This is the ultimate travel guide for Madeira first timers. In this video, I'll give you an overview of the islands geography, how to get to Madeira, when to go and what to do. We'll explore the following places and do the following activities:

Chapters:
0:00 Ey up
0:37 Geography
1:15 Getting in
1:43 When to go
2:19 Funchal
3:22 Monte Palace Cable Car
4:35 Monte Palace Gardens
6:19 Doca do Cavacas and Praia Formosa beach
8:39 Hiking Pico Ruivo
10:00 Hiking 25 Fontes
11:27 Hiking Ponta de Sao Lorenco
14:06 Off-roading
16:06 Fanal Forest
16:50 Porto Moniz
17:25 Seixal Beach
19:26 How I did it?

Finally, I'll show you how I got to Madeira and where I stayed as well as some hints and tips. I travelled to Madeira for 10 nights, but the above can easily be done in a 7 night trip.

I booked my Pico Ruivo and 25 Fontes hiking transfers through a company called 'DoIt Madeira', a link to their website is here: https://www.doit-madeira.com/

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I booked the 'Amazing West' off-roading tour including lunch through Madeira Mountain Expeditions. A link to this is here: https://www.mex.pt/product/amazing-we...

All prices detailed in this video were correct at the time of making the video but these may have changed so please don't have a go at me if they're wrong.

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