Funchal : Private Custom Walking Tour With A Guide (Private Tour)
- 2–6 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Funchal can sometimes feel inaccessible to foreign visitors, but exploring the city with a local guide makes all the difference. On this private walking tour, discover Funchal’s most iconic neighborhoods, landmarks, and monuments while gaining valuable insight into local life and culture. The tour focuses on exploring the exterior of key monuments and museums, allowing you to appreciate their history and architecture as you stroll through the city. Before the tour, your guide will contact you to learn about your interests and preferences, ensuring an itinerary that matches what you want to see. If you would like to include a museum visit during the tour, a customized experience can be arranged—just let us know in advance. Ideal for families, solo travelers, and couples, this walking tour offers an authentic way to understand Funchal through the eyes of a knowledgeable local guide.
Inclusions
What's included
- Help from our team to book the tickets for the desired visits.
- Private Customized Walking Tour
- In-person: English, Spanish, French and Italian speaking Guide
- Meet up at your accommodation (If located in the city) or cruise terminal
What's not
- Drink or Food ( If you want to have a break during the tour )
- Transportations (the cost of using public transport during the tour is at your own expense)
- Personal expenses
- Tickets to any attractions
- Cable car, Funchal-Monte
Itinerary
Viewpoint with café and wide view of Funchal, the sea and the rugged mountains inland.
Sé is the common name of the cathedral in Funchal on Madeira Island, the full name is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção. It is the mother church of the Funchal diocese. The construction of the late Gothic church was planned in 1488 and started in 1500.
Museu CR7 is a museum dedicated to the trophies of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. It is located in Ronaldo's birthplace, the city of Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
The Monte Palace Tropical Garden is a botanical garden in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira. Covering an area of 70,000 m², it displays plants as well as art objects, tile paintings and minerals, among other things. The park can be reached from Funchal by cable car Funchal-Monte.
Nossa Senhora do Monte is a Catholic pilgrimage church in Monte, Madeira. It was built starting in 1741. Since an earthquake destroyed the completed new building in 1748, it could not be consecrated until December 20, 1818.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Guydeez
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- It's a city tour and not a tour inside the monuments.
How it compares in Funchal
- Its from-price is 35% below the median of the 232 day trips we list in Funchal.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 154 of 232.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Funchal
Funchal is the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic, set on steep green hills with flower-filled gardens and a seafront old town.
Funchal spreads up a steep hillside above a natural harbour on Madeira's south coast. The old town, the Zona Velha, has narrow lanes with painted doors and small restaurants, and the cathedral dates from around 1500. The Mercado dos Lavradores sells tropical fruit, fish and flowers in a hall decorated with blue tiles. A cable car climbs from the harbourfront to Monte, high above.
Top-ranked sights in Funchal: Sé Cathedral of Funchal, Church of Our Lady of Monte (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte), Madeira Botanical Gardens.
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