4x4 Full-Day Tour to Explore Portugal's Scents and Flavors

Meet a driver at your Funchal hotel for 8:30am departure, then travel to the northwest side of Madeira, where your first stop of the day is the town of São Vincente, a coastal village set in a picture-perfect valley.

You’ll get panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and sea as you travel, then continue to a traditional factory and saw mill to get a sense of the industries that once fueled Madeira’s island economy.

The route continues to a series of communities, including Ponta Delgada, Boa Ventura, Arco de Sāo, Jorge, and Cabanas, passing gardens, forest landscapes, and old fashioned architecture along the way. In the town of Santana, stop to see the typical thatched houses, then get a spectacular view of Ponta de São Lourenço, and explore Porta da Cruz and Caniçal.

Midway through the day, the tour will pause for lunch, and you’ll have the option to purchase a three-course meal for €12.00. When your route wraps back around the island to Funchal, this full-day tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel.

• Meet a driver at your Funchal hotel for 8:30am departure, then travel to the northwest side of Madeira, where your first stop of the day is the town of São Vincente, a coastal village set in a picture-perfect valley. You’ll get panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and sea as you travel, then continue to a traditional factory and saw mill to get a sense of the industries that once fueled Madeira’s island economy. The route continues to a series of communities, including Ponta Delgada, Boa Ventura, Arco de Sāo, Jorge, and Cabanas, passing gardens, forest landscapes, and old fashioned architecture along the way. In the town of Santana, stop to see the typical thatched houses, then get a spectacular view of Ponta de São Lourenço, and explore Porta da Cruz and Caniçal. Midway through the day, the tour will pause for lunch, and you’ll have the option to purchase a three-course meal for €12.00. When your route wraps back around the island to Funchal, this full-day tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel.

Discover the Northeast as a Madeiran, meet the local villages, some of them where they "stopped in time" with their own tiny shops / coffee's, water mill, traditional houses with thatched roof, rum factory, and off road experience taking you to amazing viewpoints. This tour taked nearly 8-hours, having a great time with our multilanguage guide, learning about the locations that you will pass, fauna, flora, history, culture, gastronomy, etc. This experience / tour will be in a open top 4x4 vehicle, taking you thru the native forest, passing at the old roads, farmers & off road tracks. Great landscapes, sea cliffs, valleys of incredibly beauty that are supported by old terraces hand built centuries ago, built on the foundation of love, sweat and tears. A great memory, a great experience with a lot of history will make this a unique experience in Madeira.

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers