48-Hour Funchal and Câmara de Lobos Bus Tour: Explore City Highlights and Charming Fishing Village

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With this mix, you get 48 hours to explore two sightseeing routes with a single pass: the Funchal Tour and the Câmara de Lobos Tour. Traverse Funchal’s key attractions like the Civic Centre Plaza, Educational Church, or the Cathedral. Also, explore the quaint fishing village of Câmara de Lobos, a place brimming with enchantment and tales.

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Funchal Tour + Câmara de Lobos (Route)

Operating Schedule: Departures from Avenida do Mar at Funchal every 30 minutes from 09h00AM to 12h30PM, and every 45 minutes from1h15PM-5h00PM.

1. Avenida Do Mar
Funchal Marina

2. Varadouros Old Gate (City Gates)
Touristic Docks

3. Funchal Cable Car

4. Farmers’ Market
Farmer’s Market

5. Bordal- Bordados da Madeira,Lda
Bordal Embroidery Factory/ Farmer’s Market

6. Funchal City Hall
Madeira Wine Museum/ City Hall

7. Funchal Cathedral
Madeira Tourim Office/ Cathedral/ Municipal Garden

8. Casino da Madeira
Casino/ Madeira President’s House

9. Quinta Magnólia Tennis & Padel

10. Funchal Bay

11. São Martinho
São Martinho Chapel and Cemetery

12. Pico de Barcelos
Pico de Barcelos Viewpoint

13. Promenade Câmara de Lobos - Funchal
Promenade to Funchal

14. Câmara de Lobos
Câmara de Lobos South

15. Câmara de Lobos
Câmara de Lobos North

16. Promenade Câmara de Lobos - Funchal

17. Hotel Orca Praia D

18. Hotel Praia Formosa

19. Doca do Cavacas

20. Forum Madeira
Madeira Shopping Center

21. Pestana Promenade

22. Promenade do Lido

23. Hotel Porto Mare

24. Lido

25. The Cliff Bay hotel

26. Reid’s Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Madeira

27. Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Ilhéu

28. Cruise Pirs Funchal
Lighthouse Viewpoint

29. Cruise Pirs Funchal
Cruise Terminal

30. Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva

Points of Interest

Funchal Tourist Office
Praia Formosa Beach Madeira
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Miradouro Pico Dos Barcelos
Quinta Magnolia Gardens
Passeio Publico Maritimo e Jardins do Lido
Mercado dos Lavradores
Quinta Vigia
Bordal - Bordados da Madeira
Casino da Madeira

What's Included

Hop-on hop-off bus tour flexibility
Discounts on attractions and activities
Savings with 10% off other Yellow Bus tours

What's Not Included

Hotel pick up and drop-off
Food and drinks

Additional Information

Children must be accompanied by an adult
Pets are allowed inside their carriers

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Karenjf9126mh

Sep 4, 2024

Very good , annoying music on the commentary! - Very good value over 1.5 hours, went very high for excellent views only annoying thing, terrible music on the commentary!

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Mobile35066555282

Aug 7, 2024

Drivers and staff are so helpful - Great way to see some of the island and get a sense of its history and attractions - use the live tracking rather than a timetable Thomas they have been known to leave a stop early!!

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Padreray

Aug 28, 2024

Funchal at a Glance - We booked the tour via our cruise ship and were met by the bus at the port. It did a round of Funchal before taking us to the highest point, and then the village of Camara de Lobos. The route has several curves, and from the accessible wheelchair space on the bottom deck views were not as good as I could not adjust my position for photos as readily as my wife could from the upper deck. Glare from the windows on the lower deck didn't disrupt the tour, but did impact photos. The stop at the high vantage point was shorter than I would have liked. The village was not much different from Funchal itself, but the drive past banana plantations and terraced hills, as well as the view of the coastline was pretty. The tour did include a coupon for a tasting at Blandy's Wine Shop, and we went to that stop after the full circuit. The route however is set up in such a way that a full second circuit is needed to get back to the cruise port, or you can do as we did and walk a couple hundred metres back to the ship from the Blandy's stop. The wheelchair ramp is manual and the tour operator will put it down on request.

