If the Palace gardens haven't quenched your horticultural thirst, take a trip to the Madeira Botanical Garden, which was established in 1881 by the Reid family and opened to the public in the 1960s.

Bus 29 and 31 go to the Botanical Garden while 20 and 22 covers Monte Palace. Price: Free (Santa Catarina) / £ Feast on the sights and smells of a 20th-century market ...

The capital of Madeira Island, Funchal is where most of the hotels are, and where shops sell the colorful local attire. Also see Funchal's cathedral and botanical gardens with its wide variety of ...