imaproctor

Hello imaproctor,

 

In fact, I have already made reference to the HOHO bus, but, among so many posts, you probably missed it.

 

You're right, there's the HOHO bus in Funchal too. It used to stop right at the entrance to the pier, when there were cruise ships docked, but not any more. However, if you keep walking close to the water front, you'll reach a bus stop area and you can take the HOHO there as well.

 

The HOHO bus does two tours: one to several interesting points in the Funchal area and another one to Câmara de Lobos, a small fishing town.

 

If you use the oficial yellow HOHO bus, a 12 Euro per person ticket will enable you to use the HOHO as much as you like and the yellow public buses as well.

 

To visit the Botanical Gardens, you take bus n. 31 or 31 A. If you're interested in the Tropical Gardens in Monte, you can either take the Cable car or bus n. 20 or 21.

Thanks for your information. I've printed it out and will carry it with me on our November cruise. By the way, how is the usual weather in early November?

Biara, Your messages have been a great source of information. So far I have not seen any reference to the Hop On Hop Off bus. I did find that there is one there, but did not find where one can pick it up from the port, nor did I find a route. Can you guide me? I do want to go to the gardens, really have no interest in wrecking my back further with the basket ride, but do want to see everything I can in the time we have in port. Thanks for any reply