Madeira Story Centre

Probably it was ok 20 years ago. Now it’s old, creepy and not interactive at all. Some reading of interesting facts about Madeira could be covered by wiki. Disappointing and sad. Madeira is so full of tourists but so little to offer if you have a curious mind and love museums.

For 5 euros it's really worth the visit. Not very big but totally fine for my attention span. Learned quite a few new facts about the island.

We learned a lot about the history of the area and even got to smell a variety of scents and guess their place in Madeiras history. We both LOVE to sniff things so this was an unexpected highlight. Thank you to the Madeira story centre for giving us the gift of smells. Also look at these guys in the video….um that ones my friend on a Friday night and the other one….yeah…that’s me!

Good food with good view. I ordered tomatoes soup with pouch egg and grill limpets. Tomatoes soup normal and cost 5.80euro. Grill limpets is nice something special and cost about 13euro.

Bit dated but information was alright for €5. Don’t know expect any artefacts or creativity. Few weird wax figures too. Rooftop restaurant was better for views and beer.

We were approached by a guy outside this place, who insisted it was a really nice place to eat. However, we were only out for a drink, which was no problem. We sceptically went in. The access to the roof terrace is through the museum display (which gives a very interesting history of Madeira) or souvenir shop and up to the next level by lift. On the roof terrace, we were surprised to find a large eating area outside and a large section under cover, too. We chose a table near the front so that we could people watch on the street below then ordered our drinks which came out soon after. If you go up the stairs in the corner of the terrace, it takes you up to another large level covered in astro turf. Good photo opportunities of the rooftops, cable cars, and the upper slopes of Funchal up there. This is a great place to sit have a meal, drink, people watch or all three, it was very relaxing. The servers were polite and prompt (well, apart from when Pedro forgot to get our bill, but we can forgive him for that because of his charm and good looks😉) and well presented. The toilets were clean and tidy.

Poor service. Only went for a drink was put in a back corner in the open topped restaurant at a wet table, as was raining. Grubby area full of cigarette butts. Had to find waiter for a drink as never arrived after 10 minute wait. Had to search again to pay the bill. Inattentive staff.

Really worthwhile place to visit. Only €5 per adult entrance, and the exhibition is very interesting. We learnt a lot! Very quiet on the day we visited and we could mooch around easily. Lovely shop and cafe / restaurant and great toilets 🤩