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Madeira Best of the West Day Tour
1 day
About this activity
The tour begins towards the fishing village of Câmara de Lobos. Stop at the Pico da Torre viewpoint where you can get a great overview of it's beautiful bay full of small fishing boats. Then, stop at Estreito de Câmara de Lobos to observe the vineyards in the green covered terraces.
At Cabo Girão, you get a breathtaking sea views from the observation platform. At an altitude of 580 meters, it's the highest cape in Europe and the second in the world. At the village of Ribeira Brava, you will be able to visit the beautiful church of São Bento and enjoy the sea views. Leaving towards the north, we get to the largest plateau of the island, Paul da Serra.
Observe the great valley of Ribeira da Janela as we continue towards the Village of Porto Moniz where we arrive at around lunch time. Here you can pick from a number of local restaurants, bars, or enjoy the beautiful natural swimming pools. We then make our way to Seixal, where at the Véu da Noiva viewpoint you can appreciate the great waterfall and the old roads along the cliffs.
On our way back, we pass through the viewpoint of Encumeada at the top of a mountain where you have a beatiful overall view of both the north and south coast of the island. We'll also pass through the Laurissilva forest. Classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.
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At Cabo Girão, you get a breathtaking sea views from the observation platform. At an altitude of 580 meters, it's the highest cape in Europe and the second in the world. At the village of Ribeira Brava, you will be able to visit the beautiful church of São Bento and enjoy the sea views. Leaving towards the north, we get to the largest plateau of the island, Paul da Serra.
Observe the great valley of Ribeira da Janela as we continue towards the Village of Porto Moniz where we arrive at around lunch time. Here you can pick from a number of local restaurants, bars, or enjoy the beautiful natural swimming pools. We then make our way to Seixal, where at the Véu da Noiva viewpoint you can appreciate the great waterfall and the old roads along the cliffs.
On our way back, we pass through the viewpoint of Encumeada at the top of a mountain where you have a beatiful overall view of both the north and south coast of the island. We'll also pass through the Laurissilva forest. Classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.
Included
- Professional guide
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (Free for hotels in Funchal only)
Not included
- Lunch
- Does not include pickup at the harbor (requires extra fee of €4 pp)
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Infant seats available
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
75%
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Its a shame that I have forgotten the name of our amazing tour guide but he was knowledgeable, friendly, funny and knew the island so well. Honestly, it felt like we saw the whole island in one day. I would recommend this tour to everyone. So, worth the money.
The trip is very comprehensive, most of the half west side of the island, mountain valleys, levadas, waterfalls, city, nice stops good food, lots of beauties for the eye to enjoy, especially if you are a nature lover, the tour is nicely organized and you get to see many places, very nice guide, very nice tour.highly recommend it
Western Maderia tour. It was a good way of seeing the island micro climates, but it was a bit long. We made some stops that I don't think were necessary for 5 minute photo ops. Our tour guide Nunu was good and knew his stuff, but near the end it was becoming a bit boring.
The tour included a wide range of visits to small towns and scenic areas in the countryside. The guide was attentive to our requests and worked to make sure we had sufficient time at each stop while keeping the tour moving so we could cover a large number of items in a reasonable amount of time.
The itinerary for this trip was excellent and gave a very good overview of the sights in western Madeira. Porto Moniz was amazing with its crashing surf and the high pass at Encumeada should not be missed. Our guide/driver was knowledgeable and personable. However, as the last person picked up on the tour, I had a last row middle seat and so missed both a lot of views and a lot of what the guide was saying. With a different seat this would have been a very different tour for me.
A great day out seeing the sights of the Best of the West in Madeira. Gama (nickname) was our guide for the day and was exceptionally concerned for our safety and took good care of us. It would have been nice to have had some more time at Cabo Girao and Ribeira Brava, otherwise it was a great day to see what Madeira has to offer.
Viators!!! As always, well organised easy to book full day value!!! Weather wasnt great but who can improve the weather. Guide was well informed and altered the route to suit the adverse rainy cloudy day. All in all, weather apart, a lovely excursion.
Very interesting trip!