Hotel Rocamar Canico
Caminho Cais da Oliveira, Canico de Baixo Canico, Madeira, Madeira Islands, 9125-028, Portugal
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A 13K walk through Madeiran Forest = Paradise!
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Levada walk booked via Madeira Happy Tours. I was pleasantly surprised when a "Nature Meetings" van pulled up to our hotel (they have a good reputation and I couldn't seem to be able to book them privately from Canada - so fantastic that we got them via Marco of Happy ...
Nun's Valley (Curral das Freiras)
... views of the capital city of Funchal, before venturing off into Nun's Valley, where we eventually climbed (by van and by foot) to an elevation of 1905m. The climb was fruitful and it yielded spectacular views of Nun's Valley.
We then descended into the valley to a small village which had a brilliant Cultural and Nativity display for the Holidays.
Tomorrow, we are doing a "full day" tour of the West ...
Cable car and gardens
Today we got up just in time to get some breakfast before breakfast times ended. Then we caught a bus into Funchal (again) and took the cable car to Monte, and the cable car from Monte to the botanical gardens. At first this was a nice place, green and away from the city, but it quickly became a bit boring. There wasn't much to see, and the "main building" was a musty smelling museum with old stuffed birds and fish (yes, fish), and ...
Levada hiking
Today we went to Camacha by bus, first into Funchal, then with another bus company to Camacha. Though Camacha is north-east of our hotel, where Funchal is west this was the easiest way. (There are many bus routes throughout the island, and the go fairly often, so it is easy to get from one point to the other. Just ask at the hotel how to get somewhere and they will help. Though the island is rather small there are at least five different bus services operating ...
Just relaxing
... of the holiday.
We wanted to try out the archery that the hotel advertised, but it was closed down 2 years ago. Many of the things the hotel has had in the past seem to be closed. The restaurant, pool bar, bar/bistro, petanque etc. There is still an indoor and 2 outdoor pools, table tennis and badminton. But that is it. The hotel obviously had it's peak years ago. It is too ...



