Oliver Harvey
Updated: 21:48, 29 May 2021
AS our flight touched down at Madeira’s spectacular Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, the British holidaymakers on board broke into a spontaneous round of applause.
It wasn’t simply relief at safely arriving on the runway, which is perched on a foreland jutting out into the choppy Atlantic Ocean.
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At stunning Cape Girao, the world’s second-highest sea cliff, a glass-floored viewing platform offers jaw-dropping views of the beach 580 metres belowCredit: Joe Pepler/PinPep
But rather, for many, it was sheer joy at finally being able to travel to a sunshine destination after months of grim lockdown.