Many places are associated with good food, its smell and taste. Of course, good food also implies a good drink. I wrote about the traditional dishes you should taste during your visit to Madeira in the previous article: What to taste in Madeira? In this...

Endless banana plantations, slopes covered with vineyards, beds of strelicia and other exotic flowers, fresh fish and tropical fruits of all colors in the local markets – this is Madeira – the "Pearl of the Atlantic". What should you taste during your stay in Madeira?...

The building of the Austrian Parliament is one of the sights that no visitor to Vienna should miss. It is located in the center, on the Ring, and attracts attention just because it resembles Greek buildings. It is not a coincidence. Greece is the cradle...

I visited Timișoara for the first time in 2023 when it was the European Capital of Culture. I was positively surprised by the offer of cultural events, especially in the area of ​​modern art. An exhibition of the outstanding Romanian surrealist sculptor and painter Victor...

If you lived two hundred years ago, came from the upper social classes, had breathing problems or suffered from something that doctors could not deal with, they would definitely send you to warm regions, to some warm and damp place. Madeira was one of these...

Monte, at an altitude of 600 meters above the capital, was a popular excursion destination even in the past. Especially in the summer, the air here is fresher than down in Funchal. Rich families and wealthy guests from the European mainland therefore rented houses here...

I live in Vienna. I have already visited Wagenburg several times – a museum where around 60 carriages are exhibited, manufactured and used from the Baroque to the end of the monarchy. So I confess that I was quite skeptical when I learned that during...

I belong to the generation when many of us spent our childhood holidays in the countryside with our grandparents where we saw how a cow was milked, how butter was made or how bread baked. Today, these activities are harder to find; luckily there are...

Like many visitors to Madeira, we stayed in Funchal and toured the island from there. The island is 57 km long and 22 km wide, you can go around it all in one day and you will definitely be surprised by the concentration of diversity...

When you say Madeira and wine, everyone immediately thinks about the dessert fortified wine that has made the island famous all over the world. But traditional wines are also produced in Madeira, even if it is only 5% of the total wine production. There are...

Madeira – also called the Floating Garden in the Atlantic – is a great destination for those who like flowers and to photograph them. As I do, too. Madeira will start by serving you a colourful palette of flowers immediately after landing at the airport...

In pre-Christmas time, thousands of visitors from all over the world visit Vienna to enjoy the unique atmosphere, taste the punch and buy at least a little something at one of the Christmas markets. One of the traditional Christmas symbols is the nativity scene –...