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the flowers and the famous Madeira wine, also constitute an important contribution toward
the regional economy. The currency used in all of Portugal is the euro, since 1 January
1999.
Madeirans are big on religion. The predominant religion in Madeira is Roman Catholic
although there is a small Protestant community as well, but since the Portuguese
Constitution guarantees religious freedom, there are a number of different religions in
Portugal and everyone is accepted. But still, we can say that the people here are quite
religious and most of their main festivities and celebrations are focused on the celebration
of their Catholic saints.
CÂMARA DE LOBOS
Câmara de Lobos is a city on the south coast of the Madeira Island and has about 35,000
inhabitants spread over an area of 51.82 km2.
The name of this city means Chamber
of Wolves and it comes from the fact
that at the time of the discovery of the
island loads of sea lions (called sea
wolves in Portuguese) were sighted at
the bay that still retains the same
configuration.
Câmara de Lobos is only 10 km away
from Funchal, which is a 10-15 minutes’
drive with a car, and around 20-30
minutes by bus. There are buses from
the company Rodoeste that stop in the
centre of Câmara de Lobos and go to
the centre of Funchal with the price of
2.20E for 1 way ticket
(http://www.rodoeste.com.pt/). Also if you are up for a short 10min walk just outside of the
city, you can also catch the busses number 3 and number 1 from the public city transport
of Funchal – Horários do Funchal with the price of the 1 way ticket is 1.95E or if you have
their Giro card, 1.35E (http://www.horariosdofunchal.pt/).