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Madeira Island Coastal Exploration: Discover Fishing Villages, Sea Cliffs, and Historic Lighthouse
4.8
14 Ratings
Funchal
Embark on a coastal exploration of Madeira Island, uncovering fishing villages, breathtaking sea cliffs, and a historic lighthouse. Perfect for all seasons, discover the beauty of the South coast.
Embark on a coastal exploration of Madeira Island, uncovering fishing villages, breathtaking sea cliffs, and a historic lighthouse. Perfect for all seasons, discover the beauty of the South coast.
Duration:
7 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Ponta Do Sol - Picturesque fishing by the sea with a emblematic pebbled beach.
- Madalena do Mar - Visit to a banana plantation. The only location on the Island where you can see a perfect sunrise and sunset.
- Calheta - Possibility to visit a sugar cane factory. Artificial sand beach.
- Quinta Pedagogica dos Prazeres - Ecological farm…
- Ponta Do Sol - Picturesque fishing by the sea with a emblematic pebbled beach.
- Madalena do Mar - Visit to a banana plantation. The only location on the Island where you can see a perfect sunrise and sunset.
- Calheta - Possibility to visit a sugar cane factory. Artificial sand beach.
- Quinta Pedagogica dos Prazeres - Ecological farm and tea house.
- Ponta do Pargo - Incredible views of the far West of the Island. Possibility to visit the lighthouse, a local heritage, which stands on a cliff, 300 metres above sea level. Lunch break.
- Paul do Mar - Picturesque fishing village with a pebbled beach. Famous surf spot.
- Jardim do Mar - Promenade by the sea. Ruins of the old mill indicate the sugar wealth of the past.
What's Included
- Live commentary
- Insurance
- Live commentary
- Insurance
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Lunch
- Snacks
Additional Information
The Southern excursion introduces you to Madeira’s coastal region, extending to the far West boundaries. This area hosts the renowned lighthouse, cherished as a local landmark. Journeying through, you’ll catch sight of numerous fishing hamlets and breathtaking marine bluffs. This tour is recommended for any time of the year, as the Southern coast typically boasts pleasant climate conditions.
The Southern excursion introduces you to Madeira’s coastal region, extending to the far West boundaries. This area hosts the renowned lighthouse, cherished as a local landmark. Journeying through, you’ll catch sight of numerous fishing hamlets and breathtaking marine bluffs. This tour is recommended for any time of the year, as the Southern coast typically boasts pleasant climate conditions.
Location
Monumental Experience
Estrada Monumental
We are located at the entrance of the Shopping Center, on the right side. Our shop is easy to find, just look for a yellow smiley face, shop sign.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(14 Ratings)
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Paulwellmanuk
Sep 25, 2024
Great tour - Really enjoyed our tours of the island. Guide was full on knowledge and told us about the history of the island, We visited some beautiful places. I highly recomend this company for seeing the island. Nico is so good and has a good sense of humour too 😁
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R1925rbsarahc
Sep 18, 2024
Great day out! - This was an amazing day. I have long wanted to go to Ponta do Pargo but this trip was so much more. The was made more special by the weather and the fantastic driver, Luis- so friendly and knowledgable.
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Curiosity21885428495
Sep 11, 2024
Madeira Travels - Beautiful weather scenery spectacular
Drivers very helpful and knowledgeable
2 great trips out at very reasonable prices
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Delfino55
May 1, 2024
A pleasant and enjoyable day of exploration. - An enjoyable and interesting day trip some good photograph locations.
Our guide and driver was helpful friendly and knowledgeable throughout and recommended several options for our lunch.
A relaxing and pleasant day of sight seeing, would use this company again.
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B8582qqjamesw
Jan 12, 2024
Three trips - We went on the go west, south west and nuns valley tours. Excellent minibus guides giving fascinating information about Madeira. Office staff excellent and attentive. Good value and comfortable minibuses. AAA+++
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H5152pvrobertd
Sep 22, 2023
Off the beaten path - I took the Madeira Happy Tours excursion to the Southwest part of Madeira, which most tourists do not visit. There were only 3 of us on the tour so we were able to go where large groups could not. We walked through a banana plantation in Madalena do Mar. Madeiran bananas are smaller than South American ones, but are sweeter. You can get them only in Portugal. I got into a staring contest with an emu at the Pedagogical Farm in Prazeres. At the southwest tip of Madeira is the Ponta do Pargo lighthouse, built in 1922.
We stopped for lunch at Restaurante O Farolim (The Lighthouse) in Ponta do Pargo (cost not included in the tour). The Scabbardfish Fillet Madeiran Style was so tasty with the banana on top! Our last stop was the beach at Calheta. We had a nice stroll along the seashore and could watch the people enjoy the protected beach.
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Peregrine_10
Jan 2, 2023
Great day out. - Happy Tours is my Go To excursion provider in Madeira. This time I was a little disappointed that, being the week before Christmas, there were far fewer tours available and, to be honest, the salesman in their shop wasn't particularly helpful but I managed to book the south west tour which I'd done before but a while ago.
This one did, I think a slightly different and better route. The guide, Tino, was exceptionally good - very knowledgeable, obviously devoted to his island and its history, culture and natural beauty. The stops were well-timed and Tino was informative and interesting at each one.
We were lucky with the weather and it was another excellent day out with Happy Tours.
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Cazb84
Aug 29, 2022
First visit to Madeira - We have just returned from 2 weeks in Madeira and had booked our tours in advance on the Happy Tours website. We did South, North, East and West tours, Nuns Valley tour, Vale Paraiso Levada walk and Serra Vale Agua Levada walk. This review covers them all. We really enjoyed all the tours we went on, very informative and a great way to see the island on our first visit.
For 3 of our tours (South, North and East) our driver and guide was Luis Mateus and he was fantastic. You can tell he loves his job and he is very passionate about the island. He was such good company and made our holiday so enjoyable. He is a credit to the company.
We had no problems, we were picked up on time outside our hotel and felt we definitely got our money's worth
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T8679afalainb
Jul 23, 2022
The Magnificent South of Madeira - This is a must on your bucket list for Madeira! Rugged and beautiful scenery… wonderful change of pace from Funchal! Our driver Hugo was very friendly & knowledgeable. I was exhausted at the end of the day, I forgot my iPhone in the bus. I went to the office… they called Hugo, he brought the phone back to the office within the hour 😊
NOTE: Madeira Happy Tours does not offer Time Share promotions. I discovered other companies do… BE AWARE!
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Beth_p
Feb 23, 2024
Sights were beautiful Driver Needed to be informed on how the fires started - Great tour good amount of sites to see for this day trip. When we got to the site on the Island that had the fires the driver told us that it was started by heat. The fire was started by arson and I asked him about it. Tell people the truth there are bad people everywhere. Heat doesn't start a fire and it sounded ridiculous.
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