Funchal`s Zona Velha (Old Town), formerly the city`s slum, is now an area of quaint cobbled streets with craft shops occupying the low, one-roomed houses where at one time whole families slept, ate and played. The old fishing community has not been entirely eradicated, however, for there is still a working boatyard at the western end of the Zona Velha. At the eastern end, under the walls of the Fortaleza de São Tiago, there is a tinny black-pebble beach (the Praia da Barreirinha) where local people still come to bathe and eat grilled sardines sold by enterprising street vendors.” (pg. 26)
“Travellers Madeira” (2001), Hampshire: AA Publishing
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