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EXPERIENCE MORE

2 day on the corner of Caminho 3 "
do Monte, and they run (for a
Monte fee) to Livramento and on to Quinta do Palheiro
Funchal. From the church steps, Ferreiro
! B7 @ n Avenida Arriaga past the drivers’ corner, a left ! B7 ⌂ Sìtio do Balançal,
EXPERIENCE Madeira Monte has been a favourite Gardens” leads to the Monte 5:30pm daily ¢ 1 Jan, 25 Dec
16, Funchal; 291 211 902
turn signposted “Old Monte
Sâo Gonçalo @ # 9am–
destination for visitors since
Palace Tropical Gardens.
∑ palheirogardens.com
These gardens feature areas
the late 19th century, when a
A French landscape architect
devoted to Madeiran flora and
rack-and-pinion railway was
plants from Japan and China,
built to haul cruise liner
laid out the Quinta do Palheiro
passengers up the hillside
and orchids. The museum
from Funchal (now replaced
gardens – in the 18th century
exhibits precious stones and
by a teleférico, p352). Coming as well as azaleas, camellias Ferreiro – Madeira’s finest
for the wealthy Count of
down, they would take the minerals, as well as contem- Carvalhal, who built the
fam ous Monte Toboggan ride. porary Zimbabwean sculpture. elegant mansion (not open
Toboggan-drivers in straw To reach the gardens, you to visitors) and the Baroque
hats wait for passengers every pass the twin-towered church chapel in the garden.
of Nossa Senhora do Monte. The estate was acquired in
The Virgin of Monte is 1885 by the Anglo-Madeiran
GREAT VIEW Madeira’s patron saint and Blandy family, hence its
A Cable Car this church is the focal point English name: Blan dy’s
with a View of the pilgri mage that takes Gardens. New species were
Accessed from the place on 15 August (when introduced from South Africa,
top end of Funchal’s penitents climb the church’s Australia and China, resulting
Jardim Botânico, this steps on their knees). in a garden that combines
cable car passes high the clipped formality of late-
over the forested João Monte Palace Tropical 18th-century layout with the
Gomes river valley to Gardens profusion of English-style
hilltop Monte in just " # 9:30am–6pm daily; herbaceous borders, as well
10 minutes. museum: 10am–4:30pm as tropical and temperate
¢ 25 Dec ∑ montepalace.com climate varieties.

Viaduct that now forms
part of the luxuriant Monte
Palace Tropical Gardens

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