in the nearby municipality of Santa Cruz.

This settlement began around 1424, when the island was divided into two captaincies, and the zones that would become the urbanized core of Funchal would be founded by João Gonçalves Zarco who settled there with members of his family. Owing to its geographic location, the site became an important maritime port, whereas its productive soils became a focus of new settlers. Its coastal position, the most productive on the island, quickly permitted Funchal to develop an urban core and surpass the populations of other settlements, which slowly gravitated around it.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

20°C14
Precipitation: 74 mm

Feb

20°C13
Precipitation: 83 mm

Mar

20°C14
Precipitation: 60 mm

Apr

21°C14
Precipitation: 44 mm

May

22°C16
Precipitation: 29 mm

Jun

23°C18
Precipitation: 7.2 mm

Jul

25°C19
Precipitation: 1.6 mm

Aug

26°C20
Precipitation: 2 mm

Sep

26°C20
Precipitation: 33 mm

Oct

25°C19
Precipitation: 90 mm

Nov

23°C17
Precipitation: 89 mm

Dec

21°C15
Precipitation: 115 mm
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