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Still from the live camera at Funchal, MadeiraCulture & FestivalsAvenida Arriaga webcam, Funchal: two cameras on the main streetThe Avenida Arriaga is the city's stage. If something is being celebrated on Madeira it happens here, and two cameras show it from different directions.
The view from Monte across Funchal and the bayCulture & FestivalsFunchal walking toursFunchal is small enough to walk and old enough that a guide has something to say. 136 tours from around €16 — the cheapest way into anything on this island.24. August 2026Funchal from above: the bay, the harbour mole and the city on the slopeCulture & FestivalsMonte toboggan and tuk-tuk toursTwo men in white trousers and straw hats push a wicker basket on runners down the tarmac road from Monte, braking it with the rubber soles of their boots. About two kilometres, roughly ten minutes, since 1850. It is the Madeira cliché — and it still works.24. August 2026The view from Monte across Funchal and the bayCulture & FestivalsFunchalThe city sits in an amphitheatre of slopes. That explains most of it: the cable car, the prices per metre of altitude, and why you rarely walk on the level.10. August 2026