MADEIRA
The best days out on the island.
The 9 best food tours on Madeira, with prices, run times and who you book through. The ones worth giving a day to, and what each actually delivers on the ground.
Taste Funchal in 4 hours: guided food and wine walk in Funchal with Madeiran specialties, poncha, and culture.
Most Popular“This tour was a lot of fun, we tasted a variety of foods and drinks. Ana our guide was excellent, very knowledgeable with lots of enthusiasm! An excellent introduction to Madeira’s cuisine!”
Taste Funchal is a 4-hour guided food-and-wine walk in Funchal with market tastings, Madeira wine, poncha, and local history.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and our guide was fantastic. Really enjoyed learning about the culture of Madeira and the food and wine that comes with it, would highly recommend!”
Madeira food and wine walk in Funchal: 11 tastings, 6 drinks, and 8 stops over 3.5 hours with a small English group.
“Mixture of solos, groups. guide was knowledgeable and funny and it was really interesting. I didn't understand the sit down for bowls of pork but the rest was really appropriate”
Taste Madeira in Funchal on a 3.5-hour wine and savory food walking tour with a local guide, six wines, and nine stops.
“Friendly, unhurried and fun. Tour guide Matt was an excellent guide who has a lovely relaxed demeanour and knows his stuff. An absolute delight of a tour.”
A 4-hour Funchal half-day bar crawl with a friendly guide, Madeiran bites, and local drinks, with comfortable transport and small groups.
“I highly recommend this tour. Vitor was an excellent guide, fun and informative. We got to see so much of the island, and really felt like we got to experience so many things we would not have been able to on our own. Thank you!”
Four-hour Madeira food tour with a local guide, three restaurant tastings with wine, and a finish at São Tiago Fort in Funchal.
“Great guide and variety of food. You visit 3 diferents restaurant. Guide give a lot information. Recommmend it to all who like to eat great food”
A private Madeira food-and-hike outing: Levada trails, island-style poncha, local Espetada, and nature talk with a guide born on the island.
“the guide was excellent, he has a lot of knowledge in local flora, fauna, history etc.”
Taste Venezuelan-Madeiran snacks, ride to Camera de Lobos, customize espetada, then sip poncha in Funchal on a small-group tour.
“ShutUpAndEatMadeira takes tours to another level. We where on the second Espetada tour they did and it was a great experience. Knowing them i guess it will only get better. We enjoyed the company of Fabio (guide) and Jaki from ShutUpAndEatMadeira. Going to the outskirts of Funchal, drinking the best ponchas and having great bites…”
Taste Funchal like a local on a private walking food tour. Start at La Vie Funchal for pastel de nata, often end in Zona Velha.
“Tolles Erlebnis, sehr sympathische und kundige Begleitung. Auf alle unsere Wünsche eingegangen, interessante Stationen bei dehnen nicht zwangsläufig etwas gegessen werden muss.”
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