Don't forget this Sunday will see the Classic Auto Parade, it will follow the same route as the Flower Parade, and also start at 4pm.
Here is some info taken from the Tourism site
Organized by the Association "The Classic Motor Exhibition" - ACME and the
Clube Carocha da Madeira, this enterprise intends to join both the glamour of classic vehicles and motorcycles, alongside with the flowers of Madeira, incorporating one of the largest exhibitions, and national restoration and elegance contests, an opportunity to
admire some of the best vehicles and auto parts.
The event´s itinerary will be similar to the Flower float parade starting at Praça da Autonomia, Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses (south lane), til Francisco Sá Carneiro roundabout, passing at Avenida Francisco Sá Carneiro, till the roundabout of the Port of Funchal, where the participating automobiles will be in display until 10pm.
The Madeira Auto Parade integrates 400 vehicles including 150 motorcycles, which will circulate in pairs a parade filled with moments of pure entertainment, colour and beauty with performances by various musical bands and pageants dressed in costumes inspired by
the flowers of Madeira.
This event intends to recreate a former parade held in Funchal between 1980 and 1990.
There will 2.250 tickets available for the seatings placed along the programmed
itinerary which can be purchased at the Tourist information desk of Av. Arriaga.
750 of these tickets will be raffled through local contests held on local media.
With this government doing everything in its power to NOT reinstall the ferry service to the continent, this event is bound to bleed to death. No new classics coming to the island like they used to, thank you Sousa monpolists for making the transport of a car outrageously expensive, and thank you, corrupt bunch of governors, for facilitating the illegal monopoly of maritime transport of the Grupo Sousa.
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I read conflicting information: was this event postponed eventually? Or did it take place? I did see some photos of classic cars but I did read the event was to take place later due to bad weather...
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DeleteThe event will now take place on 25th April at 4pm.
There was a mini parade in the morning yesterday as cars and people had already gathered, and they just drove along the route, and flowers which were cut for the parade were given out to people.
Thanks for that, Tobi. Maybe we will go and see the parade on the 25th then.
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