Funchal · HISTORICAL TOURS
The good historical tours here fill up weeks out and the best go first. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes, and where they differ once you read past the headline.
A 4-hour Funchal food, wine, and culture walk with a local guide, menu help in English, generous tastings, and a poncha finish.
“Really lovely food tour for the first day you get to Funchal. Leonora took us to some great local places and to try the most famous madeiran foods, as well as made recommendations for other places we can try. Her recommendations were spot on.”
Taste Funchal is a 4-hour guided food and wine walk in Madeira, sampling local sweets, market bites, and Madeira wine and poncha.
“Great stops, lovely small group, interesting chatty local guide”
Take a private 1-hour tuk tuk ride through Funchal’s Old Town, seeing Sé Cathedral, the market, and Santa Maria nightlife with a guide.
“Nous avons adoré la visite du vieux Funchal. Andreia, notre guide super sympathique!! bravo😃”
Two-hour private sidecar tour of Funchal's Old Town, forts and viewpoints like Miradouro do Pináculo. Guide, helmet and poncho included.
“Absolutely fabulous time with Filipe who showed us the real Madeira. Great communication both before and during the tour - even sent us some photos afterwards. Stop thinking, and book.”
Walk Funchal’s historic heart with a self-guided local audio route, from Quinta Vigia to Mercado dos Lavradores, plus key Protestant sites.
“This was a fairly interesting tour and helped guide us around Funchal to places we might otherwise have missed.”
4-hour Funchal evening food tour with Venezuelan snacks, sunset stops, and a do-it-yourself espetada dinner plus poncha.
“ShutUpAndEatMadeira takes tours to another level. We where on the second Espetada tour they did and it was a great experience. Knowing them i guess it will only get better. We enjoyed the company of Fabio (guide) and Jaki from ShutUpAndEatMadeira. Going to the outskirts of Funchal, drinking the best ponchas and having great bites (dentinhos) in local bars, was wonderfull. De tour takes you to some must see spots in and around Funchal. Doing this during sunset is a plus. The Espetada restaurant was a real local place no tourists except us. Food was great. Go and enjoy an evening with great company at local bars and restaurants, away…”
A private 1-hour tuk tuk tour of Funchal’s historic center, with stops for panoramic views, Mercado dos Lavradores, the Cathedral, and Town Hall.
“Es war schön, die große Altstadt von Funchal mit dem Tuktuk zu entdecken. Unser Fahrer ist auch auf unsere Wünsche eingegangen, an bestimmten Orten zu halten, Zeit zum Fotografieren bekamen wir auch, und während der Fahrt oder dem Fotografieren hat er uns die Besiedlungsgeschichte und Besonderheiten erzählt.”
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