Comments on: The Floating Gardens of Madeira, Portugal http://www.theearthtraveler.net/madeira-island-portugal.html Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:38:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: vareeja http://www.theearthtraveler.net/madeira-island-portugal.html/comment-page-1#comment-2169 vareeja Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:55:29 +0000 http://www.theearthtraveler.net/?p=2269#comment-2169 Madeira is a popular year-round resort, noted for its Madeira wine, flowers, and embroidery artisans, as well as its New Year's Eve celebrations that feature a spectacular fireworks show, which is the largest in the world according to the Guinness World Records. Its harbour – Funchal – is important due to its commercial and passenger traffic and for being a major stopover for cruisers en route from Europe to the Caribbean. Madeira is a popular year-round resort, noted for its Madeira wine, flowers, and embroidery artisans, as well as its New Year’s Eve celebrations that feature a spectacular fireworks show, which is the largest in the world according to the Guinness World Records.

Its harbour – Funchal – is important due to its commercial and passenger traffic and for being a major stopover for cruisers en route from Europe to the Caribbean.

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