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Psydiscord

Aug 12, 2024

Helpful for exploration - On the website you can see where the bus is and the estimated arrival time of every station, very useful. Nice ride to do some city exploration.

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Ladyg71

Aug 3, 2024

Very good - As this was our first visit to Madeira, we decided to do the HOHO bus tour to get out bearings. The live timetable did take a bit of working out, but each time we used the bus it was pretty much on time. We choose the 5 day ticket and definitely made good use of this. The bus was never overcrowded and driver was friendly. The info was as useful (although-minor point- the voice over was irritating- her intonation was all over the place!) Would I recommend the bus- yes, definitely.

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Cnsg4

Apr 28, 2024

Great day out to see Funchal from above but needs more information on the headphones - Very good service that got us around the local area. Plenty of stops. Regular buses Could have ran later into the early evening to enable more time at stops and also to stop the last bus being so crammed Unfortunately I really wanted to hear more about the areas we travelled around. It’s all easily walkable and the whole point of taking a tour bus was to know about the area. What are in these fabulous buildings? How old are they? Tell me about The Ritz? The fire station how big an area does that cover - especially given your recent forest fires? The harbour area? The cruise ships etc etc. I could go but actually so could you…. More history, more knowledge less loud annoying music please.

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760jaynem

Sep 27, 2024

Poor - Not the best on-off bus tour we have been on. I usually enjoy a tour, helps us to orientate a new location, but this tour provided little information & the recorded info seemed to be out-of-synch with the location of the bus! Beautiful views were the best thing about the tour, but sadly disappointed with the rest of it.

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Lawrence_k

Mar 29, 2024

Not worth it - I can barely recommend the Yellow Bus. First my cruise ship dropped me off next to Red Bus, which just happens to be RED and YELLOW. Also all of the local buses (nor tour) also happen to be Yellow. When I asked the local tour agent where the YELLOW bus was. she just pointed in a direction. After an 15 minute walk in that direction we gave up. We finally found the YELLOW bus at one of its stops.. In the meanwhile two RED buses had driven past us. The narration on the bus as to the sights was poor. We would be told to look at the right/left and see something. We did and for the most part only saw the side of a building. In between sights, all we heard was Portuguese music. All in all, I can barely recommend the YELLOW us.

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Smithys843

Jun 15, 2024

Avoid this company unless you are a masochist - Dreadful experience. No bus schedule so waited over an hour twice for the bus to arrive. No headphones offered on the first bus, asked for some on the second bus (after yet another hour's wait) found no jack point on the bus that worked just heard noisy interference on every channel so no tourist information at all and spent a large part of the day standing at bus stops for an hour at a time with no seating. Frankly angry at being charged €21 pp for this dreadful experience. Do not bother with this. We watched several red HOHO buses go past whilst we waited so they might be a better bet. Wish I had read more reviews before I bought our tickets as this is an ongoing issue which the company has obviously done nothing to rectify, treating customers and tourists with contempt.

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Milleniumzeus

Apr 26, 2024

Awful - Arriving at the ticket office at stop 2 in Funchal we were sold tickets for the bus and the cable car. The tickets for the cable car saved a fair bit of time as it saved us queuing twice. The information seemed clear and I always check the gap time between buses as we never stop to long between hopping off and hopping back on. We were told 30 minutes. We first stopped at the cable car then hopped back on and proceeded to Lobos. A second yellow bus which they refer to as a mini bus but is not a mini bus which was confusing at Lobos takes you up to the viewpoint and back. This bus came along, parked up and the bus driver dissapeared. We then went for a walk instead of hanging around waiting. At 2pm another yellow bus turned up (the one that goes round the city so we decided to go back at 2.30 giving 30 minutes as directed. In the meantime the mini bus driver reappeared and by now the bus stop was full with people waiting. The mini bus driver drove off with a handful of these people while the rest of us waited another 30 minutes for the next bus making it an hour between buses. It was a mess so we gave up and got a local bus instead. To be honest we might as well have just got local buses for what we saw as it certainly did not warrant all the hanging around waiting. Having visited many cities over the last few years and using very similar services I can honestly say this service was the worst by far. Information was unclear and untrue and the service was awful. Add to this having to change seats on the bus several times because the audio guide plugs were not working.

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