Palheiro Gardens (Quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro)
Funchal
- Outdoors
- From 5
- Children free
- Just turn up
Fourteen hectares of Blandy family estate at 500 metres above Funchal, camellia avenues and a sunken garden and 650-odd labelled species, free for anyone under 15.
The case for bringing children is emptiness: reviewers who have done Monte Palace and the Botanical Garden keep saying they had this one almost to themselves, which with a small child is worth more than any attraction. Against it, nothing here is built for a child - no play area, no fish to feed, no cable car - and a bored six-year-old will be bored for the full two hours the estate deserves. The broad gravel avenues take a pushchair; the steeper side paths do not.
Worth knowing: Bus 37 stops at the gate but getting back is the problem - book the return taxi before you go in, or plan on the walk up to the main-road stop.
Opening hours
- Mon
- 09:00-17:00
- Tue
- 09:00-17:00
- Wed
- 09:00-17:00
- Thu
- 09:00-17:00
- Fri
- 09:00-17:00
- Sat
- 09:00-17:00
- Sun
- 09:00-17:00
Prices
Adult 11 €, free under 15, 6 € for ages 15 to 17, 6 € for Madeira residents with proof, 10 € each in groups of five or more. Last entry 16:00.
Season
Open all year except 25 December and 1 January.
Getting there
Prices and opening times change without notice, and on this island they change often. Everything here carries the date it was checked in our research notes; if a place has moved or closed, tell us and we will fix it.