The ferry link between Portimão and Madeira by the ship Volcan de Tijarafe has been scrapped by Spanish operating company, Naviera Armas, after three years.
An online petition has been created to stop further degradation of the Monchique’s 17th century Franciscan Convent, which has been “abandoned by the authorities and left to be squatted by a family who has lived there for 36 years”.