This bay can be called the hotels bay. In there we can find some of the most important hotels in the city.

This store is now closed after having sold merchandising associated with the celebration of the city of Funchal 500 years which concluded on 21 August 2008. They were pieces of the international designer Fatima Lopes, who was born in Funchal. Was open until a few weeks ago.

From July 30 to August 1 back to Madeira roads another rally, the Rally Vinho Madeira (Madeira wine rally) one of the top in Europe. This photo shows the car of pilot's Peugeot Portuguese Bruno Magalhães, national champion a few times. The car came to Funchal in this days and stay now on a French brand stand.

This photo show some small towers in the city. In the beginning, many decades ago, was to see when the ship arrive.

An Y in wood, a piece of art in the lobby in five-star CS Madeira

A man in the window of Volcan Tijarafe a Naviera Armas ferry, during one of its two weekly passes the port of Funchal. The vessel linking the Canaries to Madeira, and this island to the Algarve in southern Portugal, and back.

The stones that you see in the photo is what remains of the Pilar de Banger (Pillar of Banger). A tower built in 1798 by the English in the then John Light Banger on Rua da Praia (Street Beach), which today no longer exists. Had about 30 meters and a diameter at the base of 3 meters.

Was used as a crane for transporting goods from ships to anchor in the bay and as a place to watch ships against pirates, and then as a signpost.

For decades, Funchal was known, described and painted with the image of this monument.

Eventually demolished in 1939 to be built the Avenida do Mar (Avenue of the Sea), despite protests from many of the people and the press.

In 1987 the works on Avenida do Mar brought again to light some stones that were buried. Other lost it ...

It was rebuilt in part with some of the original rocks and not far from where erected outside.

This old bus was recovered and is ready to move. Can make travel tourist. It is a drop of water in the middle of modern buses that travel daily through the city.

This is a restaurant in Funchal, near the rock and sand black beach. The base of it it's a iacht that they say belonged to the Beatles. We can read that in the back of the iacht. That's a good proposal, said you. It was good if they don't put the Vagrant with many folk things what put it not minimally attractive.