Monte Palace Madeira, Madeira Islands, Portugal

4.5 (8.894 reviews) Wednesday: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Spent Ranking #8 in Madeira Islands Gardens

A must visit destination, if you are fit and mobile!

Open to the public since 1991, the Monte Palace Madeira occupies an area of 70.000 square meters and houses a huge exotic plant's collection, coming from all over the world, together with swans,duck's and Koi fish. The Monte Palace Museum is an ideal exhibition space nestled within the beautiful surroundings of a tropical garden. There are three floors, two of which are dedicated to sculptures and the third houses a unique mineral collection gathered from the four corners of the world. Monte Palace Madeira, also includes one of the most important tile collections in Portugal. The tiles exhibited amidst the tropical vegetation represent several ages, coming from palaces, churches, chapels and private houses throughout the former Portuguese empire. We are open everyday except 25th of December. Our prices are: Adults - 12,50€ Children younger than 15 years old: Free Entrance as long as they are accompanied by adults. Check our new facebook page montepalacetropicalgarden
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Address

Caminho do Monte 174, Funchal, Madeira 9050-288 Portugal

Mobile

+351 291 780 800

Website

http://www.montepalacemadeira.com

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 10:52

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5Taxidiotissa 5:00 PM Apr 1, 2022
Take the bus to these stunning gardens!
Most people probably go by cable car to visit these gardens as we had on a previous occasion so this time we took the number 48 bus from the Estrada Monumental - the stop just past Reid’s Hotel going towards Funchal centre. For the princely sum of €1.95 each we had an unforgettable, slightly hair raising trip to Monte taking around 45 mins. It’s about a 10 minute, level walk to the entrance of the gardens. Just inside the entrance is a very nice cafe. The gardens are simply stunning and the plants well labelled. They are set on a steep slope but if you have mobility issues don’t let that put you off as for €2.50 each you can pick up a golf buggy by the lake near the bottom which will return you to the entrance. For me the highlights were the beautiful oriental gardens featuring a large number of Koi carp. Back on board the No. 48 we marvelled at the skill of the bus driver negotiating the narrow steep, roads. You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced one reversing backwards uphill, on a bend, after coming face to face with one coming the other way!
5Redlizziem 5:00 PM Feb 16, 2023
A pleasure
A large garden on a steep hill so be prepared for a lot of steps and wear walking shoes. Garden is well worth the entrance fee of 12.50 euros, with many areas of interest, different views and levels. Lots of plants, though not many flowers in February, so it depends what you want from a garden. Their under-cover cafes were somewhat overwhelmed on the very wet day we visited but we enjoyed the warming hot chocolate, served promptly. The onsite museums have apparently comprehensive, African carving and, in another area, minerals. BTW if you want to get here from the Funchal Lido area bus no. 48 does it for a very small price. There are other buses from central Funchal.