Mar 1, 2026
East trip of Island - I can't rate our driver today 01.03.2026 Paulo highly enough. He was so knowledgeable about Madeira and willing to share it during the whole day trip.
He explained everything possible about the island and the islanders as he drove along.
He was very professional, courteous, funny and engaging.
The trip was amazing with fabulous sights to see.
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Oct 22, 2025
Great East Tour - A most enjoyable tour, the weather was just perfect for the time of the year. Our guide Renato who also was the driver was very knowledge. He explained things well and with the questions very patient had also a good sense of hummor. I highly recommend this tour the stops were evenly spread out which was great.
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Aug 18, 2025
Visit to the eastern part of the island - We took a tour by minibus to the east of the island on 17/8/2025. Our guide Paulo Coelho made the experience memorable: he shared his vast knowledge about the island’s history, its people and how they live, as well as the places we were going through. We always had time to explore ourselves too. Careful and efficient driving. We learned a lot and definitely recommend.
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Jun 3, 2025
A great way to see so much of the East of the island. - This was a really great day out. Our tour guide Patrick was asked to take the tour last minute due to an illness. He was so knowledgeable. Such a great guy and he explained so much about the areas we visited and also the background of Madeira. I felt safe as he drove us around the island. The group was very friendly too. My husband and I both really enjoyed this tour. Can highly recommend.
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Feb 23, 2024
If the weather was clear the tour would have been perfect. Driver was excellent - The tour guide was funny and engaging. I think it was Renauldo. He took us to fun places all day including the rum factory. Highly recommended.
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Sep 7, 2023
Beautiful East coast - I did both coasts but I loved the east both dramatic scenery and beautiful areas. Very pretty along the way, we loved the whole day, and the lovely houses made it perfect,
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May 20, 2023
This is a quick sightseeing tour of eastern Madeira. A very nice guide, who tells beautiful stories. - Just beautiful! Except at the end, ten brakes failed. Luckily we were home, but the others weren't. Too bad.
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May 11, 2023
Madeira delighted us - Great day - beautiful scenery
Our guide Patricia very friendly and very professional who knows her island perfectly.
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May 17, 2024
A beautiful day - This is the 3rd time we have come to Madeira and the 2nd time we have done this mini-bus excursion.
The price of €30 per person is competitive and even better, if you take the 2 tours (East and West), it will only cost you €55.
The eastern tour is well designed to fill the day with a lunch stop in Santana in front of the typical small houses with thatched roofs.
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The driver guide - different from that of the west tour - is pleasant and a perfect driver. Our small group of 16 people was easy to navigate.
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With the Saint Laurent point, the Rivière Froide natural park and the Arieiro peak, this circuit is wilder than that of the west.
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Only one regret: The planned 20-minute stop at Machico beach (the only one with blond sand imported from the Moroccan Sahara) did not take place and that is very regrettable!
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This tour of the east is a cheap way to fill a great day in Madeira.
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Jul 30, 2024
Organisation to be reviewed - Interesting activity if you want to discover some parts of the island. However, many places are not marked on their program such as the visit to the distillery of Rhum or the Cristo Rei.
Our French guide was cancelled at the last moment and we had to follow explanations in English and Portuguese.
During the meal we were dropped in the city of Santana in a heavy rain with only explanation of the meeting time. The bus left to park 2 km outside the city and we had no place to eat away from the wind and rain. Restaurants are present but we had planned our own food so it was impossible to take shelter without eating.
We contacted customer service because the guide was unreachable and after an hour and a quarter, after discussing with them, they organized so that we could get back on the bus. The rest of the group did not get this favor.
No other excursions are planned in case of bad weather, for our case we stayed on the bus a good part of the tour during stops.
Also it is forbidden to eat on the bus.
However, it is a good activity if the weather is favourable.
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