Located off the northwest coast of Africa is the Portuguese island of Madeira. Thanks to its tropical climate and volcanic landscape, it has been dubbed the 'Hawaii of Europe'. This stunning ...

In 2015, William Finnegan’s Barbarian Days: A Surfling Life introduced a large segment of the surfing world to the beauty of Madeira, an archipelago of small Portuguese islands closer to Africa ...

The capital of Madeira Island, Funchal is where most of the hotels are, and where shops sell the colorful local attire. Also see Funchal's cathedral and botanical gardens with its wide variety of ...