Insanely gorgeous views from Madeira Island in Portugal
Hello, friends! Welcome to installment one of our European Summer Adventure! We started our travels off with four days on Madeira Island in Portugal. This was a press trip, so I can’t share all of the details, but what I can say is that it was the trip of a lifetime. So gorgeous. So special.
But first, we flew from Denver to Montreal and had a six-hour layover, which gave us a bit of time to explore. Here’s what we did …
It was super quick, but I’m glad we got a chance to check out Montreal a bit and stretch our legs before our seven-hour flight to Lisbon. The girls were so great. Emilia slept the entire flight (so jealous), and the two bigger girls know how to keep themselves entertained on long-haul flights by now. (TV and more TV, basically ;))
We had another 2-hour flight from Lisbon to the island of Madeira, and then we were here! In paradise! It was so breathtaking. We really did feel so luck to have been able to experience it.
Here’s a bit of what we saw and did.
The view from our balcony was spectacular.All of the food was sensational.There were so many pools! We made the most of … all of them!My little swimmer <3Ice cream was a big hit, as well 😉Such gorgeous views, everywhere you look.The ocean pool was a BIG HIT, particularly since it had fish and snails in it!More insane food. We ate well …Chris and I even put the kids in the kids’ club and had a private wine & cheese tasting on Father’s Day. Not a bad way to spend the afternoon 😉Cheers to these views!The hibachi restaurant was a massive hit!Kids’ Club face painting perfection.We went for a hike in Laurisilva, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it was perfection.Our guide, Nelson, showed us so many beautiful things.Then he took us to a local cafe, which was so yummy!And to the Cristo Rei statue.This view is incredible. That road … yikes 😉Such a pretty area <3Back in the pool … aka their natural habitat.Crab-hunting in the natural pool was so cool!Then we made Chris’ dreams come true … we went on a dolphin tour and saw. so. many. dolphins!So many! This photo does not do it justice. They seemed so happy, too! The dolphins swam along with our boat for the longest time.They were jumping in the air, swimming right up next to the boat … making new baby dolphins 😉 It was a very surreal experience.Then we stopped here, which was incredible, and went SWIMMING!I’m so proud of this girl, who ALWAYS gets in the water and ALWAYS loves to explore <3We had our final dinner of the trip in a working lighthouse.With these views.It was incredible <3
And that was it, friends. Three full days went by way too quickly, but we were so happy to have experienced it. And now, we’re off to Spain! We can’t wait to see what adventures that city holds for us. Until then … bis bald, friends!
