It’s winter in Madeira. And with winter comes wind and rain, much wind also may cause air traffic disruption, delays and cancellations. This article is not going to be a long rant about how bad some airlines treat their passengers, however appealing writing such a story may seem. Instead, let’s have a look at the…
Category: travel
all about travelling to and from Madeira
Madeira Travel Insurance
In these turbulent Covid days, many are worried about travelling to Madeira. Their usual travel Insurance seems to not cover travel to countries with negative advice on all but necessary travel. Now, one could question if a holiday to someplace safe and relax isn’t very necessary indeed in these stressful times. But the fact is…
covid test in Madeira: friendly procedure
Important and very last update about the covid test in Madeira: 15 May 2022 The covid test in Madeira is no more! As of now, the Madeiran Government has abolished all covid-19 related entry controls. The test lane at the airport has been removed, and the madeirasafe.com website has been taken offline. There still are…
Ferry to Madeira: whatever happened to it?
A ferry to Madeira could be good in these days of covid-19. All kinds of rules and regulations make air travel less pleasant. And maybe, they make you feel less safe than you would like. Unsurprisingly, many have sent me questions about the ferry to the mainland. True enough, a ferry to the mainland would…
Almost free!
We are almost free. In a double sense: we are almost free to live the life we were used to and almost free as in Madeira is almost free of covid-19. Let’s start with the latter: the last two weeks showed no new cases of corona-infection, and every day more people that were infected –…
Madeira Life under Lockdown
Many of our friends overseas have been wondering how we are, and how we cope with life on Madeira under lockdown, which is, in practice, what the state of emergency entails. Frankly, it really looks like panic and sensationalism have come to a halt since we have received clear rules that belong to the state…
State of emergency for Madeira
So what we expected already happened yesterday: the state of emergency for Madeira – and in the whole of Portugal – is a fact. That all sounds pretty scary, but it’s only really scary if we don’t know what it all means for us. We had to wait a while for more news, but last…
