Long known for its natural beauty and subtropical climate, the Portuguese island of Madeira is now gaining recognition as a ...

I am flying to Funchal, Madeira, from Porto at the ungodly hour of 5:50 a.m., the sort of timing that saps the will of even the most intrepid traveler. No one thinks of doing anything worthwhile at ...

In some respects, Madeira has transformed within a generation. Located in the subtropical waters off northwest Africa, the Portuguese autonomous region was gifted a network of long-awaited highways ...

Four hundred miles off the north coast of Africa, Madeira is an island of lush terraced hills and winding hairpin roads, which transport visitors in minutes from mountaintop hiking trails to coastal ...

The name "Madeira" stems from the Portuguese word meaning "wood". Mainland Portugal is home to a wealth of spectacular destinations—Lisbon, Porto, and the Douro Valley, to name a few—but one of the ...

Three elderly people have been killed in fierce wildfires that are ravaging the Portuguese island of Madeira, a local official said Wednesday. Two other people have been seriously hurt by the fires, ...

So quiet has been the revolution that has gripped the island of Madeira for the past month that elderly British ladies continued to totter round the gardens of resort hotels, to slide along the ...