MADEIRA
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The 10 most popular food & drink in Madeira. Here's what they actually deliver, who runs them, and what they cost.
Eastern Madeira in one full day: Pico Arieiro, Balcões levada, Santana, Guindaste skywalk, Porto da Cruz rum tasting, and São Lourenço.
“Excellent - Daniel was an excellent driver and tour guide. We found the tour excellent in terms of variety and interest and the timings were pretty good - we had sufficient time at most stops without too much waiting around. Would recommend!”
Taste Funchal is a 4-hour small-group food and wine walk in Funchal with live menu translation, local bites, and poncha.
“This tour was a lot of fun, we tasted a variety of foods and drinks. Ana our guide was excellent, very knowledgeable with lots of enthusiasm! An excellent introduction to Madeira’s cuisine!”
Taste Madeira in 4 hours with a guided Funchal food and wine walk: market snacks, honey cake, custard tarts, Madeira wine, and culture.
“Brilliant tour lovely way to spend an afternoon in Funchal got some great recommendations for the rest of our holiday as well.”
4x4 to Cabo Girão skywalk and São Vicente vineyards, with an expert tour at Quinta Barbusano and Madeira wine tastings.
“Beautifull sceneries, great guide, excellent wine testing. Very accomodating for pick up. Extremely knowelegible tour guige as well as wine guide. Loved it.”
A 3.5-hour small-group walk through Funchal with Madeira wine tastings, local bites, poncha, and a market stop for fruit and seafood.
“Small group, great food and guide was gull of amazing info!”
4-hour Funchal jeep adventure to Boca dos Namorados, Cabo Girão Skywalk, Câmara de Lobos, plus free Madeira wine tasting.
“Rui was absolutely amazing! He was very knowledgeable and had great humor. Would recommend this tour to anyone visiting!”
Cabo Girão Skywalk views, Serra d’Água jeep fun, then a São Vicente vineyard tasting of 6 Madeira wines with cheese and chorizo.
“Very friendly, professional and enthusiastic guide, Chaz. Vineyard guide very informative and of course delicious wine.”
A guided tour at H.M. Borges in Funchal, with a walkthrough of Madeira winemaking and age-based tastings paired with cookies.
“The guide cheerfully toured us through the H.M. Borges Winery and explained us everything about the Madeira wine making process. We got to taste six of the most excellent Madeira wines. An absolute recommendation for every wine lover!”
Taste Madeira in Funchal on a 3.5-hour small-group walk with nine bites and six wine samples, guided by a local.
“Really great tour, Matt was very knowledgeable and good at keeping us informed about all aspects of Maderia. We visited some great places, drank some lovely wine and ate some very tasty dishes. We covered some great parts of Funchal too. Thanks for the lovely time. Highly recommended”
Funchal 4x4 open-roof jeep to viewpoints and Cabo Girão skywalk, plus Poncha and Madeira wine tasting for great half-day value.
“A really good half day tour including the Nun's Valley and south coast areas. The soft roof Land Rover 4x4 vehicles are great at handling the mountain roads and are brilliant when you can stand up to view the scenery close up when off road. Our driver and guide was top class too. The visit…”
