RE: Madeira Island in june. Posted: Thu February 8, 2007 09:46 PM UTC
Ciao Maurizio
Yes Madeira is a good choice.
I do prefer Funchal -more to see around, and you can go for a ride (normal bus service or tourist bus) to some other places (I can give you some more tips if you want). I’ve been there some times (the last it was last summer) and always rent a car even just for 2 days to go around the island.
In my opinion it’s better to book in advance mostly because at that time of the year there’s lots of tourist coming to Madeira.
After April with "Flower Festivals", the festivities in June are fantastic - Saint António (yes the same as in Lisbon and Padova) on the 13th, Saint Joăo (John) all the week down to 24th (the largest festivities) and Saint Pedro (Peter) on 29th.
There’s also the fireworks festivals usually on Saturdays evening (very nice work with light and music... we have the same in Lisbon in September).
Actually in June there is the “Atlantic Festival” with lots of other cultural activities, from classic music to philharmonic bands, etc.
Ti assicuro che Madeira č fantastica (but stop in Lisbon for a “proper” VT Meeting hahaha)
Ciao
PS places to stay it depends a lot on what tipe of accomodation do you want
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