{"id":14666,"date":"2025-11-26T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=14666"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:43:41","slug":"hawaii-of-europe-how-madeiras-lush-hiking-trails-offer-scenery-worthy-of-a-movie-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=14666","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hawaii of Europe\u2019: how Madeira\u2019s lush hiking trails offer scenery worthy of a movie set"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On my right, Jurassic fern fronds and violet morning glories cascade over a cliff on crystalline water, smashing into the craggy shore hundreds of feet below. To my left, lime-green succulents cling to a wall of volcanic rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see why Portuguese call this \u2018the Garden in the Ocean\u2019,\u201d says Silvia Mota, a guide for tour operator Backroads\u2019 new walking and hiking trip in Madeira, Portugal.<\/p>\n

This lush, 286 square mile (740 sq km) island \u2013 almost three times the size of Martha\u2019s Vineyard<\/span>, an island off the coast of the US state of Massachusetts that is famous for its pristine beaches \u2013 has inspired a lot of nicknames.<\/div>\n

It has been dubbed the Pearl of the Atlantic, a nod to the ocean that surrounds it, while its reputation for comfortable year-round temperatures has spawned another dreamy moniker: the Island of Eternal Spring.<\/p>\n

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Hiking is a huge draw to Madeira, Portugal. Photo: TNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The word madeira means \u201cwood\u201d in Portuguese. That is what explorers found when they discovered this densely forested, uninhabited island in the 15th century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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