🛷 Monte Toboggan Ride in Funchal, Madeira

On Madeira, the Monte Toboggan Ride was originally a fast means of transport down to Funchal for people living in Monte. The toboggan sleds appeared around 1850.

Still in use today, they attract thousands of tourists every year who want to make this exciting experience of sliding at high speed on narrow, winding streets down to Funchal. These two-seater wicker sledges glide on wooden runners, pushed and steered by two men traditionally dressed in white cotton clothes and a straw boater hat, using their rubber-soled boots as brakes.

The downhill journey to Funchal is made in about 10 minutes on a total course of 2 km, reaching at times a speed of 48 km/hour.

This old-fashioned toboggan ride contrasts with the modern cable car going up to Monte.

Key time points:
0:10 Location of Madeira
0:19 Teleférico do Funchal
0:45 Toboggan ride
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