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You'll have a grandstand seat for The Allegoric Flower Parade, one of the festival's highlights, and see floats making their way through the streets of downtown Funchal as live music and fragrant ...

The capital of Madeira Island, Funchal is where most of the hotels are, and where shops sell the colorful local attire. Also see Funchal's cathedral and botanical gardens with its wide variety of ...