34 things to do in Madeira, in four levels.
Sorted by what it takes to get in: time, planning, money or luck, never how hard it is. What you've done becomes a stamp in your passport, and what's left is the next trip.
Written by Julita Kucińska, who's made Madeira her second home after coming to Portugal in 2017.
35 stamps: one for arriving, and 34 to earn. How the levels and titles work.
Set foot on Madeira
The one that's given. It's dated the day you land, and it's the only stamp nobody earns.
Visitor
On foot · first tripWhat you can do on foot on a first trip, with no planning at all. Order it, walk it, taste it.
9 stamps
- PonchaDrink a poncha. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.sugarcane spirit, honey, citrus
- LapasEat lapas. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.limpets, grilled in the shell
- B. do cacoBolo do caco with garlic butter. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.flat sweet-potato bread
- EspetadaEspetada on a laurel skewer. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.
- EspadaPeixe-espada com banana. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.scabbardfish with fried banana
- MercadoMercado dos Lavradores. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.
- MonteMonte cable car and toboggan. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.
- WineMadeira wine tasting. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.
- DoorsZona Velha painted doors. No page yet. It gets a page once the person who writes the list has written about it.
Explorer
A day out · plannedThe rest of the place. A bus or a car, a day planned around it, and sometimes something booked ahead.
16 stamps
Still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
Regular
Permits · specific datesSpecific dates, permits, and a fair bit of luck. Most visitors never get here. That's rather the point.
5 stamps
Still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
Half-local
Someone takes youThe things you only do if someone who lives there brings you. No booking page, no ticket. You have to know a person.
4 stamps
Still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
- A stamp still being written. The stamps open once the list is complete.
Julita Kucińska
who's made Madeira her second home after coming to Portugal in 2017.
I came to Portugal in 2017, to Lisbon, and Madeira was love at first sight. It's my second home now, and I've spent seven years as a local guide.
Madeira's list is open.
Stamp it now and save what you've done. Leave an address and we'll write once, when your passport is ready to log into.
Been to Madeira before? Tick what you've done and see where you land. Create your passport.