• Funchal is a major tourist town with easy access to an international airport “Funchal Airport” (FNC), located in the Santa Cruz municipality.
  • Buy a Strelitzia flower — also known as a bird of paradise — at Mercado dos Lavradores, a historical two-story market hall in the old center of Funchal.
  • The attractive 4-star Hotel Alto Lido Funchal is approximately 3.1 km from Colegio dos Jesuitas do Funchal and has an outdoor heated pool plus a gym.
  • S.S. Funchal was built for the Lisbon-Azores-Madeira service and was operated by “Empresa Insulana de Navegacao” of Lisbon.
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  • During the second half of the XV century, the sugar industry expanded significantly along the southern coast, making Funchal its most important centre.
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  • Getting to Funchal. There are direct flights from Lisbon (1:50h) and Porto (2:10h), while the flights from Faro have a stopover, usually in Lisbon.