WALK & EAT MADEIRA : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

PLAN OF FUNCHAL  inside front cover

INTRODUCTION   4
the walks  5
the excursions   5
the restaurants   5
the recipes   6
madeiran food  7
portuguese wines  8
planning your visit   9
when to go  9
where to stay   9
what to take   10
planning your walks   11
on arrival   12
tourist information  12
city bus pass   12
shopping for self-catering   13
mercado dos lavradores   15

EXCURSION 1 · monte cable car   16
restaurant: quinta do monte  19

Walk 1 · ribeira de joão gomes   20
restaurant: londres and marina terrace in funchal  26
recipes: broad bean appetizer, cockles, espada with banana   28

Walk 2 · levada dos tornos  30
restaurants: hortensia and jasmin tea houses  35
recipes: rich fruit cake   36

Walk 3 · curral das freiras   38
restaurants: vale das freiras in curral, estalagem eira do serrado  42
recipes: chestnut soup, chestnut cake   44

Walk 4 · camacha and santo da serra   46
restaurants: o cesto (camacha), a nossa aldeia (santo da serra)  56
recipes: pork with wine and garlic, chicken in a pot   58

Walk 5 · around ribeiro frio   60
restaurant: restaurante ribeiro frio  66
recipes: trout soup, lamb cutlets   67

Walk 6 · caniçal circuit   68
restaurants: jardim and amarelo in caniçal  74
recipes: sirloin steak with mushrooms, chocolate mousse   75

Walk 7 · serra das funduras   76
restaurant: miradouro da portela  81
recipes: tomato soup, bolo do caco, espetada, 'oven' chips  82

Walk 8 · santana and são jorge   84
restaurants: quinta do furão and o colmo in santana  90
recipes: country bread, grilled limpets, crayfish stew  92

Walk 9 · caminho da entrosa   94
restaurants: solar de boaventura, bar/restaurante arco  97
recipes: pork escalopes, espada with pernod or with prawns  98

Walk 10 · folhadal   100
restaurants: restaurants at encumeada and vinháticos  105
recipe: braised ox tongue  107

Walk 11 · cabo girão   108
madeira wines   113
restaurant: coral in câmara de lobos  114
recipes: tuna with onions, fried cornmeal (milho frito)  115

Walk 12 · around ponta do pargo   116
restaurant: o fio in ponta do pargo  121
recipes: espada with wine and garlic, country style bacalhau  122

excursion 2 · 'round the island'  124

ISLAND MAP   126

Walk 13 · to porto moniz   130
restaurants: residencial orca in porto moniz  133
recipe: fish soup   134

TRANSPORT   135

EAT GF, DF   136
eating in restaurants  137
self-catering   137
gf, df shopping  138
gf, df cooking; conversion tables  140

GLOSSARY (menu items, shopping terms)   141
INDEX   143
IN the restaurant (pocket vocabulary)  inside back cover