Emergency Service telephone number is 112Some police in Funchal have red armbands, this signifies that they speak another language other than Portuguese, mainly English and German. Crime figures for Madeira are very low.
cities, towns & villages
Funchal — Island regional capital and largest city in Madeira, home to tourist resorts, gorgeous panoramas and local color.
Santa Cruz
Machico
Santana
Camara do Lobos
Ribeira Brava town
Calheta town
Paul do Mar village
The nearby island of Porto Santo
Internet Access
In some of the larger towns and cities on madeira there is public free wifi internet access sponsored by the madeiran government. you'll find a 2m tall white and blue board telling you that wifi is available. there is also free access in the airport terminal. in addition, some bars and cafã©s offer internet access too.
talk
English is as common as in mainland Portugal, although people will always appreciate it if you try and learn a few words of Portuguese. Note that the Portuguese spoken in Madeira tends to be heavily accented.