Madeira is one of the most beautiful places in Portugal. The total land area of the archipelago is 828 square kilometers with a population of 245,806. There are four islands in the Madeiras, with Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island as the only inhabited isles. The other two are volcanic islands, Las Desertas and Las Salvagens, which are uninhabitable. The archipelago is located 360 miles from the nearest coast of Africa, 535 miles from the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, 230 miles from the Gran Canaria and 480 miles from Santa Maria of the Azores. (more…)