Food Day Trips from Funchal, Madeira

Food destinations within easy reach of Funchal. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

9 km west of FunchalRodoeste bus from Funchal, or a 15 minute drive along the coast road

Famous for: Poncha bars and the scabbard-fish fleet

Câmara de Lobos, settled after 1420, still works Madeira's scabbard-fish fleet from a bay of painted boats nine kilometres west of Funchal city.

40 km north of FunchalBus 103 from Funchal, or an hour by car over the mountain road

Famous for: Thatched casinhas, mountain produce and a UNESCO biosphere

Santana on Madeira's north coast keeps the thatched triangular casinhas and sits inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of upland fruit and chestnut.

75 km northwest of FunchalBus 139 from Funchal, or 90 minutes by car via the north coast

Famous for: Volcanic sea pools and a working fishing harbour

Porto Moniz sits at Madeira's northwest corner, where volcanic rock forms natural sea pools and a working fishing harbour still lands the catch.

25 km east of FunchalBus 113 from Funchal, or 25 minutes by car on the VR1

Famous for: The island's first landing point and its bay-side kitchens

Machico is where Zarco landed in July 1419, making it Madeira's historical birthplace, a bay town of 20,000 people east of Funchal on the VR1.