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MADEIRA CRUISE VIA FUNCHAL<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Start planning your cruise and book your excursions in Funchal<\/h3>\n
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Let an\u00a0MSC Mediterranean cruise<\/a>\u00a0take you to Funchal, the capital of the Madeira archipelago, a string of sub-tropical islands in the Atlantic Ocean formed by volcanic eruptions 20 million years ago. Founded in 1510, Christopher Columbus came here to buy\u00a0cane sugar<\/strong>, the \u201cwhite gold<\/strong>\u201d that made Madeira rich.<\/p>\n

MSC Cruises excursions\u00a0offer plenty of exciting things to see including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cabo Gir\u00e3o \u2013 Europe\u2019s highest promontory
\n\u2022 The best of Madeira
\n\u2022 Exploring Funchai 4×4<\/p>\n

Our MSC Cruise excursion takes you to\u00a0Pico da Torre<\/strong>, 205 meters high, and\u00a0Pico dos Barcelos<\/strong>, 355 meters above sea level, both with a panoramic view of the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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For even giddier heights, we continue to\u00a0Cabo Gir\u00e3o<\/strong>. It\u2019s the highest promontory in Europe and the second highest cliff top in the world. Walk across the glass floor skywalk and you look down a 500 meters vertical drop to the Atlantic Ocean raging beneath you.
\nIf you have the time and inclination, a cable car can take you down the cliff face to the terraced fields at the cliff base.<\/p>\n

Or take an MSC excursion to see the best of Madeira. You\u2019ll visit\u00a0Ribeiro Frio<\/strong>, a governmental trout farm in a steep valley surrounded by mountains. A short drive through sugar cane plantations from here takes you to Faial, a pretty village named after local shrubs. Then travel to Machico, where the first explorers disembarked on Madeira in 1419. It\u2019s home to Madeira\u2019s oldest church, ‘Capela dos Milagres<\/strong>‘. Alternatively travel to the centre of the Monte district to see the\u00a0Nossa Senhora do Monte<\/strong>, the most important pilgrimage site in Madeira.<\/p>\n

Alternatively consider a 4×4 road trip further inland to\u00a0Madeira\u2019s forest regions<\/strong>, where there\u2019s an abundance of the wild fennel, or \u201cfuncho\u201d that give Funchal its name.
\nIt\u2019s a chance to explore scenic forest landscape that is sadly a rare sight along the Mediterranean. Here there\u2019s the biggest concentration of\u00a0\u2018Laurissilva\u2019 forest\u00a0<\/strong>in the world, and many unique flora and fauna. About 149 of 760 plants species growing wild are endemic, as well as several birds too, including the Madeiran long-toed wood pigeon and Zino’s petrel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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