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Excellent service from start to finish. Thank you to Erin especially. Very efficient and helpful. Will use and recommend to our friends and family.

Excellent service from Darryll

Paul is a diamond - my go to for anything travel. Old fashioned service guaranteed!

The team at DialAFlight were very courteous and always listened to me. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations with Reggie Cabezas.

Thomas is a legend

Great service. Everything went to plan for our holiday in Barbados. We have already recommended DialAFlight to our friends who were with us.

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I cannot praise Lucy and her team enough - very efficient, kind and listened to all my requests. Dealt with any issues immediately and they were rectified instantly. We will be using again.

From start to finish we had a smooth trip and would definitely book through you again. Loved Barbados and definitely recommend The Sandpiper too

We had wonderful service from Todd Cafferkey before and during our holiday to Jamaica. Thank you so much

Excellent communication skills. Reliable, honest and very professional.

As always ny favourite travel agency. Jordan always come through. Thank you so much for your assistance.

We had never used DialAFlight before but heard glowing reviews from friends so decided to give them a try rather than spend endless hours of flight and hotel searching! DialAFlight did not disappoint - we were so pleased with absolutely everything. We will 100% use them for every future holiday!

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Great service as usual from Joe and Jamie - will continue to use them for our holidays.

Even better if we were informed about Jamaica online immigration card to have been completed beforehand.

Having just rediscovered DialAFlight I would not go anywhere else to book holidays. Joe Orton is brilliant! Roll on the next holiday

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Excellent personal service

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Lily Reeve and her team always very helpful and friendly

Everything went really well with our flights and car hire. No issues at all. Thanks very much!

We have used DialAFlight for nearly 15 years, at least twice a year. I have introduced many new customers to the company. Manny is an excellent representative and he has done most if not all of these bookings with such attentive skills. I so enjoyed it and it was the key reason I returned and recommended.

Callum was excellent throughout.

Gavin is brilliant. He always delivers such a great service. Such a nice guy and so helpful.

An excellent service from starting the booking process right until the flight

Philippa did an excellent job in getting me organised for my trip as usual, and is a credit to DialAFlight

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Madeira in full bloom

The spectacular gardens on this remote Atlantic island are awe-inspiring, as Charlotte Metcalf discovered

The most famous of Portugal's Atlantic islands, Madeira is a gardener's heaven. Perched on windowsills or on steps up to the doors of even the tiniest houses, flowers are a constant welcome to visitors.

The semi-tropical climate means you are as likely to see an African flame tree, a jacaranda or a popcorn bush as a lupin or hollyhock. I was guided by landscape architect Dr Gerald Luckhurst, author of The Gardens Of Madeira.

Here is his pick of the bunch…

Gardens at the iconic Reid's Palace

Belmond Reid's Palace Hotel
This is Madeira's most iconic landmark and Gerald helped design its peaceful and soothing gardens. Paved with pebbles, the terraced garden was the vision of hotel founder William Reid.

'I used to think cacti and succulents were something small boys collected – but since working in this climate, I have realised what beautiful forms they have,' says Gerald, showing me a crown of thorns set off by towering agapanthus.

Quinta da Boa Vista
High above red tiled roofs, a green door in a crumbly wall transports us into Madeira's orchid farm.

Originally a vegetable and then a flower farm, Boa Vista is run by Patrick Garton, whose late father, Group Captain Cecil Garton OBE, was British Consul in Madeira and founded the orchid garden in the Sixties.

Long staircases with Spanish moss and steep paths flanked by hibiscus lead to glasshouses, where rare orchids bloom.

The Botanical Garden is as spectacular as the views if affords of Funchal

Botanical Garden
Behind tall, iron gates in a faded ochre wall lies a handsome old mansion, a late 19th-century cream house with dark-green shutters – today home to a natural history museum.

The garden is divided into five parts and is known for its formal mosaiculture, or carpet bedding, an ornate purple and green patchwork with views over the city of Funchal.

Monte Palace Tropical Garden

Monte Palace Tropical Garden
This lofty garden is reached by cable car. It plummets from a Gothic structure housing African sculpture and an impressive gem and mineral collection. Archways, rails, bridges and pagodas are a vibrant Chinese red, accentuating the lush green around them. Waterfalls tumble into pools and lakes.

Palheiro Gardens at the Casa Velha do Palheiro hotel

Palheiro Gardens
These best represent Madeira's flamboyant soul. They are mainly the work of the Blandy family, who bought the estate in 1885 from the Count of Carvahal.

They were neglected until the Eighties, when Mildred Blandy's Swedish daughter-in-law Christina re-invigorated them. 'Christina likes serendipity, rather than colour plans,' explains Gerald as we walk amid jasmine, calendula, birds of paradise, azaleas, camellias, pansies, dahlias, foxgloves and roses.

First published in the Daily Mail - October 2016

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