This post is going to feature A LOT of photos...
Monte Palace was a place on my bucket list in Madeira and I looked forward to visiting it. It is located in the capital Funchal but more of in the upper levels of the capital, higher up in the mountains. Recently I did a post about a cable car ride and this cable car end point is right where the Monte Palace tropical gardens are so it's a convenient way to go.
Monte Palace features a huge variety of tropical plants from all over the world and also some museums.
Right outside the gate is an olive tree which is more than 1000 years old, it's ancient.
The first views inside the gardens.
We didn't have a whole day to explore this place so we tried to walk through it quickly, but the place is absolutely huge. Near the entrance is a museum that showcases different mineral deposits found in the ground.
The garden also has many different animals. Here are some fish. You can also see many water birds that live in the ponds of this garden.
I don't know exactly what this is.
Some cool pathways.
The location you see below is a central garden with a beautiful big pond.
Want to walk behind a waterfall? No problem.
Is this for uh... dog?
In the center of the garden, there is also some kind of a mansion. Maybe someone lives there or some events are held inside sometimes.
Is this Japanese? Chances are that it isn't but I'm not too familiar with Asian cultures.
A great place to have a photo of yourself. I don't have photos taken of myself very often but I had to have this one.
The variety of palm trees in this garden is one of a kind on its own already.
Dragon trees are so cool!
That was the side of this garden. We were also able to see a very famous activity that is on a bucket list for many people visiting Madeira. They will sled you down the hills with this... thing. We didn't do it but it would have been an interesting experience.
That was only half the photos of this garden I uploaded here. If I were to upload all the photos it would have been too many. It sure was a great and beautiful place to visit and see so many different plants in one place.
That was basically the last post on Madeira Island I have. The next day we boarded a ship and went to another very small island named Porto Santo which is part of the Madeira archipelago. There we spent the last couple of days of our travels. More on this soon!
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