Morningdip with the kids

   

Porto Santo is the little sister of Madeira with a tourism that is unfortunately declining every year although they have all the opportunities to make the island really attractive. They have a fully equipped airport (built by NATO during the cold war for the Americans to have a base in the Atlantic), golf, horse riding, scuba diving, hiking, beach, warm and sunny weather, only 1 hour difference from the rest of Europe and even whale watching. But the big hotels close for the ”winter” from october to april. Madeira and Portugal have implied high airport taxes making it too expensive for flights and tour operators to run business during the whole year. A pity, Porto Santo is beautiful and has all the opportunities to be a good winter charter destination.

               

Along side the harbour a few yachts from all over the world have painted their ”tags” as souvenir of their passage.