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Mercado Velha, Machico
Places to Eat
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California, Garajau
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Bar Amarelo, Canićal
Welcoming restaurant with
cheerful yellow, white and blue
decor, offering swordfish, beef
kebabs and scabbard fish as well
as salads and delicious desserts.
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Opposite the Dom Pedro Hotel • Map
J6 • 291 933 935 • €€
Among the buildings of
Caniçal, the cream-coloured lime-
stone-and-steel decor of this har-
bourside gem stands out.
Choose from salads, pasta or
grilled fish.
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Caniçal • Map L4 • 291
961 798 • Closed Wed • €€
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Pastipan, Santa Cruz
&
Mercado Velho, Machico
Pull up a chair, order a coffee,
and choose from a wide selection
of delicious cheesecakes, egg
custards and almond-based pastries
at this deservedly popular café on
the Santa Cruz seafront.
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Traves-
sa da Figueira • Map K5 • Closed Sun • €
The courtyard of the old sea-
front market in Machico has
been turned into an alfresco res-
taurant serving grilled fish and
meat.
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Rua do Mercado • Map K4 •
291 965 926 • €€
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O Relógio, Camacha
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La Perla, Canićo de Baixo
Come here on Friday or Sat-
urday to see one of Madeira's
top folk song-and-dance acts. As
well as local dishes, there are
specials, such as smoked fish,
and grilled prawns in a chilli and
garlic sauce.
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Largo da Achada •
Map J5 • €€
Dishes such as seafood
risotto au champagne
and fillet of
veal with rosemary are made
using organically-grown vege-
tables from the garden.
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Quinta
Splendida Hotel, Estrada da Ponta Oliveira
11 • Map J6 • 291 930 400 • €€€€
$
Gallery, Caniço de Baixo
(
Praia dos Reis Magos
The Inn and Art hotel's rest-
aurant is a hit with vegetarians,
for whom there's a special dish
of the day and a range of salads.
The fish is grilled on a eucalyptus
wood fire.
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Rua Baden Powell 61/2 •
Map J6 • 291 938 200 • €€€
This simplest of beachside
restaurants within feet of the
shore serves the local fisher-
men's daily catch.
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Praia dos Reis
Magos (1 km (half a mile) east of Caniço
de Baixo) • Map J6 • 291 934 345 • €
)
Miradouro de Portela,
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A Brisa do Mar, Canićal
Portela
Homely restaurant in the style of
a timber hunting lodge, with
warming fires and generous por-
tions of herb-flavoured beef
kebabs and home-made cider.
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Portela • Map J4 • 291 966 169 • €€
This glass-fronted café serves
delicious
doses
-
tapas
-like dishes
of shrimp or stewed octopus. The
adjacent restaurant grills fish fresh
from the harbour.
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Piscinas do
Caniçal • Map L4 • 291 960 700 • €€
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