Funchal : Private Custom Walking Tour With A Guide (Private Tour)
Overview
Funchal can sometimes feel inaccessible to foreign visitors, but exploring the city with a local guide makes all the difference. On this private walking tour, discover Funchal’s most iconic neighborhoods, landmarks, and monuments while gaining valuable insight into local life and culture. The tour focuses on exploring the exterior of key monuments and museums, allowing you to appreciate their history and architecture as you stroll through the city.
Before the tour, your guide will contact you to learn about your interests and preferences, ensuring an itinerary that matches what you want to see. If you would like to include a museum visit during the tour, a customized experience can be arranged—just let us know in advance. Ideal for families, solo travelers, and couples, this walking tour offers an authentic way to understand Funchal through the eyes of a knowledgeable local guide.
What's Included
- Help from our team to book the tickets for the desired visits.
- Private Customized Walking Tour
- Meet up at your accommodation (If located in the city) or cruise terminal
- In-person: English, Spanish, French and Italian speaking Guide
- Drink or Food ( If you want to have a break during the tour )
- Transportations (the cost of using public transport during the tour is at your own expense)
- Personal expenses
- Tickets to any attractions
- Cable car, Funchal-Monte
Meeting and Pickup
The local guide will pick you up at your hotel ( if located in Funchal ). Travelers can request the tour to start from any centrally located hotel. In case your hotel is outside the city center we will select a convenient meeting point in the city center.Tour may end at a different location from the departure point unless requested in advance of the tour.
What To Expect
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Miradouro Pico Dos Barcelos
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Funchal Cathedral
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
CR7 Cristiano Ronaldo Museum
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Monte Palace Madeira
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Monte
40 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- It's a city tour and not a tour inside the monuments.
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (WET).
- Help from our team to book the tickets for the desired visits.
- Private Customized Walking Tour.
- Meet up at your accommodation (If located in the city) or cruise terminal.
- In-person: English, Spanish, French and Italian speaking Guide.
- Drink or Food ( If you want to have a break during the tour ).
- Transportations (the cost of using public transport during the tour is at your own expense).
- Personal expenses.
- Tickets to any attractions.
- Cable car, Funchal-Monte.
The minimum age to participate is 1..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Funchal : Private Custom Walking Tour With A Guide (Private Tour) is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Funchal : Private Custom Walking Tour With A Guide (Private Tour) will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Help from our team to book the tickets for the desired visits.
- Private Customized Walking Tour
- Meet up at your accommodation (If located in the city) or cruise terminal
- In-person: English, Spanish, French and Italian speaking Guide
- Drink or Food ( If you want to have a break during the tour )
- Transportations (the cost of using public transport during the tour is at your own expense)
- Personal expenses
- Tickets to any attractions
- Cable car, Funchal-Monte
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- It's a city tour and not a tour inside the monuments.
