Porto Moniz, Seixal and more
A chapel in a rock, and pools made of lava
- Half daystart to finish
- 29 kmof road
- 13stops with a story
You own this tour. It is waiting in the app.
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Before you buy
Hear how it begins
The wet side of the island, west to the pools. A chapel cut into a rock at a river mouth, a waterfall that frays into lace off a road the sea took back, the only black-sand beach on the north coast, a waterfall you drive under, a threshing floor with a view, and at the end a swim in pools the lava made. A voice in the car that knows where you are, and tells you what you are looking at.
These are the first twenty seconds of the tour's three free blocks. In the app the three play in full, and the rest of the tour starts by itself as you reach each place.
This run goes São Vicente → Porto Moniz; the app also has it the other way round.
On the road
- 9stories along the way
- 2free to hear first
- São Vicente Free sample
- Miradouro do Véu da Noiva Free sample
On the way
Questions about this tour
Do I need a car?
Yes. About thirty kilometres from São Vicente to Porto Moniz on the ER101 and its tunnels, with one detour up the Ribeira da Janela valley on narrow mountain road. Any rental car copes; take the valley slowly and skip the waterfall in heavy rain.
Where does it start, and where does it end?
It starts as you reach São Vicente, whether you come over the mountains from the Encumeada or through the tunnel from the east, and ends at the natural pools in Porto Moniz. It is one way, west along the coast, so the pools come last and get the afternoon sun.
How long does it take?
Under an hour of driving. Plan on five hours with the village, the beach and a swim, and more if you add the caves at São Vicente or stay on in Porto Moniz.
Are the caves and the pools included?
The tour takes you to both and tells you what they are. The caves at São Vicente are a separate ticket, about eight euros, and have closed for maintenance before, so check. The main pools at Porto Moniz charge an entrance fee; the Cachalote pools next to the aquarium are free.
Does the driver have to touch the phone?
No. Every story plays on its own as you reach it. Mount the phone, press Begin Tour before you set off, and leave it alone until the pools.
Plan the day around it
This tour is also in a bundle
Drive round the whole island
Five drives, one purchase. The whole coast of Madeira from one tip to the other, and the wild north in between: by the end you know the island from top to bottom.
- 5tours, yours to keep
- 201km of road
- 72stops with a story
almost −30% compared with buying them one by one. Free samples on every tour before you buy.
The other tours
The app
Porto Moniz, Seixal and more, in your pocket
Buy it once and it is yours on every phone you sign in to. Download it over wifi, put the phone away, and each story starts as you reach the place it is about, with no signal needed.
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