Sunday 13 January 2019, meeting our Tui rep

Funchal cathedral was closed on Sundayafternoon

We had a nice breakfast at our hotel buffet - plenty of healthy and less healthy choices. Then we met our Tui rep for a briefing in German. She gave us some information about possible tours. The Island West tour sounded good.

Blandy's Wine Store looked interesting!

We found a bus stop to take bus number 2 to Centro, which cost 1.95 euros each. The bus was full. We stayed on till the terminus, passing along the sea front. It was a breezy day, but sunny and clear. We went to look at the cathedral or Se,

Dinner at Savoy Gardens - a food buffet plus wine service

but it had closed at lunchtime.We then explored the small San Francesco botanic garden which had some nice trees including an avocado tree!


We went to the nearby Cafe al Teatro and had two drinks, a Portuguese white wine and a red. Then we took a taxi back to the hotel, which cost 5.70 euros. We rested in our room.

Coffee in the bar afterwards

Dinner in the self-service restaurant started at 18.30. We ordered a bottle of red Barbusano from Madeira. The buffet dinner wasn't quite as nice as yesterday's. Afterwards we strolled around again before returning to our room.


Our TV choices in English are limited to BBC World News, Euronews and CNN. I brought a good book.