Anyone been to Madeira?

Very hilly
Apparently
:)

Love the cake from there.

Add a bit of madeira to mashed swedes with butter and cream-v tasty

lovely little place reyes

Very nice Reyes, very pretty

have gone a few times just before or after cheltenham to recharge the batteries


quiet yes and you wont see any 18-30's going on there but certainly not just for the oldies.
lovely climate.
i'm very relaxed when i come back from there

i went last summer. stayed at the cliff bay hotel which was good. rained a couple of days tho. funchal as a town nice with some good restaurants.

cheers folks, thinking of a couple of days to get some sun/light/warmth in Feb.
Between Madeira, Malta or Malaga. Off to do some hotel/flights research.

you wont get warmth in europe in february

need to go at least to southern Eygpt or Sinai to get warmth in feb.

also canary islands might be warm if no wind but usually there is on lanzarote and fortaventura (strong wind!!)

Funchal temps for next 4 days.
20
21
20
20

That'll do!

Reyes ,it will feel like -20 this time of year ...middle of the atlantic ;)

a good point.... Maybe Malta then!

i've been there for the last week in feb a couple of times and it has easily been 21 minimum

sometimes 23 or 24 very consistent

however , i would not be sure for this pasrticular year

You be lucky
I normally go after Cheltenham week
Normally 70 degrees
Last year ,was exceptional uptp 80 degress
Not going this year,no holiday left

:)

10 days before cheltenham 2008 i was there and we had a temp of 23c but just looking on internet there were a mass of record land temperatures that month for that time of year. maybe i was just lucky lucky :)

Went in March.

Very clean
Very safe
No football shirt filth
High tea at Reids a must
Have a couple of nap places to eat, will have to dig out their name.

Tallywagger. 10 Jan 21:03


Went in March.

Very clean
Very safe
No football shirt filth
High tea at Reids a must
Have a couple of nap places to eat, will have to dig out their name.

No football shirt filth? The Madeirans themselves have a rep in Portugal, but not especially savage, more passionate. The tiny island supports 2 top flight Portuguese teams (Maritimo and Nacional). No embarrassing tourist thuggishness though.

We stayed at Reid's. It was absolutely mind-blowing. Having**tails in the**tail lounge is an absolute must - it used to be a favourite haunt of the authors and movie stars of the 20s and 30s. Have a meal there if you can too - they have 3 restaurants, and the food was great.

Overall it is very quiet though, and in February it might be a bit cold. I'd say it's more an October/April sort of place.

Maderia does look and sound a beautiful place .

I note there are cruises to the Azores and the Canaries that include Madeira .

Some trip that one