Aquaparque Madeira

Seasonal.

• Outdoors
• From 3
• Children free
• Just turn up

The island's only water park: five slides, racing lanes, two seawater pools including a shallow one, a lazy river, and a birds-of-prey session included in the ticket.

Everything is filled with seawater, so it is colder than a mainland water park and a small child comes out shivering on a cloudy day. The Rio Lento lazy river is what children spend the whole afternoon on; the birds-of-prey demonstration fills the hour when they have had enough of the slides. A middling 3.5 average on 178 Tripadvisor reviews is unusual for a water park here, and the complaints divide between tired facilities and lifeguards described as sharp with children on the slides.

Worth knowing: No height or age limits are published for any individual slide - not on the price cards, not on the park map - so if the point of the trip is a seven-year-old on the big red slide, ring 291 640 535 and ask before driving out. Go before eleven or after four; the queue complaints are all from the 13:00 to 16:00 block.

Opening hours

Mon

10:00-18:00

Tue

10:00-18:00

Wed

10:00-18:00

Thu

10:00-18:00

Fri

10:00-18:00

Sat

10:00-18:00

Sun

10:00-18:00

Prices

Ages 0-4 free, ages 5-12 15 €, adult 20 €, holiday-scheme groups 10 €. The ticket covers every pool, every slide and the daily bird session. Any guide quoting 15/12/9 € is on the pre-2024 tariff.

Season

Changed this year: the pools, the Rio Lento lazy river and the children's zone now stay open all year for the first time, and only the slides and the full park remain a summer operation. The operator's own site had not caught up when this was checked - its header still advertises last summer's 28 June to 31 August block - so confirm by phone before driving out in the off season.

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.