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Monte

Monte sits on the hillside above Funchal. Go up by cable car from the old town or by bus, and come down in a wicker toboggan if you like. We link each operator’s own fares rather than reprint ones we have not checked.

Every fee, hour and route on this page is read from its source register; the oldest of those checks was on July 26, 2026.

A cable car cabin hanging from its wire above Funchal’s Old Town, tiled roofs and café awnings below it, houses climbing the hillside behind and cloud lying along the ridge above the city.
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The answer

Cable car or bus up, toboggan down. Operators linked direct.

Go up by cable car from the old town or on bus 020, 021, 048, and come down by wicker toboggan if you want to. Each operator sets its own fares — linked below, not reprinted.

Verified Jul 26, 2026

What it is

The parish on the hillside above Funchal: the top station of the cable car from the old town, the start of the wicker toboggan ride, the second cable car across to the Botanical Garden, and the Monte Palace garden and museum.

Getting there

Bus routes 020, 021, 048 run there direct from Funchal, as listed on MadeiraBus’s own destination guide. Timetables change, so the times are left to the linked pages.

Expect slopes and steps once you arrive.

Driving to the lower cable-car station? The Almirante Reis garage stands beside it, and the Funchal parking guide compares it with the other central garages.

Planning the day without a car

The operators, linked direct

Each of these sets its own fares and opening hours, and changes them. We link the operator rather than reprint a figure we have not checked ourselves.

Classified trails that start or end here

Statuses quoted from IFCN’s register as we read it on July 26, 2026. They change; check the trail page and IFCN before you set out.

What it looks like right now

The operator publishes a refreshing photograph rather than a video stream, so it is linked rather than embedded here.

Portal Netmadeira camera: Monte (opens in a new tab)Every live camera on the island

See it before you go

Filmed and published by GABRIEL VALENTIN.

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