5 TIPS to AVOID THE CROWDS in Madeira this summer! (2023)

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[@DeeDeeFatmLoverWanab]

Going in July! This was helpful ❤ thank uu

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Pleasure to be of service 🙏 Thank you and have fun in Madeira !! 🤠 Ps, don’t forget to book one of our tours ;) before they sell out !! 🤠 Have a great week !!

[@viktorialehmann8136]

How wunderful is the joy of the Popsec-man André for the new camera!!!!!! 🥂🍾😎😬

[@antonsteininger1527]

To Andre! Thank you for your passion and hilarious work. Love the Video of the US-Founding-Fathers and the Behind-the-Scenes-Video so much!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

And he deserves much more !! Andre, we’re taking you to the big time brother 💪✨

[@curacao11]

FugaCidade is awesome i love IPA and STOUT 😎

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

I wish I had time for beer 😂

[@willieexplore]

Another top class effort, Jeff! Can only imagine how busy it gets in summer. Look forward to my short mini break during the "off" season!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Welcome Willie !! 🤠

[@andreborges73]

YEAH! I'm in Madeira!😅. Very bad weather today... I came in, and god said, let's welcome the proper Madeiran way! 😂. Big storm! All day was spent inside the hotel. I'm just joking. I know fully well how Madeiran weather can be, but never been during a storm like this. In 2019, it was about to hit one in March but ended up being nothing too serious. Yesterday (5th of June) i still went out driving around. Went to Machico while raining. Then try to force it a little bit, and went to Caniço, but by then it was too much for me, I wasn't men enough to proceed with the Fiat Panda that i have from the rent-a-car. Today I didn't risk going out, wasn't worth the risk. Just went walking as soon as the rain stopped. I think even for Madeirans it was a hard day, wasn't it? 😂. Your reply will be: this is nothing! Peanuts!😅

[@christinepotts6415]

Even when its sunny in Funchal it's often raining in Machico.

[@andreborges73]

@@christinepotts6415 Porto de Moniz is worst i think 😅. I have been there 3x different times. It always rained 😂. But it doesn't bother them. They have that pool, it can be raining all day people still be taking baths 😅. They are already weat aren't they?😂

[@HakunaMadeira]

Awesome Video and thanks for the tips - we will try every recommendation ❤❤❤

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Much love to you guys and I hope to see you soon!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@markrmonteith]

Great work definitely used these tips!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Glad we could help 🙏 thank you!!

[@user-xs1mf1jv6u]

Great information and love the hair 😍

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Ahah thank you 🙏😎

[@dougtaylor138]

Thourghly enjoyed watching this VLoG ..that kind of passion, for what you both do, is taking VLoG to the right level !!! Hang On Tight!!!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thank you very much my brother 🙏 a true honour to hear such words 🙏🙏🙏 Stay out of trouble ;) Much love from Madeira 🧡

[@RuePhoto]

Thanks Jeff & André ☺ You're hair's better than mine Jeff & golden showers or golden visas?! Lol! 🤣 André I can't wait to see your future videos using the FX3 as I've predominantly used Sony since 2008 with the A700 being my first DSLR, but I'm currently using a A7iii, & it was great to see you in front of the camera for a change too! Jeff I hope you & Elisa are having a wonderful time away & you deserve it! Have a truly beautiful week my friends 🤗

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

You’re awesome Rue 🙏

[@RuePhoto]

@@Hittheroadmadeira Thanks Jeff 🤗 I'm still learning from you, the master! 😉 😁

[@chrismedeiros3201]

Congrats on the new equipment Andre! I hope it makes your video work pop even more. Thanks Jeff for highlighting Veronica at work. For some reason, I wasn't sure if she worked with Lido TOURS. We'll be in touch!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thanx Chris! Andre’s in his element ;)) and yes, Lido tours are our partners, we share a desk in their office 🙌 sometimes you can find us there ;) 😂

[@user-pw1di8ft7u]

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[@claudiaschiel4275]

Vielen Dank ✨✨

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

🙏🙏🙏

[@andreborges73]

Today I'm feeling good writing in English. I'm just lazy when I write comments on Jeff's channel😂. While I'm working all do is write in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. My apologies if I give you a hard time with my Portuguese written comments😅.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Just you wait until you start dreaming in English my friend 😂

[@andreborges73]

@@Hittheroadmadeira i sometimes do dream english 😅

[@aernandes1268]

ja boet, hi Jeff, sou da Madeira mas vivo no UK e trabalho muito com pessoal da Africa do Sul.. nice people 👍🏼 going to Madeira in August, im a landscape photographer and i hope you can take me to some nice place, ill pay you a coffee 😉

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Howzit brother ✌️ it’ll be a pleasure to have you over 🙌 August is mental, already pretty full, send me an email ;) have a great weekend, much love 😁

[@ademo5756]

Hey, Jeff couldn't find any videos on your channel with suggestions on riding, parking, where to leave your bike during night if you planning on riding a motorbike in Madeira? Thanks.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey! Sorry bud I’m not into bikes, so I wouldn’t have the slightest idea… better you speak to Steve from one of my videos I made back in 2020 about renting a bike, he’ll know more than me ;))

[@VictorSilva-ft3wm]

Hope everyone out there are doing well with the bad weather they're having there at the moment

[@claudiaschiel4275]

Yes, it´s over. Greetings from Campanario 🌈🌈

[@nlah981]

good to know it's over! I'm going on 24 June!! ❤

[@orsinivalues]

What’s your company? How can I find your business so we can book you when we come there?

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

www.hittheroadmadeira.com/en

[@andreborges73]

Before I did my bags to come to Madeira last Friday I asked the rent-a-car guy how was the weather lately, he said raining and sunny all on the same day, but not so bad. So, I brought beach shorts and an umbrella as well. Forgot to bring the BOOTS! 🤣As you always say, be prepared... I have 5 pairs of Merrel boots, I was not expecting to get my feet all wet as they did yesterday 😅

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

lol bring the boots!!

[@andreborges73]

Jeff can you make a video about why Madeirans and Azorians hate each other so much? 😂😂. I'm Portuguese and I can't understand that love-hate relationship between our islander's compatriots. There is enough room for all to love each other, don't we?! 😅. I just think Madeira and Azores are one of the two pretties places in Portugal. I'm fully aware when I come to Madeira I can't just say that some Azore's things are better than Madeiran ones 😂. You should have put that on one of your previous videos. 😂. It's a terrible idea to say Azorian's Pineapple is better for example 😂. There are a lot of similarities between Madeira and Azores, but you can't say that openly. The accent, some people mix the two when recognizing it. Madeirans don't like for you to ask if they are Azorians. They don't like it! Madeirans are very proud of being Madeirans (as they should be). For an average Portuguese, most people can't tell the differences. Madeira and Azores are poorly represented in continental Portugal like most other regions to be honest (apart from Lisbon and Porto, for the State, the rest doesn't exist). The best thing we did was give them autonomy. Madeira and Azores only appear in the news when something bad happens. A storm, somebody was killed, drugs so on and so on. Azores did that Netflix series, all I have been hearing is criticisms, I was actually very proud of them for putting out a series.

[@teodoro1007]

I live in Coimbra (with the Coldplay madness two weeks ago) 😄😁🙂

[@andreborges73]

@@teodoro1007 My brother was there in Cold Play's concert, he was one more to help fill up Coimbra further more 😅. To be honest I don't know Coimbra at all. I'm from Lisbon. The closest i have been to Coimbra was in 2021, in Figueira da Foz, it was my first vacation with covid still very active. I didn't use that opportunity to visit Coimbra. So, i still don't know Coimbra 😅, I have been 3x times as a grown up (+1 as child) in Madeira, but never visited Coimbra as grown up😂. I haven't still been to lots of places in Portugal... The most outrageous is that i never been to Porto... I have been in Braga, Gerês. Porto i saw the stadium from the highway and kept on driving...😂

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey Andre! I wouldn’t go too far in saying such things, I’m a positive person so I prefer to see the world that way, and of course project it that way too. Where isn’t there some rivalry? Between brothers, between neighbours, between states within small towns? I prefer not to think of it that way and I agree their pineapple is better but do they have espetada? 😂

[@andreborges73]

@@Hittheroadmadeira 😂😂. Não têm espetada(eu finalmente experimentei a espetada, mas comi num café/restaurante e senti que ha certamente melhores sitios para se comer a espetada). Mas a carne de vaca deles é tão boa! Meu deus... wow! Sem estar a ser a conflituoso, a carne de vaca dos açores está num nível muito alto. Ha que saber aproveitar as coisas melhores nao é verdade? Agora para fazer sentir bem: O BOLO LEVEDO NAO PRESTA 🤣🤣🤣 BOLO DO CACO-RULES!!! 🤣 Comi bolo do caco todos os dias 😂

[@saudade2100]

Even within the Azores, sometimes açoreanas from one island do not get along with açoreanas from another island, let alone Azores and Madeira.

[@teodoro1007]

I like Sony verry much, indeed I have an old one ! Congratulations for the new FX3 camera !

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thank you Teo 🙏 we’re all very excited to see what it can do in Andre’s hands ✨

[@andreborges73]

Conhecemos muitos amigos africanos que gostam de comer milho frito, agora se comem ao pequeno almoço ou se comem como um snack não tenho a certeza. Mas é muito bom. Acho que é mais uma cena Cabo Verdeana. Em Portugal acho que não é costume comer-se milho desse forma.

[@andreborges73]

@@AFuriousCrab you this channel is run by a South African, don't you? He won't be too happy with your comments. European eat a lot of shit too, Americans. I have a lot of respect for African food, there are some things, you should try it, you can be surprised.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

We doesn’t love Milho frito ❤️

[@leucocitotribos9186]

Madeirense, do campo, neto de agricultores nonagenários, cresci vendo meus avos cultivar o milho, colher o milho, tirar a palha do milho, embagar o milho, joeirar o milho, levar o milho ao moinho movido a agua, peneirar o milho, cozer o milho com alguns torresmos, couve, "semilha", feijão, comer o milho a seco, e no dia seguinte fritar com banha de porco, e uns ovinhos fritos. Tanto quanto sei, a produção de milho esta entranhada em toda a população do norte da ilha, apesar de hoje em dia estar em risco de extinção.

[@andreborges73]

@@leucocitotribos9186 bonita resposta. Obrigado por partilhares a historia resumida do cultivo de milho e da tua família.

[@andreborges73]

Cascata dos Anjos... todos as vezes que lá passei for sem querer, e a conduzir é uma zona que eu realmente não gosto, as pessoas ficam no meio da estrada, ha carros a vir dos dois lados, ha cascatas em toda a parte da ilha. A estrada e o tunel parece ser dos antigos, ha tanta boe estrada nova, nao vejo o interesse. Gostava muito de ir à floresta Fanal, não se vou conseguir convencer a minha mãe, nunca la fui, não conheço a estrada.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Verdade irmão! Não sou fan dessa cascata, é raro passar lá. Chegar ao fanal não é difícil André, podes ir à vontade, com cuidado claro 🙌

[@mffmoniz2948]

A estrada para o Fanal é boa, sem stress. Parque de estacionamento com parque de merendas.