Month: June 2024

Revenue will be invested in urban cleaning equipment, pavement repair, garden maintenance and mobility. The regulation for the tourist tax in the municipality of Funchal was approved today in a council meeting. “The tourist tax will come into effect from October 1st,” announced the head of the executive, Cristina Pedra, adding that it corresponds to […]

British musician Eric Clapton is now the owner of a 1.5 million euro house in Madeira. The 79-year-old artist was in the region in February of this year to visit what would become his new home. Eric Clapton’s property is a house with panoramic views over Funchal, with a gross area of 506 m2, 1000 […]

Despite the road being closed, many tourists continue to visit the Anjos waterfall in Madeira. Waterfalls along the roads are a hallmark of Madeira, but also places of increased risk of landslides. Still, tourists ignore warnings just to take a picture. The road has been closed for several years, but the fame of the Anjos […]

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has vowed to put an end to the “wide-open doors” policy with new limitations on one of Europe’s most open immigration regimes. Portugal repealed a key migration policy on Monday as it aims to limit the number of new arrivals. The changes put an end to a rule that allowed non-EU migrants […]