Madeira · MONTE PALACE & GARDENS
Terraced gardens above the city, reached by cable car or by tuk tuk up the hairpins. These 11 pair the gardens with the toboggan, the old town or the botanical collection lower down — priced per person or per vehicle, which changes the maths for two.
Private Tuk Tuk tour in Funchal to Monte’s Tropical Garden and a classic toboggan ride, with Old Town sights and local stories.
“Luis was excellent very friendly and informative trip was great seeing lots more in a tuk-tuk good value .”
2-hour tuk tuk tour of Funchal Old Town and the Madeira Botanical Gardens, with hotel pickup and a guide. Tickets for gardens cost extra.
“Inez was upbeat, happy and took great care of us. We would highly recommend her.”
3-hour Monte Palace Tropical Gardens tuk tuk tour from Funchal with hill views, a church stop, and time to wander the gardens.
“Very enjoyable time taken on well informed city tour and climbed the hills in the Tuk Tuk to look at the beautiful gardens and watch the sledges sliding down the road, a great time. Thank you.”
Tuk-tuk ride from Funchal to Madeira Botanical Garden for panoramic city views and a self-guided plant visit, plus historic downtown stops.
“For starters our guide was 10 minutes late. Journey to Botanical Gardens was ok, bit rough in places and Tuk Tuk struggled badly on hill. Engine kept cutting out, sliding backwards, jittery restart causing hell of a bump (this happened more than once!) on arrival at gardens we were told by our guide we had 1 hour. Set alarm on my phone for 45 minutes to ensure we had plenty of time to get back to exit for pick up (11.33am) Arrived at pick up ahead of time, waited and waited. 12.05 still no sign of our guide so we got the bus back into Funchal. So much cheaper (and…”
Private tuk-tuk in Funchal’s Old Town and Madeira Botanical Garden, with guided photo stops, small-group pickup, and great views.
“Tia was an amazing guide and showed us a really good flavour of Funchal. She was very knowledgeable and personable and we really enjoyed our trip. We also felt safe with her as the streets are steep and narrow at times! It was such a nice and fun way to see Funchal. The Botanical gardens were beautiful.”
Monte Palace Tropical Garden tour with hotel pickup and one-way cable car ride. Guided admission included, optional toboggan to Funchal.
“Fantastic beautiful tropical place although the trip was quite rushed with the tour guide rushing around her part.”
Private tuk-tuk tour with hotel pickup to Madeira Botanical Garden. 1 hour among 2,500+ plants, plus museum access and Funchal views.
“Ricky was knowledgeable and very friendly guide - made sure we had lots of ideas for things to try and places to visit - really enjoyed the trip, went out of his way to make it fun and we would definitely recommend. Spencer & Claire.”
Private tuk-tuk botanical garden tour in Funchal, Portugal. Skip crowds, visit the central market and Madeira Botanical Garden, plus scenic stops.
“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.”
Private tuk-tuk from Funchal to Madeira Botanical Garden in Quinta do Bom Sucesso, with bay views and plant history.
“It was actually a trip to the Botanical Garden and back. Very nice time spent in tuktuk. The vehicle looked inconspicuous, but it was doing great on city roads, and the steep climbs did not make any impression on it. Sidónio (this is the name of our driver) was perfectly in control of the vehicle, and its valuable information about the buildings and the city was an additional advantage. I highly recommend it!”
Funchal tuk tuk tour with Old Town orientation and a one hour stop at the Madeira Botanical Garden, plus pickup and drop-off for $42.
“Everything was great exceot of the weather, nice tuk tuk tour!”
Madeira botanical gardens tour by tuk-tuk, visiting Monte Palace and Palheiro, with Funchal and Atlantic views and plant stories.
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