Top 10 Madeira (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

Left Cabbage leaf plate, Casa do Turista Right Embroidery at Bazar Oliveiras
Places to Shop
! Mercado dos Lavradores
Make it a daily habit while in
Funchal to visit the market and
shop for picnic ingredients or
souvenirs, or simply savour the
colourful bustle (see pp18–19).
Madeira Shopping @ Madeira Shopping provides
retail therapy for shopaholics:
top European brands, and over
100 stores in one mall. Follow
signs from the São Martinho exit
of the Via Rapida, or take the
free shuttle bus (weekdays only)
from the hotel zone. d Caminho de
Santa Quitéria 45, Santo António • Map G5
£ Casa do Turista
All the elegance of a bygone
era: Madeiran and mainland Portuguese
textiles, ceramics, silver
and glassware displayed in a
stately town house. d Rua do Conselheiro
José Silvestre Ribeiro 2 (below
the Teatro Municipal) • Map Q2
$ Galerias São Lourenço
At Funchal’s most upmarket
shopping mall you will find
everything from sunglasses and
children’s clothes to elegant
kitchen- and tableware. d Avenida
Arriaga 41 • Map P2
% Arcadas de São Francisco
The cobbled yard where
wine barrels were once made for
the São Francisco Wine Lodge is
now a mall selling top-brand
fashions, ethnic-inspired furnishings
and jewellery. d Rua de São
Francisco 20 • Map P2
Marina Shopping Centre
^ Three floors packed with
every kind of shop, from surf
clothing to books, and from chic
shoes and bags to antique
postcards. d Avenida Arriaga 75
• Map Q2
Rua das Murças & Come to this narrow citycentre
street for keenly priced
shops like Bazar Oliveiras (No.
6), selling leather, embroidery,
tapestry, and all kinds of Madeiran
souvenirs. Most shops open
10am–8pm daily. d Map P3
* Antiques Quarter
Shops selling contemporary
art or old maps and engravings,
chests, chandeliers, mirrors and
Chinese spice jars, furniture and
clocks. d Rua da Mouraria and Rua de
São Pedro • Map P2, N2
( Bazar do Povo
Opposite the cathedral, Funchal’s
oldest department store
has been well maintained over
the years and lives up to its
name (“People’s Bazaar”) by
stocking everything from DVDs
to religious statues. d Largo do
Chafariz/Rua do Aljube • Map P3
) Rua Dr. Fernão Ornelas
Funchal’s main shopping
street is a wonderful mix of chic
boutiques sitting cheek-by-jowl
with grocers selling coffee and
pungent salt cod. Most shops
close on Saturday afternoon and
Sunday. d Map P4
Around Funchal 69