The Port of Funchal is receiving two cruise ships this Thursday which, counting passengers and crew, will bring around 5,000 people, according to APRAM, the port authority.
The first to arrive was the Ilma, a luxury mega-yacht that came from Lisbon with 131 passengers and 354 crew at 6:15 and will spend the night in the city, leaving Friday for Nassau, Bahamas.
Shortly after 7:00 the Celebrity Xcel docked with 3,006 passengers and 1,449 crew, bound for Bermuda. The SS Alva, which left for Vigo, and the Santa Maria Manuela, which will remain at Quay 6 until Friday morning, were also in port.