This photo shows two great works in Funchal maid for two big names of arts and architecture in the world.

The statue, designed by the Lagoa Henriques, is the Empress Elizabeth, better known as Sissi, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which came to Madeira twice. Although there are other interpretations, came for the first time in November 1860 for health reasons. The island was known as therapy office, with a favorable climate for the treatment of tuberculosis.

The life of Sissi finally became a myth.

This statue in bronze and naturtal in size, is a tribute the city of Funchal.

As for the building, besides being a flagship hotel of the city, the Pestana Casino Park, built in the gardens where Sissi was there, is a result of the pencil of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

The Pacif Dream cruise ship came to Madeira all friday with tourists, much of them are from Portugal. A few are from my island, named Madeira, and the others are from continental territory. But, in this Pullmantur's ship, there are passengers from others countries.

In this photo I show a different perspective to see the ship and Funchal bay.

A different view from Largo António Nobre for the most emblematic hotel in Funchal, the Reid's Palace

An easy way to clean the city

Partial view of Funchal from Quinta Vigia, official residence of president regional government

A different view of a garden with rocks lights in CS Madeira, a five star hotel in Funchal

Confeitaria Felisberta or Patisserie Felisberta, in english. This is the name of one of the most famous cake shops of the city of Funchal, situated in Rua das Pretas. However, what we see in the photo shows that, unfortunately, is closed. Closed to the public, who never had access to wonderful recipes of cakes and sweets where each customer could serve up, and closed his knowledge.

The patisserie was closed for many years, and shows the deterioration with the name about to disappear. Unfortunately nobody is interested to recover it. I have the perception that this type of offer differentiates a destination such as Madeira.

In Funchal there are three ways to send the mail. Besides the green mail, which is inside the station and is for those who purchase the packages in pre-payment, there are these two landmarks. The red is for normal mail, the traditional. And the blue, where we pay for mail to goo faster. Is called the blue post or Correio Azul, in portuguese.

However, this offer is not very well perceived by thousands of tourists who visit us. So often are in doubt which should put the postcards with images of the island of Madeira.

This is one of the views of the Cathedral of Funchal (the tower on the right) most photographed. It is captured through the "Largo do Chafariz".

The tower on the left belongs to a typical building of the city where it is today the Santander bank.