11. Agriculture Green Tour
5.0· 6 reviews· 7 hoursIncludes: Pick up and Drop Off Hotel, Qualified Guide for this tour, Small Groups. Maderian Lunch included, Snacks and drinks included. Recommendations: Please bring good footwear and warm jackets. During this excursion, you will be visiting, a private banana farm in Funchal, Biggest Banana Cooperation taking the old road to another interesting local family vegetable and fruit farm,that supplies most of our supermarket chains of the island, a cattle farm that provides most of its milk for the making of our famous “requeijão” cheese, and see the old milking techniques. Stop for lunch in a typical restaurant, visit to this wonderful village with farming history. Visit the rum factory with visit to this attraction, tasting of rum and maderian cake included, this factory exports most of the honeycake. After lunch a drive through countryside in the North stop at the cable car viewpoint. Return to the Hotel. Definetely a way to understand how farming in Madeira works, the tecniques used.
22. Package: 70€ 3 tours - 3 days
5.0· 1 reviews· 20 hoursThis tour package 2+1 can help guests organize their trips for the week. This is a conveniente way to visit all the great attractions in 3 days at an affordable price. Two full days Western side of Madeira with attractions such as Câmara de Lobos fishing village,Cabo Girão high cliff, Porto Moniz natural pools, waterfalls and visit to São Vicente village. Second Tour Eastern Side, Pico Arieiro, Laurel Forest, balcões walk, and the typical houses of Santana, porto da cruz with rum tasting included and short walk 45 minutes along the levada, Machico and são lourenço eastern part of the island Both Tours are full day 7 hours. Half day tour - Nuns valley 4 hours. This tour is only bookable on mondays and thursdays morning. with the stop in monte, eira do serrado viewpoint 1100m, Pico dos Barcelos viewpoint. 355m Return to Funchal
33. Madeira East Tour Santana
4.3· 3 reviews· 8 hoursDiscover the traditional houses of Santana on a full-day tour from Funchal. Admire the unique charm and beauty of the region's iconic houses, and see the third-highest mountain in Madeira, Pico do Areeiro. Leave Funchal and first head to Pico do Areeiro at 1818 meters above sea level. On the way down to Santana, make a brief stop at Ribeiro Frio to visit the trout hatchery, surrounded by a beautiful garden with rare trees and endemic plants of the island (entrance not included). Discover Madeira's Laurisilva Forest in Ribeiro Frio, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999. In Santana, see the typical houses of the region. Take a lunch break here. On the way back to Funchal, drive along the stunning North Coast and stop in Porto da Cruz, from where you can enjoy the view of the North Coast and the impressive rock formation Penha d'Águia. Return to the hotel via Ponta de São Lourenço with its beautiful, lunar-like landscapes.
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