Must-see shopping in Funchal

  • Patrício & Gouveia

    Funchal

    Funchal's classiest souvenir emporium is a world away from the bird-of-paradise-flower fridge magnets and Chinese T-shirts of the Hotel Zone. This…

  • Bordal

    Funchal

    Bordal is Madeira's top embroidery company, its mark (a hologram) a guarantee the item you are buying has been made on the island. The shop specialises in…

  • Fábrica Ribeiro Sêco

    Funchal

    The Fábrica Ribeiro Sêco has revived some of the sugar-processing traditions that once made Madeira wealthy. Buy the island's famous molasses, bolo de mel…

  • Livraria Esperança

    Funchal

    This huge shop selling secondhand and new books fills an entire palace and claims to stock more than 100,000 titles, making it Portugal's largest. Most of…

  • Armazém do Mercado

    Funchal

    Exquisitely renovated by architect Paul David, the man behind Calheta's Casa das Mudas, this old embroidery factory and mechanic's shop has been…

  • Lillie Ceramics

    Funchal

    Thrown, fired, glazed and sold in this shop run by two Finnish sisters, the ceramics on sale here sport delicate, Madeira-themed motifs, most of a floral…

  • Fabrica Santo Antonio

    Funchal

    A delightfully old-fashioned shop, with its early 20th-century display cases, scales and counters still in place, from which staff offer the classic made…

  • Forum Madeira

    Funchal

    If you are staying in one of the many hotels or self-catering flats at the western end of the Hotel Zone, you will at some point gravitate towards this…

  • Santa Luzia Flea Market

    Funchal

    Every last Sunday of the month a flea market takes place at the Jardim de Santa Luzia. There's all sorts of bric-a-brac on sale, including secondhand…

  • La Vie

    Funchal

    This 21st-century mall is the best shopping centre between Lisbon and New York. In addition to the big-name shops, it also has a pharmacy, a large…

  • Madeira Shopping

    Funchal

    Madeira's largest shopping mall, situated high above the city centre in the Santo António neighbourhood. There are more than 100 shops, plus restaurants…

  • Artecouro

    Funchal

    This small, unmarked emporium sells leather goods made from the finest Portuguese hides in Funchal, including belts, handbags, briefcases and wallets.

  • Made in Madeira

    Funchal

    The name says it all here, with almost everything on sale made on the island – whether it be wicker from Camacha, wine from Funchal or bolo de mel …

  • O Bordão

    Funchal

    Had to leave your walking sticks at airport security, lost your compass or forgotten your hiking boots for the levadas? Then head for O Bordão (The Staff)…

  • Fabrica de Chapeus de Santa Maria

    Funchal

    Tiny, old, ramshackle Zona Velha workshop where traditional Madeiran hats are sewn together amid piles of headgear, ancient sewing machines and scraps of…

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