Cristiano Ronaldo Footballer's Statue and My Favourite Sites in Portugal, Madeira and Portuguese Speaking Brazil

Portugal
First stop
is Lisbon.


Lisbon's Belem tower, a symbol of the city.

Monument to Henry the Navigator
At a distance the figures are very small. You need a zoom lens. You may prefer to read up about the statue people shown in advance of your visit, using Wikipedia or a guidebook.

The Algarve sandy beaches and rock formations.
See the Punta da Piedade (Point of mercy).

On one occasion we flew direct to Faro airport and did fly-drive, picking up a hire car.
On another holiday we enjoyed the drive south through cork trees down the west coast of Portugal.

Portugal Travel Highlights -
Lisbon, the capital city

Port and Douro Wine Route, Portugal
Algarve beaches via Faro airport

Madeira
In the capital Funchal you will find two or more Madeira wine locations. We booked from home in advance for all of our hiking group. A centrally located shop where you can book a Madeira tasting and talk for a group is Pereiro D'Oliveriras. We had previously met their rep when they were giving a tasting of Madeira wines in a wine shop in Eton in the UK.

Company Pereira D`Oliveiras, Funchal

Karelj - Own work. Wikipedia.

MADEIRA
Known for Madeira wine, switchback road, walks along the levadas, and the visual appeal of the little triangular houses, one of which we saw was a flower shop where I bought fruit seeds.

Cristiano Ronaldo, football player, statue by Madeiran sculptor Ricardo Velosa in Funchal, Madeira. Photo by TeWeBs in Wikipedia.
The airport was renamed Cristiano Ronaldo. A bust of the player was controversial as some people did not think it was a likeness or that it was not flattering. So the full size sculpture was commissioned.

You can also visit a museum all about the football player and an adjacent hotel.

Vineyard growing among other cultures in the tropical influenced climate near Santana, Madeira.

Karel Vízner, GEUM - Self-photographed

wine fields near town Santana, Madeira.

BRAZIL
Brazilian Tourist Board
https://www.visitbrasil.com/
See Rio, the beach, and the modern city of Brasilia.




Useful Websites

Travel

Portuguese Tourist Board

https://www.visitportugal.com/en

Pousadas

https://www.pousadasportugal.com/

Language

http://duolingo.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language
https://translate.google.com/

earwormslearning.com

Madeira
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/destinos/madeira
Story of vintage Madeira wind discovered in the USA
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/madeira-wine-two-hundred-year-old-found-fortified-cellar-new-jersey-liberty-hall-union-a7835881.html
http://www.kean.edu/libertyhall/about/history
Football Museum
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museu_CR7
duolingo.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira

TOURIST BOARDS GROUPED TOGETHER

visitportugal.com

visitbrasil.com

http://www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/homepage

ANGELA LANSBURY BLOG POSTS

http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/port-and-portuguese-wine-labels-and.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-to-ask-for-food-and-drink-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/learn-your-first-ten-words-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-do-you-say-please-in-portuguese-is.

http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2017/03/madeira-madeira-wine-portugal-and.html

About The Author
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, blogger, author of 20 books including an ebook on Improve Your English, from Amazon, and teacher of English and Business English and other languages to individuals, colleges and companies. For more information on learning languages see the previous posts. For information on sites to see in Spain and Portugal see the next post. Please bookmark your favourite posts and share the links with your family, friends and colleagues.