You will know by now that we LOVE a cable car ride and Madeira is positively bursting with them. From the huge slick operation in Funchal to some decidedly hair raising little ones originally just for farm transport. One of the latter types is the notoriously steep Achadas da Cruz cable car which transports local farmersContinue reading “Steep ride down”
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More cable car!
We’re heading back down from the botanical gardens into Funchal for some birthday celebrations. With a brief stop off in the pretty hamlet of Monte at the cable car summit. Then it’s back into a pod and heading back down into bustling Funchal. You get a fantastic vantage point for nebbing into people’s back yards!!Continue reading “More cable car!”
Floating in Funchal
We’re catching the Funchal cable car up to the botanical gardens. The cable car takes you 3200 meters upwards to the parish of Nossa Senhora do Monte, created in 1565 and now just known as Monte. Funchal shrinks into the distance as we head upwards. Resembling a tiny toy town way beneath us. Maderia isContinue reading “Floating in Funchal”
Mount Srd cable car
If there’s a cable car in the vicinity then we tend to make an appearance on it sooner or later! Dubrovnik is no exception with Mount Srd boasting the town’s vertigo inducing attraction. The original cable car was built in 1969 but was almost completely destroyed during the shelling in the 1990s. At 405 metresContinue reading “Mount Srd cable car”