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Tips on Madeira
- Thread starter essbee
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Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,331
No bars or restaurant tips, only health tips: watch you don't have your eye out on this...
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Only stopped there for a day on a cruise so can't help with bars/restaurants.
This was fun though. Cable car up to the top of the "mountain" then come back down like this....
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This was fun though. Cable car up to the top of the "mountain" then come back down like this....
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Vegas Seagull
New member
- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
Reids for tea & rain every day. Have fun
We had a pleasant, fairly quiet holiday there last year. Driving round (and through) the island was easy and enjoyable.
Favourite restaurant in Funchal was http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restau..._Vicente-Funchal_Madeira_Madeira_Islands.html
And agree with recommendation for the cable car / toboggan trip.
Favourite restaurant in Funchal was http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restau..._Vicente-Funchal_Madeira_Madeira_Islands.html
And agree with recommendation for the cable car / toboggan trip.
A sea swim in the volcanic rock pools at Porto Moniz is great on a hot day 
The surprisingly high mountains in the centre of the island are spectacular... great walking territory around the Pico de Arieiro
another interesting visit (easily combined with a trip to Porto Moniz) were the volcanic caves at Sao Vicente on the north side of the island.
GAZTASTIC
Member
Try The Fort or Armazem do Sal. Both have fixed price menus including wine with every course and The Fort can also arrange a lift home in a classic car after your meal if you fancy. Need to book on both.
jakarta
Well-known member
If you hire a car don't be tempted to drive on the 'old' roads over the mountains - they absolutely terrified me!
symyjym
Banned
The council need to sort those rusting arches out.
Laughing Gravy
I'm a ****
If its a windy day when you land, make sure you are wearing brown trousers.
You'll need em 
You'll need em
GAZTASTIC
Member
If its a windy day when you land, make sure you are wearing brown trousers.
You'll need em
Particularly if you land from the west....http://listverse.com/2013/04/26/10-extreme-airports-flirting-with-disaster/
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If its a windy day when you land, make sure you are wearing brown trousers.
You'll need em
Thanks for that LG.
This was really good when I went a few years ago
Cabo Girão
Further along the road from Funchal through Câmara de Lobos and up into the mountains you will arrive at Cabo Girão.
This is the second highest cliff face in the world. Standing at the iron railings of the viewpoint is quite a breathtaking adventure.
The view is incredible and certainly more enjoyable once you retreat from the cliffs edge.
Madeira Cabo Girão new-look!
Cabo Girão now has better road access, shops, a tourist post and furthermore... a glass skywalk at the lookout point. The space is enlarged with a transparent glass walkway similar to that at the famous Grand Canyon, giving visitors an unforgettable experience and stunning views over the cliff.
And the cable car up into the mountains and the botanical gardens is a must too.
Restaurants and bars, nothing to report.
Cabo Girão
Further along the road from Funchal through Câmara de Lobos and up into the mountains you will arrive at Cabo Girão.
This is the second highest cliff face in the world. Standing at the iron railings of the viewpoint is quite a breathtaking adventure.
The view is incredible and certainly more enjoyable once you retreat from the cliffs edge.
Madeira Cabo Girão new-look!
Cabo Girão now has better road access, shops, a tourist post and furthermore... a glass skywalk at the lookout point. The space is enlarged with a transparent glass walkway similar to that at the famous Grand Canyon, giving visitors an unforgettable experience and stunning views over the cliff.
And the cable car up into the mountains and the botanical gardens is a must too.
Restaurants and bars, nothing to report.
[MENTION=36]Titanic[/MENTION] couldn't have put it any better - "We had a pleasant, fairly quiet holiday there last year".
I'm going back a few years now, but it doesn't strike me as the sort of island that changes much.
Small bananas, lovely garlic bread, awash with stray dogs.
There's plenty of little restaurants in the back streets away from the port, be brave, we didn't have a bad meal anywhere.
Oh and the flight home looked like a UN airlift.
It was full of bandaged pensioners, so tread safely.
I'm going back a few years now, but it doesn't strike me as the sort of island that changes much.
Small bananas, lovely garlic bread, awash with stray dogs.
There's plenty of little restaurants in the back streets away from the port, be brave, we didn't have a bad meal anywhere.
Oh and the flight home looked like a UN airlift.
It was full of bandaged pensioners, so tread safely.