Family Adventures in Madeira

02/01/2021

Starting New Year with a new walk, but old friends 😍

Very cold weather, but very warm meeting - hopefully all the year will be full of wonderful walks, good talks, inspiring events and happy kids around! 💖

01/01/2021

Happy New Year, dear big and small friends!!! Let this year bring a lot of joy, health, luck and peace for all of us! 💖

A spontaneous NY idea - to walk tomorrow (02.01) a small part of Levada Serra do Faial (different from the last time) and have a picnic afterwards. Anybody interested to join - let's meet in Camacha Continente external parking around 11.30am 😉

Have a great start of the great year!!!

23/11/2020

Our wonderful family event yesterday 😍
The little walkers were strong enough to walk around 5-6 km - so great to see kids connected with a nature! 💖

28/06/2020

One of the great sunny days you can spend with kids in Madeira is to go first to Madeira Aquarium in Porto Moniz and then to Seixal beach 🏖️
The Aquarium is quite small (10 minutes is enough) but still have sharks, skates and other interesting 🐟 And it's free in June for the families with kids 😉
And Seixal beach - is the best of the best 💖 100% black sand beach surrounded by beautiful green mountains is situated at the North coast of the island, some 40 minutes drive from Funchal.
Highly recommended for all the visitors of the island!

10/06/2020

Happy Portugal Day for all who loves Portugal! 💖

https://www.facebook.com/MadeiraWondersPrivateToursAndWalks/posts/165238818305478

07/06/2020

Medieval Market (Mercado Quinhentista) is an annual festival hold in Machico first weekend of June 🛡️ For three days the whole town goes back to centuries ago, filled with knights and ladies, farmers and minstrels ⚔️ Medieval merchants sell different handicrafts and offer workshops of pottery and woodwork. The main part of the festival is a historical parade and ship arrival dedicated to Madeira discovery time. Testing traditional food and drinks is another highlight of the festival 🍲
Great opportunity to dive into the magic atmosphere of Middle Ages!
This would be happening right now, but this year unfortunately no 😟 Looking forward to June 2021! )

06/06/2020

Parque Temático da Madeira - one of the greatest attractions for the kids in the island - is open for public again since this week! The pavilions, the boats and the playground are still closed, but the park itself is wonderful anyway, and the train is functioning already! 💖
Do you like this park as we like it? 😉

06/06/2020

Madeira was ranked among safest destinations to visit in Europe!

"There are a thousand reasons to visit Madeira, one of the most awarded destinations by travellers. Madeira is ranked among the best sunny destinations in winter, best bird watching destinations, best hikes in Europe, best destinations to celebrate New Year's Eve, among the safest beaches in Europe (Covid-19), best sunny Christmas destinations, best places to propose, best European cruises destinations, best destinations to get retired, Most paradisiacal destinations in Europe, Most romantic destinations in Europe, Best destinations for Easter in Europe, Best dolphins and whales watching destinations in Europe, ...)"
https://www.europeanbestdestinations.com/best-of-europe/coronavirus-safest-holiday-destinations

Borders of some European countries are opening to travellers now like Greece, Italy, Portugal,...but you wonder where to go on holiday in Europe for safe holidays in countries and regions less affected by coronavirus?

28/05/2020

By Wednesdays you can now dive into magic live 🎻 music by Olga & Andrey Ladeishchikov in the pleasant park cafe - experience not to be missed! 💖
We are thinking to go there again next Wednesday with kids - who wants to join? ;)

25/05/2020

Madeira is a nature lover's paradise... Our forests are full of fresh air, wild plants and are truly alive. This tree fern is a pre-historic plant from dinosaurs era - feel yourself like millions years ago 🙂
Let's go? 😉

15/05/2020

Today the beaches of Madeira are officially opened, YEAHH!!! 🙂 Two months without the ocean swimming - that was quite a lot for us.. 😉

Did anyone already tried the water - is it warm? 😉

04/05/2020

How we celebrated the end of the emergency state? Of course by walking in the forest! 🌳 It was quite a long time without walks, and we couldn't stop enjoying the fresh air and nature.. 😍
Congratulations to everyone here that the most difficult period hopefully passed and little by little we'll get back to normal life! 🙏

20/03/2020

Two days ago, before the Emergency state was announced, we decided to walk with our kids in the forest for the last time in the coming weeks ahead... Sunny day, smell of eucalyptus, sound of the levada, flowers, butterflies.. Freedom.. We actually need so few things to be happy, why sometimes we don't value them enough every day? ;)
Dear friends, we are sure - everything will be fine, the hard times will pass and we'll walk with you again very soon! Stay positive, stay at home and stay well! Força Portugall! 💖

03/03/2020

This Sunday we celebrated Maslenitsa with the Russian community of Madeira. This celebration is an Orthodox analog of Carnival and marks the end of the winter, and the beginning of lent. We've played different games, the kids learnt how to make pancakes, but we decided to skip burning Maslenitsa doll (traditional part of the celebration) as she was too beautiful for this ;)

Замечательный праздник Масленица! Наши дети растут быстро и в этом году нам удалось провести живой мастер-класс, на котором дети узнали рецепты блинов и поучаствовали в их выпечке, и каждый смог создать свою куклу Масленицу на память, но всем очень понравилась главная королева праздника, которую дети категорически отказались сжигать. Получился светлый, добрый, теплый, сытный и весёлый праздник. Спасибо всем!

27/02/2020

The taste of Carnival in the forest - wonderful Levada do Risco! ;) Finally we explored some new trail in addition to our 2-3 favorite ones ;) Thank you, dear friends, for your great company and fun!!! )

06/01/2020

Thanks to everyone who joined our event yesterday - you made this wonderful day just perfect! 😍 Walking season 2020 is opened, see you this year for more family adventures in the beautiful Madeira nature! 💖

04/01/2020

Dear friends! We wish you a wonderful, fantastic year 2020, full of happy moments shared with your family and friends! 💖 Let all your dreams come true this year! 🤩
We will celebrate the start of the year tomorrow in the forest - see you soon! )

16/12/2019

Huge fun of today - we were waiting for it so long!!! ) ❄️❄️❄️ The snowman called Kiva successfully traveled down from the mountains and is sleeping now next to our home )) 💖

14/12/2019

xMas in Machico - perfect alternative to overcrowded Funchal! Yesterday was literally no one at playground, xMas village and main square🎄 :-) But for those who still like to be surrounded by people to feel Christmas mood - tomorrow Pai Natal is arriving to Machico, promising to be funny time for kids! Hint: the best poncha is next to Aldeia do Natal ;-)

12/12/2019

Simply having a wonderful Christmastime 💖

12/12/2019

Christmas arrived in Santa Cruz!!! ❄️❄️❄️

12/12/2019

For those who missed ice skating - once in a year you have a chance to skate!!! Very funny experience for all the family :-)

04/11/2019

Yesterday we went to the beautiful forest to find the Autumn on this island of Eternal Spring, and we found it - full of orange maples, red mushrooms and fresh air – our favorite time of the year indeed! ) Lovely day – thank you very much, friends, we missed our walks and we missed golden Autumn a lot! 🍁