madeira

MADEIRA Strap on your hiking boots and prepare for a trek that will test your physical limits, challenge your sanity, and make you question why you ever thought it was a good idea to voluntarily walk for days on end.  We head to the island of Madeira.  Welcome to this travel blog, where we embark on the Madeira Island Ultra Trail (MIUT) - a long distance hike full of adventures, misadventures, steps, and burning thighs that will leave you wondering if you’ll ever walk the same way again. MADEIRA - DAY 1 Very early start! 3:30am to be precise, although it didn't feel too bad - I think that's often the case when you're off on an adventure. And it was worth it to arrive at our hotel by eleven thirty with almost the whole day ahead to explore the local area.  We stayed at Hotel Dom Pedro in Machico, a coastal town on the east of Madeira. We went for lunch first and had a 'Prego' - a Portuguese sandwich of fried steak with crushed garlic hammered (literally!) into it to give the most incredible flavours. Needless to say we polished it off before heading off on a walk along the coast. Dinner was at Talhadas - conveniently right next to our hotel. We kept it fairly relaxed on day zero - after dinner the only thing left to do was the inevitable last minute panic shop at the local supermarket for sustenance.  Accommodation: Hotel Dom Pedro https://madeira.dompedro.com/pt/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=website_dpmadeira  Dinner: https://www.facebook.com/talhadasrestaurantepub/ MADEIRA - DAY 2 Definitely not an alpine start 😂  Up [...]