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World Cup 2026

It's not coming home...

You will be able to see a lot of the games in Ocean Bar, including England's valiant efforts. All games up to 10pm kickoff will be shown in the bar, so this includes Englands 3 games, Wed 17th at 9pm, v Croatia, Tue 23rd at 9pm v Ghana and Sat 27th at 10pm v Panama.

 

Unfortunately Scotlands games are only for the hardcore, being 2am on Sunday 14th, and 11pm Fri 19th v Morocco and Wed 24th v Brazil. For the 11pm games the bar will put them on if people ask, and will stay open if you drink enough.

 

In terms of Fanzones in town, there is one close to the cathedral in Praça da Restauraçao, showing even the early morning games. 

 

If you want to watch in your room, some games are on RTP, SIC and TVI, including all Portuguese games. Also ZDF show some games in German but these are often blocked due to rights issues. Also a Youtube channel LivemodeTV (part owned by Cristiano Ronaldo) have the rights to show the same games as those channels plus a few others. 

     

18 June 8pm Switzerland v Bosnia RTP

20 June 9pm Germany v Ivory Coast TVI   

23 June 6pm Portugal v Uzbekistan         

25 June 9pm Ecuador v Germany SIC

26 June 8pm Norway v France TVI             

28 June 0030 Colombia v Portugal

 

Of course the most obvious link with Madeira is CR7 still running around for Portugal. for those looking for more obscure links, there are a few ex Maritimo players at the tournament. Daizen Maeda is playing for Japan, Diney for Cape Verde, Ali Alipour leading the line for Iran.

 

Is progressing well, and we think it will surprise you. Think 'Les Suites in the old town'. It should open 2027.

Who knows what's next... In the words of our CEO 'we continue to seek investment opportunities not only in Portugal, as we would like to offer our guests the chance to experience our hospitality beyond the regions where we are currently present, while also challenging our teams with new and motivating professional adventures, which ultimately depend on the growth of the Group.'

 

And also... we bought Casa Madeirense and are presently knocking it down... let's see what happens...

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AGM 2026

The date is finally in. Thursday 24 September. More info to follow...

 

Free Half Board

In the Algarve, bookings until 30th June, for dates 1st June to 31st October if you book semi flexible (means the first night is non refundable).

PortoBay Hotels & Resorts

For the offer, and the cool video.

Also Free Breakfast in Lisbon, for the same dates.

 

Força Maritimo e Nacional

Its all a bit exciting as Maritimo sit on top of the world. Well, the second division.  You might have felt the aftershocks even in the uk, a fortnight ago the 9 men of Maritimo beat Benfica B to clinch promotion back to the top league. Apart from the well over 1000 who travelled to Lisbon, thousands celebrated the big screen fanzone set up at the stadium:

Marítimo Festeja regresso à Primeira Liga

and then a full stadium saw them win the title and collect the trophy.

Summary: Marítimo 3-2 Leixões - Liga Portugal Meu Super | esporte tv - YouTube

Roll on August

 

EES is in, finally, apparently.

They are apparently not used on all flights, and most people say it doesnt take much longer and it will speed it up the next time you come. If in doubt, go early is our motto so best to do that with any flights to the EU until its up and running smoothly.

 

New Big Boss

Dr. Trindade has retired as CEO, although he is staying as Chairman, and the new CEO is Claudio Santos.

 

John has Gone

Well just up the hill. As John's role changed over the last 17 months, the amount of timeshare work he was doing reduced and Ecommerce work increased. Now John has been moved up to the Ecommerce office, which is just up the slope from Reception beside Reservations. Anything he did that wasn't football or golf (he's still doing both) Clare or Cindy are now doing better, apart from Reservations, for which you should go to the new Reservations mini office outside of Atlantida.

 

Flights new flights

Jet2 is opening a base at Gatwick, and this winter will fly from Monday 26 October, with a Friday flight joining it from the week after. So far it seems to be winter only as it stops after 30 April 2027 and then restarts in October. 

 

SAM+EACL+Rodoeste=New Tickets are here, finally...

Finally they have the new tickets, and with more options too. Pre purchased tickets are €1,45 per journey in Funchal or €1,95 the rest of the island, instead of paying €2.05 or €2,65 respectively on the bus. Also they are selling a tourist specific one, which looks more expensive but includes the aerobus.

 

More info here

 

 

 

Alfama Portuguese Wines

& Mediterranean Flavours

Tuesday is wine night with a delicious Mediterranean 5 course dinner, Paulo's perfect wine pairing, live music. ..

Live Music in Alfama

Live music Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7pm in Alfama

Friday is Golfday

Join John, for a friendly cheap-ish game of golf on fridays. Everything is included and dont worry its not a competition!

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