- 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.
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- Funchal is in a valley. It has even temperatures all year round. There is a rainier and slightly cooler season from October through March.
- 15 Must Visit Places in Funchal: During our visit to Madeira we stayed 3 days in Funchal to explore the city.
- S.S. Funchal was built for the Lisbon-Azores-Madeira service and was operated by “Empresa Insulana de Navegacao” of Lisbon.
- And Funchal's flavours. You must absolutely drink ”poncha” and taste the famous sweets made from fennel (funcho), which gave its name to the city!
- 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.
- Funchal, the capital of the Madeira archipelago, was declared a city in the 1500s and became an important point between the old and new worlds.
- Funchal is served by highway ER101 which runs along the coast. An easy way to get to the city centre by car is to take exit 11 and head downhill towards Funchal.
- Get Funchal's weather and area codes, time zone and DST. Explore Funchal's sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset.