Winter Sun Destinations Recommendations - Canaries?

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  1. shiney

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    Where will you be staying?

    For next year they've moved the carnival to the end of February so you won't have that - but there's so much to see it doesn't really matter. :blue thumb:
     
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      @shiney Four Views Monumental in the Lido district where we stayed last time, it's only a 20 mins walk to the Santa Catarina park and a few mins more into Funchal.:smile:
       
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        Is that the one that has the Chinese restaurant? If so, what's the restaurant like?

        We usually stay at the Cliff Bay. You would pass it on the way into town. :blue thumb:

        I bet walking back takes a bit longer :heehee:. Well, it does for us! :old:
         
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        A nice area, it was just inland from the Lido across the Estrada Monumental that I spotted these allotments. They may not be of interest to you but I went back again to have a proper look to see what they grow over there. Each plot has a shed and half the area is devoted to bananas with the rest down to veggies, sweet potatoes mainly. They can't grow normal potatoes as I think its too hot. When we went up to Monte the allotments there have normal potatoes, shows how the climate changes just by going up a few hundred feet or so.

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        The Lido allotments, something completely different from all the tropical flowers :)
         
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          It doesn't have a Chinese restaurant just the usual buffet meals in the main restaurant which is fine for us on half board. I remember you stayed at the Cliff and maybe if my memory hasn't failed @roders stayed there some time ago too.
          The walk back from town was OK 10 years ago but now!!:biggrin:
          There was an ice cream shop half way, hope it is still there.
           
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