If the Palace gardens haven't quenched your horticultural thirst, take a trip to the Madeira Botanical Garden, which was established in 1881 by the Reid family and opened to the public in the 1960s.

Bus 29 and 31 go to the Botanical Garden while 20 and 22 covers Monte Palace. Price: Free (Santa Catarina) / £ Feast on the sights and smells of a 20th-century market ...

The capital, Funchal, is fun to walk around, and you can pop into museums like the Quinta das Cruzes and walk through the Jardins Botanicos da Madeira botanical gardens. At lunch, stop at the ...