Funchal Travel Forum

I am going on a cruise soon, and the liner will be docking at the cruise terminal in Funchal. I fancy visiting the Santa Catarina Park. Please can anyone tell me how far the park is from the terminal, and how long would it take to walk the distance. Any directions (by foot) would be appreciated. Thank you. Mandy from South Wales.

Hi

I would try to look at the Funchal page and go to the like to google earth. And have a look for how long the walk seems to you. As I remember its not to far but I love to walk.

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Sorry but I just tryed Google it do not work very well out on madeira

But try to look at this tip

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tp/b55ba/

We did a port stop there in March 2006. The cruise ship dock is on a little spit of land directly across from downtown. You have to make a big "U" walk to get from the ship to downtown. It is a level and easy walk with plenty of places to stop, look, eat, and drink. I don't know where Santa Catarina Park is located, but it took us about 45 minutes of easy walking to get to the base of the cable car.

Hi there Mandy. The walk from the habour to the Santa Catarina Park is definetly not longer than about 10 minutes. If you need to orient yourself from the habour then I suggest you look at a map of Funchal. Try this site: http://www.madeira-seekers.com/FunchalMap.html