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The interior of the Convento
de Santa Clara, with its
beautiful azulejos

EXPERIENCE Madeira Full of the colour and
SHOP
Mercado dos
Lavradores

bustle of island life, the
4 "'
attracts flower-growers,
Jardim Botânico
Convento de 5 " Mercado dos Lavradores
Santa Clara basket-weavers,
⌂ Quinta do Bom Sucesso, farmers and fishermen
⌂ Calçada de Santa Clara Caminho do Meio § 291 211 from all over Madeira.
§ 291 742 602 # 10am– 200 # Daily Stall holders offer slices
noon, 3–5pm Mon– of mango to punters
Sat, 10am–noon Sun Established in 1960, the and marble tables are
Botanical Gardens display draped with great slabs
The Convento de Santa Clara plants from all over the world. of tuna and black-
was founded in 1496 by João Desert cacti, rainforest orchids skinned scabbard fish,
Gonçalves de Câmara, one of and South African proteas are with huge eyes and
Zarco’s grandsons. Zarco all represented here, as well as razor-sharp teeth.
himself is buried under the Madeiran dragon trees. There
high altar, and Martim Mendes are con trasting sections: formal ⌂ Largo dos Lavradores
§ 291 214 080 # Mon–
Vasconcelos, his son-in-law, areas of bedding plants, which Sat ¢ Public hols
has a tomb at the rear of the form a pink-and-yellow chess-
church. Precious 17th-century board, quiet carp ponds and
azulejo tiles cover the walls. wild wooded parts.

The colourful, geometric
flowerbeds in the
Jardim Botânico
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