Madeira Flower Festival Funchal, Portugal

Photo by Paul Mannix

Held in April of every year, in Funchal, the capital of Madeira Island, The Flower Festival invites tourists from all over the world to enjoy four intense, fun days.

The Flower Festival, that takes place in spring when the flowers are at their best, has been one of the major attractions for both tourists and locals for a long time. This enchanting festival with a parade and floats through the streets of Funchal exhibits and perfumes the air with a multiplicity of floral species of the island, spreading a fairy tale ambiance all over the city centre. In every year’s edition each group presents their costumes accompanied with dances to a newly conceived choreography.

In the past few years a new addition was made to this event. At the ‘Largo do Colégio’ (Colégio Square) you will find the so-called "Wall of Hope",  a wall where children place their own flowers with the objective of building a big flower wall symbolising the hope for a better and more peaceful world.

As part of this event there are other activities like the making of flower carpets in the streets, awarding of prizes for the best-decorated shop window, performances of traditional music groups, a flower exhibition at the ‘Ateneu Comercial’, classical music concerts and a number of variety shows. The highlights of the Madeira Flower Festival are the Children’s parade (held on the first day), the main parade, when tens of flower-decorated floats and costume-dancers make their way through the streets of Funchal.

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