September 2019
Wine Harvest Festivities – Quinta do Estreito
Integrated in the celebrations held around the island in tribute to locals ancient wine-making traditions activities, the Quinta do Estreito annually organises a wide range of cultural activities as part of the grape harvest festival. This event includes inter-cultural activities with the purpose of showcasing different ethnographic situations; visitors and residents are invited to participate in the grape harvest and experience some of Madeira’s delicious culinary delicacies. 11am - Vintage Live (hotel guests) noon - Carring grapes to the wine…
Find out more »Madeira Wine Festival – Live harvest in Câmara de Lobos
On Saturday morning all attention is focused on the Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, where the Wine Harvest Festival takes place. The harvest takes place on a Madeiran farm, followed by an ethnographic parade with the participation of a large number of folklore and ethnography groups. After the parade the treading of the grapes is re-enacted - participation is free - using a traditional press in a festive atmosphere with lots of musical entertainment and regional cuisine.
Find out more »Madeira Classic Car Rally
The Madeira Classic Car Club (Clube de Automóveis Clássicos da Madeira - CACM) promotes another edition of the Madeira Classic Car Rally. The tour is integrated in the FPAK (Portuguese Federation for Automobiles and Karting). The event provides its participants the chance to experience the symbiosis between sport and nature in a competitive race characterized for being both a cultural and also a social event, and will take place on September 7th and 8th.
Find out more »Nossa Senhora Da Piedade (Fisherman’s Festivity)
The traditional "Nossa Senhora da Piedade" Festivity is celebrated every year in Caniçal parish. Thousands of people participate in the festivity in honour of Our Lady of Mercy, which is held on the third weekend of September. This festivity is very similar to other religious festivals in Madeira, a religious festivity to be held between September 14th and 15th. The particularity of this festival is that the procession is made by sea to the small chapel located at the top…
Find out more »35th Apple Festival
Festa-do-Pero-2019 This characteristically rural event brings together many farmers from several neighbouring regions, which turn the production of the “pêro”, common name for apple, into a widely animated festival of great projection, along with its usual food and drink stalls. This event will take place between September 14th and 15th
Find out more »Wine Harvest Festivities – Quinta do Furão
Every year the Quinta do Furão Hotel joins in with the countless cultural displays held round the island, as part of the celebrations of the wine harvest, in a cultural event held in the month of September. For the occasion the Quinta do Furão has programmed a set of educational-cultural activities providing both guests and the general public the opportunity of taking part in a traditional live harvest festival, sampling a buffet inspired by the island’s traditional cuisine and to…
Find out more »Concertos – L
The Estalagem da Ponta do Sol, in collaboration with Madeira Tourism Board, the company “Urbanistas” and the Madeira Music Conservatoire, hosts another edition of “L Concerts". This cultural initiative whose projection has been establishing itself in national and international levels. With the aim of making the most of the summer and enjoying a good open air concert the Hotel Estalagem da Ponta do Sol promotes the show "L Concerts". Between the 17th of July and the 28th September, are programmed…
Find out more »World Tourism Day
Madeira, tourist destination par excellence, could not miss joining in on the commemorations of the World Tourism Day, held on September,27th. In commemoration of this important occasion, social and cultural activities and animation initiatives have been planned in the city centre of Funchal, such as free admission into some museums and gardens. Tourists will also be greeted with flowers and gifts upon their arrival at Madeira’s International Airport, at the International Maritime Passenger terminal of the Port of Funchal and…
Find out more »Concertos – L
The Estalagem da Ponta do Sol, in collaboration with Madeira Tourism Board, the company “Urbanistas” and the Madeira Music Conservatoire, hosts another edition of “L Concerts". This cultural initiative whose projection has been establishing itself in national and international levels. With the aim of making the most of the summer and enjoying a good open air concert the Hotel Estalagem da Ponta do Sol promotes the show "L Concerts". Between the 17th of July and the 28th September, are programmed…
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