The hotel had a bus to take guests into Funchal which ran several times a day. We caught the morning one. So many stalls selling hot chestnuts which are grown in Curral das Freiras. There are also so many tins of sardines for sale, even some with your date of birth on!
All the ladies in the flower market are required by law to wear national costume. We also visited the cathedral. There is the statue of Ronaldo, outside the Ronaldo museum. The statue looks nothing like him! There is also a Ronaldo tour if you are that way inclined which takes you to the village where he grew up etc etc.
The queues were massive for the cable car but we have decided as Monte gardens at the summit were having “interventions” (sorting out the gardens), we would go next time we are here, along with the toboggan ride back down again. Yes, we have already booked for next year!
Dinner again out on the terrace , very relaxing. Not so much later on that night!