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Madeira & The Estreito Wine Festival

Grape-treading and folk dancing at the Estreito wine festival, with the glass Skywalk at Cabo Girao and Madeira's tropical gardens.
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Tour Summary

Explore the lush island of Madeira & celebrate the Estreito Wine Festival on our 8-day tour*.

Join a group of like-minded people ready to explore a truly beautiful and culturally rich part of the world. Famed for its vibrant blooms and exquisite botanical gardens, Madeira offers magnificent viewpoints, dramatic coastlines and some of Europe’s most impressive landscapes. With its accessible biodiversity and year-round floral displays, the whole island feels like one spectacular garden in bloom, the perfect setting for discovery, relaxation and shared experiences.

Whether you are travelling solo, as a couple, or with friends and family, you are most welcome to join this wonderful tour and enjoy discovering Madeira in great company.

Deposit: £350pp

Single Supplement: £210pp

 

Included in This Tour

  • Return flights with hold luggage*
  • Transport required for itinerary
  • 7 breakfasts
  • 7 evening meals (some drinks included with meals)
  • Estreito Camara de Lobos
  • 3 course lunch with coffee, water and wine
  • Tropical Garden entrance
  • Wine tasting
  • Skywalk at Cabo Girao
  • Local guide for tours

Tour Itinerary

Day 01

Arrive at Funchal Airport, where you will be welcomed by your driver before transferring to your hotel. Enjoy dinner as you settle into the hotel.

Day 02

Leaving Funchal, you will take the windy road to Pico do Areeiro, the third highest point of the island (1810m).Continue through the Laurisilva Forest, A Nature World Heritage site. Continue to Ribeiro Frio, located 17km from Funchal and known for its beautiful gardens where plants and trees live side by side in perfect harmony. You will see a variety of native plants, some quite rare. There will also be an opportunity to visit a trout hatchery.Continuing then to Faial, with impressive beauty of the surrounding mountains, and Santana, well known for its typical thatched roof houses.You will then have lunch at the vineyard property Quinta do Furao, with panoramic views over the east of the island. After lunch, the tour continues to the small town of Porto da Cruz and its harbour tucked in to the eastern flank of the Eagle Rock which dominates thecoastal landscape. Heading back to the hotel, you pass by the city of Machio, the first capitalof Madeira. Dinner at your hotel.Optional extra: Rum Tasting €5.00pp

Day 03

This is the most popular visit, taking in the whole of the western side of the island, with themost dramatic and breathtaking scenery. Pass by the picturesque fishing town of Câmarade Lobos (stop for optional Poncha), and visit the viewpoint Cabo Girâo, the highest seacliff in Europe and the second highest in the world (580m). Travel inland across themysterious plateau of Pâul da Serra to Porto Moniz with its natural volcanic rock pools.Your journey then continues to Sâo Vicente, a pretty mountain village along the north western coast, where waterfalls cascade down the rock face into the deep blue ocean.Dinner at your hotel. Optional extra: picnic €15.00pp Poncha in Câmara de Lobos €5.00pp

Day 04

Start the day with a stroll through the hustle and bustle of the Farmers Market. Discover the display of subtropical produce of this island such as fruits, vegetables, flowers and fish. From here you will head to the cable car station, where you can take the cable car(optional) to Monte, a village in the suburbs of Funchal, well known for its lush vegetation and the two-spired church of Our Lady of Monte. On arrival at Monte, visit the Monta Palace Tropical Garden, belonging to the Joe Berardo foundation. The garden boasts plants fromall over the world, on which a wide number of species has already been planted including azaleas, heather, different trees and a wide variety of ferns. The African Art and rare stones museum are also situated on the same property of this garden. Monte is home to the well known wicker toboggans. You may experience a 10-minute ride (optional) in this unique mean of transport, powered by two ‘carreiros’ or sledge drivers, originally used to carrywood and other produce into town.Next visit the Old Madeira Wine Lodge and taste two Madeira wines. Then travel along the narrow and winding road up to Eira do Serrado (1094mts) with breathtaking views downinto the Nuns Valley. Optional extra: cable car ride €14.50pp, Toboggan ride €17.50pp.

Day 05

Free day- Suggestions – visit to the Botanical Gardens in Funchal/3-hour Catamaran trip.

Day 06

Welcome to your half day tour to the Madeira Wine Festival in Estraito de Câmara de Lobos! This delightful journey takes you into the heart of Madeira’s wine culture, where tradition, celebration, and local flavours come together in one of the island's most charming villages. During the festival, the streets come alive with music, folklore performances, wine tastings, and the vibrant energy of the grape harvest season. It is a perfect opportunity to experience the island's heritage, meet the locals and enjoy some of the finest Madeira wines.

Day 07

Free day- Suggestions - take the bus from the hotel and explore the city of Funchal and its Wine Festival atmosphere.

Day 08

Transfer to the airport for your journey home.

Accommodation

7 Nights

Jardins D'Ajuda Suite Hotel 4*

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