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Plaza del Ayuntamiento-Funchal
Funchal. Photo: Alberto-g-rovi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Funchal

Surf, dive and climbing town · Portugal

Score a trip to Funchal

Surf, dive and climbing, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 175 places

175 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 175 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 13 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Faial · about 30 min by car · stays in Faial

    58 out of 100
  • Ponta Delgada · about 35 min by car · stays in São Vicente

    57 out of 100
  • Porto da cruz · about 30 min by car · stays in Porto da Cruz

    52 out of 100
  • Pizo · about 10 min by car

    44 out of 100
  • Praia Formosa · about 10 min by car

    41 out of 100
  • Cabo Girão · about 20 min by car

    33 out of 100
  • Lugar de baixo · about 30 min by car · stays in Lugar de Baixo

    32 out of 100
  • Cais do funchal · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
All 10 surf spots
  • Fajã dos Padres · about 20 min by car · stays in Ribeira Brava · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Machico · about 30 min by car · stays in Machico · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

Dive · this week

Climbing · this week

  • Peugeot · 1.5 km · stays here

    5 out of 100
  • Socorridos · 5.1 km · stays here

    0 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Funchal.

Places to eat

6 near Funchal

Places to eat near Funchal

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Funchal.

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Photos of Funchal

Funchal, Mercadinho de Natal 7
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Around Praça do Município I
Photo: Pedro from Maia (Porto), Portugal, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Funchal Praça do Município 2016 4
Photo: Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About Funchal

where it is, what is near

Funchal is a town in Madeira, Portugal.

From Funchal you can reach 10 surf spots, 1 dive site and 2 climbing areas.

The nearest is Cais do funchal, a surf spot 0.8 km from the centre.

Overture lists 175 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC), 14 km away.

In Madeira · Portugal

  • 175 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC), 14 km, Porto Santo Airport (PXO), 70 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).