Definitely! Really down to personnal preferences! And as i mentioned i was not seeking the best restaurants either so i may have missed the best spots too!
This video is a gem! Thank you so much. One suggestion -- I loved it when you mentioned a place and also showed the spelling and pointed it on the map. As a non-Portuguese-speaking person, I sometimes struggle with how a word is spelled. Otherwise, everything else is perfect. Direct to the point with no unnecessary b-roll footages.
Thank you! I learnt it the hard way! I ended up paying way to much for a bag of fruits that tasted at home very different from what I tried at the market. Basically not all bad but a lot of scams.
Thank you the valuable information! I will be in Europe January-May and am wondering what month you would recommend going to be able to balance good weather, business of the island, and cost?
Thank you for the video and for making me "home"sick. There are, in fact, two places you can visit for swimming, apart from the volcanic swimming pools in Porto Moniz: they are the beaches in Seixal (with nice waves) and in Calheta, a beach that was built with sand from Morocco and which is also suitable for younger children. Calheta also is the location of a distillery of rum - a stronger alternative to the typical Madeira wine. Overall, Madeira is a wonderful place to visit and your video shows just that!
Thanks mate I really appreciate your video. I like your honest review and chilled attitude. In regards to the hiking Pico do Areiro to Pico Ruivo, how long does it takes is it double for non professional hikers and what do you suggest? To go there with taxi and then get another taxi from the other end? Thanks
Hi! Thanks for your feedback! I may be wrong as it starts to date a bit but 3-4h one way is what is usually advised. I think I have done the return trip in 8h but I am not the best hiker (as far away from a professional hiker as you can get ;). Up to you if you want to do a one way or a return trip. Both must be cool. It may get a bit expensive and complicated to get taxis on both ends but doable! There are also companies that organise the logistics so it may be easier.
I would love a video of the best photography places in madeira!! This video was really helpful, im going to Madeira in a week so thankyou soo much ! :)
Thank you very much! So glad you found it helpful! I am not sure i will be able to do the video before you go there but a few recommendations: pico do arieiro, caldeirao verde, ponta de sao laurenço, sao vicente, janela
Good work. Would like some more info on using the buses to get around, all the tourists driving around will ruin the fragile environment. If we tourist use the buses, they will get better bus service.
Hi Linda, Unfortunately from what I saw, there are a few buses but they would not allow you to reach the most interesting places on the island. They mostly connect the cities together. I personnaly cycled for a week there which is more environment friendly but I cannot really recommend it if you are not a very good cyclist (which am not). It is really difficult and reaching these same spots would be pure torture as they are at a high elevation.
@@Seedsofdiscovery There are buses, quite cheap good routes and run frequently. There are city buses with day passes for €5 and intercity buses with a €8 day pass. Most buses run every 30 minutes or more often. Way better to do Levada or walks at your own pace and having a higher enviromental impact.
@@shinnam Thank you for the additional details! Definitely is useful! Buses are definitely good if you want to visit the towns. Depending on which hikes you want to do it will be more or less easy: levada do rei has a bus that goes near by but pico do arieiro if I remember well doesn't for example. This website is quite good to check how to get to the different places: www.madeira-portugal.guide/from-pico-arieiro-to-pico-ruivo/
Hope you will enjoy it! Definitely try one of the following 3 hikes: pico do arieiro, ponta de sao laurenço and levada do caldeirao verde! Enoy the bananas and the wine :)
