Madeira in 2017
The smaller islands in the Madeiran archipelago are seen as the plane swoops down to land.
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The island’s capital is Funchal, located on the main island’s south coast, where like much of the inhabited areas of the island it perches on the mountainside.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Since 1976, the archipelago has been an autonomous region of Portugal.
The promenade and a palm tree near our hotel in the Lido district make a nice seaside image.
The second image shows the clear blue sea, the grey sand and the crops being farmed at sea level from high above
At Porto Moniz we see the foaming waves and the seawater swimming pools, capture from the mountain above the town
Traditional Madeiran houses can be seen at Santana. Three of them are offered in a small park. However, if you walk further you can see others in a more natural setting
Curral das Freiras is a village 1600 feet above sea level. The village is within an extinct volcano. The viewing point from where the images were captured is a further 2000 feet above that
Most of the coastline in Madeira is stunning. Finally, two images captured by the waterfalls at Seixel on the north coast show how the mountains fall into the sea.