It is a fascinating area to see, both for the old buildings, including the fort and for all the painted doors. The only thing that spoils it a bit is the aggressive selling by the restaurants. At times it is difficult to walk on. In...More

Like each town or city Funchal has an old town center, small but interesting, mostly with a lot of restaurants, some streets just for pedestrians.And here you also find a little market with fish, flowers, fruit and other things like typical handcraft. You should try...More

We went for a walk along these cobbled streets - the old part of Funchal. Very beautiful. It is bursting with restaurants. Therefore I would suggest visiting during lunch time. We were here a bit early for that.

Spend a few hours in the night and visit the bars, take a look in the doors, yes artistic paint in the doors, by the bred in Mariazinha, the tradicional bred..

The old town is now very mcc focused on tourists, as is much of Funchal, but it's not too "in your face". yes, the waiters do suggest you might like to eat at their restaurant, but a smiling reply invariably gets a smiling response.