Must see nightlife in Funchal

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The quintessential British–Madeiran experience is afternoon tea at Reid's. Some 24 types of tea, as well as cucumber sandwiches, delicate cakes and…

The conspicuous assemblage of tent-roofed structures overlooking the marina is Funchal's only microbrewery, pumping out a decent German-style lager to go…

Funchal's top chain of bakeries has been milling coffee beans and blackening the surfaces of pastel de nata since 1844, and its neatly designed cafes are…

This bar-restaurant attempts to recreate the shop-taverns of the early 20th century, once the community hubs across the island. Special focus here falls…

Some claim that this club within the casino is Funchal's best night out. Music from the '80s and '90s, a resident DJ, regular live acts from Brazil,…

Celebrating the music of the 1960s to 1990s, this great little club-bar livens up weekends in the Zona Velha. Friday nights are all about paying nostalgic…

Titchy, micro-space bar created as ecologically as possible (eco-friendly paints, A-rated electrical appliances), which really comes alive at weekends…

Madeira's top nightclub has been around since 1980 and was once the only place on the island for a proper night out. It's still the funnest, funkiest…

Offering Madeira's own rum, the William Hinto brand, this is a superb addition to the Zona Velha drinking scene. The smooth tipple in question is made…

More than a hundred teas are available at this tiny tearoom, whose tables spill out onto sunny Praça do Colombo. Snacks and light lunches accompany the…

Around since 1841, the Golden Gate is one of Funchal's best-known cafes, though it lost its olde-worlde charm in a glitzy refurb a few years ago. Skip the…

This stylish cafe attached to the Teatro Baltazar Dias is open all day but really comes into its own after dark. Choose from a people-watching spot on the…

Outside-only cafe-bar above the complexo balnear (swimming complex) at the eastern end of the Zona Velha offering snacks and drinks to the sound of brine…

Lurking in the loggia of the Museu de Arte Sacra, this is the museum's excellent cafe by day, but after dark it turns into a nightspot, especially at the…

Specialising in Madeiran poncha (sugar-cane spirit drink), this small Zona Velha bar often crams Rua de Santa Maria with drinkers until the early hours. A…

The tea garden in the grounds of the Universo de Memórias João Carlos Abreu is a tranquil place to relax over a cuppa between museums.

Housed in a traditional low Madeiran building, now overshadowed on all sides by glass-and-steel hotel edifices, Pub No 2 has been around forever and still…

Now loomed over by the new Savoy, Funchal's longest-established British pub has sports TV, Sunday roasts, occasional live music and a low-lit interior –…