Places to Visit in Madeira
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Lido Promenade
The Lido area is linked to the Praia Formosa beach by the promenade, where visitors can savour the breathtaking ocean view. Many restaurants are dotted along the shoreline, offering fresh seafood and local produce.
Boat Trips
Different types of marine life can be observed on boat tours, including dolphins, wahles, and turtles. A number of boat companies offer sightseeing tours, private charters, fishing, and swimming with dolphins.
Madeira Island Boat Rides
Madeira Boat Trips
Madeira Wind Birds
Island Coach Tours
Madeira Island Coach Tours offer tours especially for cruise ship passengers, which include pick up and return transfer to the harbor.
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Diving and Snorkelling
Madeira Island is a diver's paradise due to the large variety of species, the mild temperatures and excellent water visibility. There are lots if interesting diving spots along the coast, which include caves, shipwrecks and marine nature reserves.
Madeira Oceanos
Tubarão Madeira
Madeira Story Centre
The Madeira Story Centre is a spectacular modern, interactive museum, where visitors can learn about Madeira’s History and culture. Learn about the History of the Island while feeling the environment of the different periods through smells, sounds, interactive games and challenges which will capture your attention and trigger all your senses. Children receive a science lesson while parents find their way to the terrace for an astonishing panoramic view of the city through the lens of a high-powered telescope.
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Madeira Wine Museum
Wine lovers will love a visit the the historic Madeira wine cellar, where they can examine documents, books and machinery covering the history of Madeira winemaking. It is located in part of the Madeira Wine Institute - the Official authority for quality control and trade relations regarding Madeira wine.
Monte Palace Tropical Gardens
One of the most beautiful estates on the island, bought in the 18th century by English Consul Charles Murray. He, along with subsequent owners, transformed the estate, with exotic and indigenous plants, and imported statues and structures from all over the world. Jewel-toned koi fish can be seen in the series of lakes in the gardens.
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São Vicente's Volcanic Caves
The lava channels that have flowed through Madeira for millennia have created one of its most fascinating tourist hotspots. Take a guided tour of the volcanic tubes left from an eruption over 400,000 years ago—they extend over a half-mile!
Next to the São Vicente Caves is the Volcanism Centre, in the cliff opposite the São Vicente brook, at the bottom of the valley where the formation of the island began. It brings culture and knowledge together with leisure and entertainment in a pavilion that allows 90 visitors at a time to watch audiovisual shows that recreate the geological evolution of the caves, the eruption of a volcano and a simulation of the birth of the Archipelago of Madeira in an educational and entertaining way.
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