Toboggan Ride & Wine Tasting Tour

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Half Day +- 4 hours

50€

per Person (All included)

Free Pickup

Funchal, Caniço and Câmara de Lobos

Availability

Wednesday Afternoon, Friday Morning

Cancelation

Free cancelation until 24 hours before

Weather Conditions

If the Tour is Cancelled Full Refunded will be issued

Summary

Explore Funchal’s vibrant market for fish, exotic fruits, and local crafts, housed in a distinctive yellow building from the 1930s. Taste Madeira Wine at a renowned lodge. Experience the unique Monte Toboggan ride, a thrilling descent from Monte to Funchal.

Points of Interest

Funchal Market
Câmara de Lobos
Madeira Wine Lodge
Monte Toboggan Ride

Languages

English
Portuguese
French
Spanish

Additional Info

Without this Tour normal Price of Toboggan Ride is:

for 1 person 27€
for 2 persons 35€

Pickup Time

Wednesday: 14h00
Friday: 09h00

Tour Itinerary

Funchal Market

About

Funchal’s vibrant main market, the Mercado dos Lavradores, sells a colourful array of fish, exotic fruits and local crafts, Housed in a yellow building faced with azulejos, it was designed in the 1930’s by Edmundo Tavares. Flowers sellers in traditonal island costume have colonised the entrance to the market. Their stalls sell keenly priced cut flowers and bulbs tubs or delicate orchid blooms might tempt you to buy a souvenir of the island’s horticultural richness.

In the fish hall, there are scenes to turn the stomach. If the razor sharp teeth and large staring eyes of th escabbard fish.

For more pleasanter sights and frangances head for the upper floor, with its lavish displays of seasonal fruits and vegatables.

Câmara de Lobos

About

It is one of the island’s most atmospheric fishing villages. The village was named after monk seals which frequent visitors to the harbour. The centre of the village, with its whitewashed houses, shops and bar where you can taste the local drink poncha, remains instantly likeable. The stony beach is filled with colourful beached fishing boats. Winston Churchill choose this village to paint in 1949.

Madeira Wine Lodge

About

If you want to sample some of the local wine, you will see huge barrels in the glass-fronted modern wine lodge, Henriques & Henriques. Dating from 1850, the lodge owns the largest vineyards on the island and produces some of the best madeira wines around.

Founded in 1850, the firm of henrique & henrique has won a string of medals and awards in recent years for its attempts to dispel the fusty image of Madeira Wine

Please note: The wine lodge is only available from Monday to Friday.

Monte Toboggan Ride

About

The Monte Toboggan involves sliding in a wicker basket mounted on wooden runners. It covers the 2 km (1.24 miles) descent from Monte to Funchal in 10 minutes. The trip is enjoyed by thousands every year, drawn by the exhilarating experience of traveling at speed down a public highway on a wooden sled. Ernest Hemingway once described it as “exhilarating.” A cushioned seat softens the ride, with passengers in the safe hands of toboggan drivers, who steer from the rear using their rubber-soled boots as brakes. Madeiran Tobogganing, invented as a form of transportation in 1850, offers a unique and thrilling way to experience the island.

The price for the tobbogan ride include in the price