Welcome to Madeira


Where in the fascination of Madeira lies, its essential spirit and potent charm, it is not easy to say, but certain it is that she throws gold-dust into the eyes of all who yield to her spell, and it is through a glamour of enchantment that they behold her.No romance of an ancient civilization casts a halo of glory round her past, for but five hundred years of chequered history lie behind her.” (Pg. 40 )

Hutcheon, J. E. (1928) “Things seen in Madeira”, Plymouth: William Brendow & Son, Ltd.

Wednesday 25 May 2011

What others said about Madeira......




“The excellence of the climate of Madeira as a winter residence for pulmonary and other patients has been attested by Dr. Fothergill who wrote so far back as 1775, by Dr. Adams in 1801, by Dr. Gourlay in 1811, by Dr. Pitta in 1812, all from personal observation”.   (pg. 63)

Hughes, T.M. (1845) “Island of Madeira – The Ocean Flower”, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, Paternoster row

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