Although   there isn’t sufficient evidence, Madeira is thought to be discovered by Phoenicians at an early period. Additionally Pliny refers  to specific Purple islands that seem to correspond to the Fortunate Islands or Canaries. According to Plutarch (Sertorius ,75 AD) after returning to Cadiz “he met seamen recently arrived from Atlantic islands, two in

A number  of activities is offered to you in order to satisfy even the most demanding leisure requirements securing the perfect holidays! The Atlantic invites you to go  fishing, sailing , whale and dolphin spotting, water skiing, surfing, diving and swimming above all.

For the romantics, a tale for two lovers Robert Machim and Anna d’ Arfet , coming from  England  to France in 1346  were driven off their course by a storm and cast on the coast of Madeira at a place that was named Machino at the memory of one of them.