Madeira Island
October 1, 2019
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On Day 2, I took a very with humourous guide and driver Sebastiano. The tour started with nice views in Camacha to the uninhabited islands Ilhas Desertas.
We then drove up to the third highest peak on the island, Pico do Arieiro at 1818 metres (the highest and second highest are close by ...
Pico Ruivo at 1862 metres and Pico das Torres at 1851 metres, both close by and walkable from Pico do Arieiro). Unfortunately, we only had 30 minutes here
so couldn't walk too far. The tour continued towards the northeast coast, stopping at the trout fish farm at Ribeiro Frio. Then we continued on,
passing through the valley going to Faial. These pages cover the tour up until this point.
We reached our main destination, the town of Santana (named after the Virgin Mary's mother, Saint Ana), where we stopped for lunch or a snack (I enjoyed a
couple of Portuguese tarts, which are called on Madeira Island, tarts), and spent an hour and half in a very nice town. After that we drove back along the east
coast of the island through Machico and Santa Cruz before arriving back in Funchal.
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Above: The view of the sunrise over Funchal from my hotel room.
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1 and 2 show the view from my hotel room, first at around 6:30 a.m., and the second around 8 a.m.
3 are cable cars from the waterfront in Funchal up to the Monte Palace.
4 is a small church in the main square of Camacha.
5 and 9 is the main building in Camacha square.
6, 10 and 11 are views from the edge of Camacha square towards the Atantic Ocean and uninhabited Ilhas Desertas islands.
7 and 8 show another church in Camacha, and a view of the town from there.
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