Ola Maninhos! I would like to share with you my personal project. There are two options to climb to Teatro Metaphora’s building and Ilheu Park . You can go by a asfalt road or use a stairs. The stairs are located next to the beach on the south part of the city. I like this … More The Royal Stairs
Me and other volunteers try to discover island and see beautiful parts of it in the weekends. This time we decided to hava a walk with a view of Camara de Lobos. There is perfect path for it -Levada do Norte. It is very long levada, so we chose just part of it. It is … More Walk with the view of Camara de Lobos
Boa tarde, We arrange another great event. It was organise within the Innovation and Social Transformation Program – PRINT. It promotes by the Regional Directorate for Youth. The point is to promote more sustainable behaviors and responsible consumption. We choose topic of fashion and textile industry and their influence for environment and our lifes. We … More Scouts on Metaphora
Ola! This time I would like to present you activity in which Metaphora’s team participated. It was the training course: “Sicily against Hate Speech”. Fifteen people from different countries (Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Portugal, Spain, Poland) participate in this event. The training was online and it was organised by Generazione Zero from Sicily. In the seminar … More Sicily and Madeira Against Hate Speech
Volunteering at Teatro Metaphora gave me a chance to share my favourite method of upcycling clothes during a creative and eco-friendly workshops. … More Upcycle your clothes with Botanic Print
I would like to share with you one of my best moments during my stay in Madeira. Together with my friends I decided to go hiking from Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo – the most famous hike on the island of Madeira in Portugal. Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo are two of the highest peaks in … More Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo Hike
Vegetarians have a quite tough life on Madeira if they want to take a break from the kitchen and go out to eat. The basics of Madeiran cuisine are meat and fish – the national dishes are espetada made with beef, fish called espada with bananas or prego with beef and ham. There’s still bolo … More Vegetarian/vegan restaurants around Funchal
The Island of Madeira is mostly known for the large plantations of banana which can be found mainly in the southern part. But due to the hospitable microclimate, there are a huge amount of plant species that can be grown and bloom multiple times for a whole year. During the centuries people introduced to Madeira … More Extraordinary fruits of Madeira
Madeira, known as the island of Eternal Spring, is a Garden of Eden for plenty of kinds of animals. Thanks to the warm climate during the whole year, the plants are blossoming a few times which provides food resources to many herbivore species. On Madeira can be found 3 endemic bird species which means that … More Endemic birds of Madeira
On the beginning of the December 1950 to Funchal arrived passanger ship “Durban Castle”. On the board was sir Winston Churchill. Britians lived on the island and locals walcomed appreciated politician very warm. Churchill stayed in famous hotel Reid’s Palace. The purpose of his visit on Madeira was the invitention of Reid’s. It was marketing … More Churchill in Câmara de Lobos
