BeDriven: East Island Full Day Tour
Description
The tour starts by heading out of Funchal to the town of Camacha and a visit to the Wicker Factory there. After a stop to look round the factory the tour heads up into the mountains to the top of Pico Areeiro - the 3rd highest peak on the island and the highest one that can be accessed by road vehicles. After a stop at the peak the tour headed back down through the pass the links the north and south of the island stopping in Ribeiro Frio to have a look around and then continuing onto Santana for a lunch stop. After lunch the tour should have headed up into the mountains again for views over the east of the island, but due to roads still closed from the earlier storms and the weather we instead headed straight to the viewpoint at the eastern end of the island for it's stunning views along both the North and South coasts at the same time. From there it was a short drive into Machico for the final stop of the day before heading back into Funchal. The tour I was on was generally OK, though the driver did appear to be a little disinterested at time and was only giving a basic commentary on what we were seeing.
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Latitude: 32.750675; Longitude: -16.708891
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (05/03/2018), and on time of last update (18/03/2018) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.