Astrofriend's homepage

www.astrofriend.eu
Share: Twitter Reddit Facebook Gmail Gmail Email
Search Astrofriend's homepage:

Valid CSS!

All pages shall now have been validated

Info Cookies (Kakor) / GDPR

Navigation

Advertisement /
Annons:

Travel News

Advertisement / Annons:

My travel in Europe:
Madeira, a Portuguese island, 2019


Content:


Day II, Madeira Botanical Garden and Cathedral of Funchal:

I have always been told that Madeira is the green island. Today we will investigate if that's true. We also visit the old Cathedral of Funchal.

Google Map over today visits:

Other than the visit to the park, most walks nearby our hotel.


Archeological area, Sao Filipe Fortress:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

As a result of the flooding during 2010 they have found old ruins of a fortress. Sao Filipe Fortress or Forte Novo.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


Praca Do Povo:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

We following the park along the coast, two big cruisers has anchored in the harbor.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

We bought 3 days ticket for the city buses, it cost 12 Euro. You buy the tickets at the corner of the crossing streets Av. do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses and R. Artur de Sousa Pinga. Here we had entered bus no 31 that take us up to the Botanical Garden. You need the bus, it's very steep here!


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

The street up here was very steep, we was not sure if the bus could handle it.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

The Botanical Garden is very popular, today a lot of Norwegian tourists has decided to visit it.

At Wikipedia you find more information about Botanical Garden in Funchal:


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

The garden is placed in a ravine, it flows a lot of water that make the park green of flowers.


Advertisement / Annons:


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

The garden is not very old, it opened in 1960.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

At the edge of the park there is a fabulous view over the Funchal.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

We are about 400 meter above the sea level.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

The arrangement in the park are very well done. The whole park is very steep situated, we started from the top and exit at the bottom.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Is it coffee beans ?


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

You that had followed my travel stories know that I always looking for something related to astronomy. Madeira was difficult, but here I found something weak connected to astronomy. When I saw it I know that it had something to do with the Sun, but the exact purpose I didn't know about. I asked my friends and send a photo of it. Hans and Gunnar wrote to me and said that it's a heliograph. You can measure how many sun hours you have. You do it with a paper you place in it, and the Sun (our star) will burn a track that you can analyze later. Other words for it are Sunshine recorder,

At Wikipedia you find more information about what a sun recorder is:


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

After we finished the park visit we took the bus back to Funchal.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Jump of the bus at the station opposite to Mercado Dos Lavradores.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

We took a walk along the channel that we saw the ruins at, upstream it looks like this. It look calm now, but sometimes it flood over the walls as it did in 2010.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the flood 2010:


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Now we want to see the cathedral. Just a few minutes walk from our hotel.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Opposite the cathedral there is a square, we looked for a ice cream, but we couldn't find any here.


Cathedral of Funchal:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Cathedral of Funchal.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

It was closed during the middle of the day, we had to come back later.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Now the Sun has appeared, and with the Sun the peoples come out.


Parque de Santa Catarina:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

From the park Western of Funchal we could get a better view of the cruisers. The one to the left is from Norway and the one to the right is from Germany.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the park Santa Catarina:


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Far away in the background you see a yellow house, that's the old fortress.


Jardim Municipal do Funchal:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

On the way back to Funchal Old Center we walk through the park Municipal of Funchal.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

I read somewhere that the park was opened in 1880.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Amphitheatre.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Just outside the park there is an old house waiting for restoration.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Another market place, now the cathedral has open, we walk through the galleria towards the cathedral.


Cathedral of Funchal:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

As always old cathedrals are impressive. They build these huge buildings long time ago before our modern machines. No steel frames, just stone block put on top of each other.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

At Wikipedia you find more information about the cathedral:


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


Capela de Santo Anto:

One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Chapel St. Anthony of Mouraria was built 1710.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

We saw these everywhere in town, and for sure they where needed, we got a big fire in a nearby house a few days later, you will see!


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

R. das Hortas, the street in opposite of our hotel.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Most tourist we have seen are a bit old, but at this square we see a lot of younger people.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Our hotel Do Centro has a companion, the Windsor Hotel. We was allowed to use the hotel Windsor's roof pool. It was a bit cold today, about ten degrees Celsius, but at least we want to see the pool.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Up at the roof we found the pool, there was also a bar here. Fantastic view from here over the Atlantic Ocean.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

After a short rest at our hotel it was time for some dinner. We wasn't very hungry because we had stopped several times during the day at restaurants and taken sandwiches, ice creams, coffee and other things to eat.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Close to the cathedral we found a nice and calm restaurant where we could sit down.


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

Not hungry? Just a small grill steak :-)


One week at Madeira in Funchal, 2019

An old bridge crossing the channel.

Go Back to content

Go Back
Day III: Monte palace Tropical Garden and fortress Santiago

Advertisement / Annons: