"Madeira" a Madeira Island Travel Page by solopes

Since several decades fully dedicated to tourism, everything in Madeira is concentrated ih your appreciation of the island. Profiting and enhancing its natural beauty, men have been extremely careful in the island development, trying to preserve its look and increase the traffic conditions. It's easy to read about Madeira, but I suggest:

http://www.madeiratourism.org/pls/wsm/wsmwhom0.conteudos_area?p_cot_id=111&p_lingua=en&p_sub=1

Hotels concentrate in Lido, the southwest area of Funchal. Unfortunately, the only reasonable beaches are in the north coast, more exposed to the caprices of ocean and weather, and the hotel area is rocky. But all the island is now some minutes away.