Portugal (Funchal, Maderia)

[Cruzer Two]

 

[Grandma Cruising]

Thanks for that - we’re doing a transatlantic in November 2019 which stops at Funchal - we’ll definitely try the toboggan ride having seen your video.

[John Bull]

On ‎10‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 5:17 PM, Host Grandma Cruising said:

Thanks for that - we’re doing a transatlantic in November 2019 which stops at Funchal - we’ll definitely try the toboggan ride having seen your video.

 

Great fun

 

From your ship to the bottom cablecar station by retro bus (like in Yellowstone or Glacier NPs) or tuk-tuk or taxi or a pretty long waterside walk of 20 to 30 minutes depending how far along the quay your captain has parked.

Buy a one-way cablecar ticket to just the intermediate cablecar station (unless you also want to visit the gardens at the top of the second cablecar).

Turn left out of the intermediate cablecar station & keep the Monte Palace Tropical Gardens to your left. The toboggans are a five minute walk along this road. I forget the price, only that it was non-negotiable but not excessive.

The toboggans only take you part-way down - from the bottom of the toboggan run it's still an uninteresting 30 minute walk down to the town. There'll be taxis near the bottom of the toboggan - plenty of folk to share with but you need to bargain hard with the drivers, including walking away, because they'll screw whatever they can get. A couple of years ago negotiations from there to the old part of the city near the harbour started at €25 & ended at €15.

 

JB

Edited November 1, 2018 by John Bull

[Grandma Cruising]

Thanks for the information. Very useful.

[Redrobo]

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