What to Buy in Funchal

Practical guides to Madeira's regional products, for cruise visitors with a few hours ashore, and for residents. Written by a supermarket on R. Dom Carlos I, steps from the cruise terminal.

Fresh fruit and vegetables on display at a Funchal supermarket

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What to Buy in Funchal: A Local's Guide to Madeira's Regional Products

Madeira wine, Banana da Madeira, Bolo do Caco and Poncha, what each is, and where to shop near the cruise terminal.

Madeira wine

Madeira Wine: What to Buy and How to Get It Home

Sercial, Verdelho, Boal or Malvasia? A grape-by-grape guide, what the age statements mean, and how to carry bottles home.

Funchal's Zona Velha seafront with the yellow Fortaleza de São Tiago

Funchal Old Town

Funchal Old Town: A Walking Guide to the Zona Velha

The painted doors, Fortaleza de São Tiago, Mercado dos Lavradores and the Monte cable car, on a walk from the cruise terminal, with the history behind each stop.

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