点评:We have visited Madeira on several occasions and usually do the fabulous Monte gardens and the Botanical, both in easy reach via the cable car. But our friends mentioned visiting this one when on a Riveira tour so thought we would give it a try. It doesn't seem to feature on the endless tour trips advertised so you have to make your own way there. From our hotel (Savoy Palace) Google maps estimates the bus to take 49 minutes including a change in central Funchal. On top of which there was disruption due to a drivers strike. So I tried the Bolt ride app (like Uber) - in total €28 (2 x passengers) but as I was new to the app got a 40% discount, so bargain. The first trip was to the main entrance (€11/each - paper guide only available in French and Portuguese but not clear if they had just run out of English or not). Pretty cheerless cashier but the gardens are definitely worth a visit, Banks of agapanthus, rose garden, sunken garden and varities of unusual plants collected by the Blandys in their travels. The main house is still occupied and certain parts are marked private. It was a bit confusing to navigate and signage is poor. Download the map before you visit. The main entrance is at the top of a hill but once you are down the main gardens are flat (but not wheelchair friendly). We ended in the tea house which is a efficient pleasant snack bar that's great for drinks and cakes and light lunches. Rather than head back up the daunting hill to exit we went in the side gate of the adjacent hotel (drinks and lunch also available here) and booked the return Bolt while sitting outside the hotel entrance.
翻译:我们曾多次访问马德拉岛,通常会去美妙的蒙特花园和植物园,乘坐缆车即可轻松到达。但是我们的朋友提到在里维拉之旅中参观这个,所以我们想尝试一下。它似乎不在广告中无数的旅游行程中,所以你必须自己去那里。从我们的酒店(萨沃伊宫)出发,谷歌地图估计乘坐巴士需要 49 分钟,包括在丰沙尔市中心换乘。此外,由于司机罢工,行程中断。因此我尝试了 Bolt 乘车应用程序(类似 Uber)——总共 28 欧元(2 名乘客),但由于我是第一次使用该应用程序,因此获得了 40% 的折扣,所以很划算。第一次旅行是到正门(每人 11 欧元——纸质指南仅提供法语和葡萄牙语版本,但不清楚他们是否刚刚售罄英语版本)。收银员相当冷清,但花园绝对值得一游,有成片的百子莲、玫瑰园、下沉式花园和布兰迪夫妇在旅行中收集的各种奇异植物。主屋仍然有人居住,某些部分标记为私人区域。导航有点混乱,标识也很差。参观前请下载地图。主入口在山顶,但一旦下山,主花园就是平坦的(但不适合轮椅通行)。我们最后去了茶馆,这是一家高效宜人的小吃店,非常适合享用饮料、蛋糕和便餐。我们没有走上令人生畏的山坡,而是从相邻酒店的侧门进去(这里也提供饮料和午餐),坐在酒店入口外订了回程的 Bolt 车。