Lonely Planet Pocket Madeira (Travel Guide)

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Lonely Planet`s Pocket Guide will give you both encouragement to explore and much very useful information.

The Teleférico das Achadas da Cruz, on the island’s northwest corner, is 600m long, lasts five minutes and is one of the steepest cable cars in Europe.Madeira also used to be the most important center of sugar production in the world and there are still six operational sugarcane mills/distilleries on the island.

For more mainstream garlicky goodness, get yourself a hunk of local bolo do caco – a round of bread laden with vampire-repelling butter. Portugal's enchanting island of Madeira has been crowned Europe's Leading Island Destination 2020 at the World Travel Awards, which probably won't come as a surprise as it has won the award for seven out of the past eight years. The banana passionfruit essentially looks like an elongated passionfruit, while the pineapple banana has a distinctive skin patterned with green hexagons, which peel back to reveal a sweet, pale flesh.Admire Se cathedral, wander awe-struck through Quinta das Cruzes Museum and Museu de Arte Sacra and hike the Levada paths; all with your trusted travel companion. Madeira's most ubiquitous dish is black scabbardfish with banana and passion fruit sauce, but more memorable specialities include bolo do mel (honey cake) from Fábrica Santo António, gaiado (dry pickled skipjack tuna), black scabbardfish sandwiches and Madeira's own beloved passion fruit soda, Brisa.