We're thinking of it for a summer holiday as it seems to offer a bit more than the average beach holiday and costs no more.
I don't know much about the island other than what a quick google throws up.
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Anyone been to Madeira? Thoughts please...
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Posted 12 hours ago #
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Nice island, fantastic riding. Check out Freeride Madeira. And there is enough for the Mrs to do while you're shredding.
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Apparently they have an excellent lightbulb* collection at the Museum of Electricity. This is according to my dad, who's favorite days out list includes the Pencil museum at Keswick.
*Yes, I know the correct term is lamps, but that didn't look right when I typed it.
Posted 12 hours ago # -
Yes, just got back.
There is no flat bit. Anywhere. They even extended the runway on giant stilts.The weather is great, the food is good. The island isn't massive but takes ages to get around as the roads are very higgilty piggilty.
The landscapes are great. You can go for walks along old irrigation canals called Levadas. Seeing some of the island away from Funchal is a good idea. We stayed in a little house on a nature reserve right up in the north, but were mostly just relaxing - reading etc.
No beaches though.
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Here are a fews pics I took
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No beaches though.
Ok, it's not sandy but it fits my definition of beach
Posted 12 hours ago # -
Try lokoloko for guided riding too. I rode with them a couple of years ago and they were good, their Pico do Arieiro route was great. It’s a lovely island and the riding is amazing.
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I've been a couple of times, it's great. +1 for freeride Madeira.
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To add some balance to the discussion, we went a few years back. Pretty boring island. Lots of old people. Really bad food.
Can imagine it would be a good place to take the road bike if you like climbing though...
Posted 11 hours ago # -
Astonishingly good riding. Really varied terrain. Freeride Madeira were great.
I suspect the rest of the island is what you make of it. Mostly old people and shops, or ok beaches and great surf depending on where you go. We had good food most of the time.
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Get the ferry to Porto Santo.
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Great riding and hugely varied. It's like being in Jurassic park... Freeride Madeira were great... hotels are used to dealing with the cruise ship crowd so are generally of a high standard. Funchal is interesting enough too... we went back to following year as we really enjoyed it.
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The cake's good
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If you want some beach time, split your stay between Madeira and Porto Santo. I organise tailor-made holidays to Madeira and the Azores - just call if you'd like a chat, the number's on the website: http://www.madeirachoice.com
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I went as a child - loved it. I distinctly remember Funchal food and flower markets and a crazy toboggan ride from the top of a big hill.
The scenery ,particularly the mountains above the cloud level stand out in my hazy memory bank. The runway wasn't extended when I went. The landing & take off was exciting.Looks like That Jesus fella was visiting when Yourguitarhero visited.
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The cake's good
Costs more than the other cakes though
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+1 for Freeride Madeira
I went in November 2016 and the it was excellent! My only negative, which is not really FM's problem, was that on 1 of the 3 days I had there was 2 XC guys who were not comfortable on the rental bikes(they were used to 100mm HT and hired Spesh Enduro's) and not very confident when it got techy. I took my Mega and was hoping for the full on DH stuff I'd read about online..........lucky enough I got it for the other 2 days
Funchal was quiet that time of year but still loads of places to eat and drink. Would highly recommend Mozarts in town, food was beautiful and the waiter topped your glass back up quicker than, well lets just say TOO QUICK lol
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