4 Garden Tours in Funchal Worth the Trip

1.Madeira Highlights: Toboggan, Garden & Cable Car (All-Inclusive)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 80 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $199Our pick

Review of Madeira’s private cable car, Monte garden and toboggan tour, with practical advice on price, queues, walking and value.

“We enjoyed sight seeing from the cable car. The tobaggan ride was fun, annd our tour guide waited a long time in line, while we waited at a cafe, for our turn to take that ride. Our tour Guide Miguel was GREAT. The Botanical Garden tour was a fiasco ( not Miguel’s fault ), We terminated it after a half hour of carefully finding a way to make it safely to the nearest exit because of the dangerous walkways, which were composed of wet slippery volcanic rock's most all STEEP SLOPES!!!, creating countless places where A YONE could suddenly and easily slip and fall. There was NO WARNING of these…”

Check availability →Read our full review

2.Monte Palace Tropical Garden tour with Cable Car

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 44 reviews · 2 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $72Best value

Review of Monte Palace Tropical Garden and Funchal cable car tour, with practical tips on timing, terrain, value, pickup, and the toboggan ride.

“The view is amazing. It's definitely a must do. The guide was very informative. My favorite was the cable car.”

Check availability →Read our full review

3.Private Halfday Madeira Garden Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $142Top rated

Review of Madeira’s private half-day garden tour, with Monte Palace, Botanical Garden, hotel pickup, pricing, walking tips, and practical advice.

“Excellent guide and driver. Very friendly and knowledgeable made the whole tour interesting and informative. Would thoroughly recommend.”

Check availability →Read our full review

4.Private Botanical Garden Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)

Review of Funchal’s private tuk-tuk ride to Madeira Botanical Garden, with hilltop views, pickup, pricing, garden costs, and practical tips.

“Hi Jessica,was lovely,felt safe in tuk tuk and it was so much fun botanical gardens were lovely and the scenery amazing.Thank you Jessica you explained so much also about Funchal.”

Check availability →Read our full review