A direct flight from Newark now links East Coast travelers to Madeira, a Portuguese island with a spring-like climate and volcanic coastline. In May 2025 alone, the Autonomous Region of Madeira ...

Portugal’s Madeira island is shaking off its image as your grandparents’ vacation destination. (Though they’re still welcome, of course, and hotels in Funchal are still serving high tea.) Interesting ...

I am flying to Funchal, Madeira, from Porto at the ungodly hour of 5:50 a.m., the sort of timing that saps the will of even the most intrepid traveler. No one thinks of doing anything worthwhile at ...