A direct flight from Newark now links East Coast travelers to Madeira, a Portuguese island with a spring-like climate and volcanic coastline. In May 2025 alone, the Autonomous Region of Madeira ...

Madeiran cuisine is nothing like mainland Portugal. Sure, you get your share of seafood (you’re surrounded by the Atlantic after all), but there’s also a big craze for meat – just look at all those ...

Ripe fruit abounds, the seafood is fresh, and the heady poncha will cure your ills on this Portuguese island, off the coast ...

The island, a Portuguese territory, is only 35 miles long, but its mountains are laced with scenic trails, tumbling cascades ...

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 ...