Madeira Island — Our TOP 5

What’s the best thing to do in Madeira, besides Poncha and Bolo do Caco? 🙂

here’s a few tips

  • Funchal’s Botanical Garden, with incredible views over the city. It’s relaxed yet excentric.
  • Ponta de São Lourenço, the finest cliff scenery on Madeira, a volcanic peninsula classified as natural reserve.
  • Caldeirão Verde, at Madeira’s amazon you can walk your wau at Laurissilva forest with waterfalls and fresh lagoons.
  • Natural pools of Porto Moniz, they’re sea water pools, naturally filled by the ocean’s high tide. The best scenic setting for you to swim.
  • Pico do Areeiro, this viewpoint at 1818m high provides a fantastic view of Madeira’s central mountains.

Tell us… Have you ever been to Madeira? What’s your favorite thing there?