Catamaran below Cabo Gir\u00e3o, from about \u20ac35, three hours.<\/strong> The sun drops west behind the cliffs while the boat lies at anchor under 580 metres of rock. The classic version.<\/p>\n Premium catamaran, all inclusive, from about \u20ac72, 2.5 hours.<\/strong> Smaller group, drinks and snacks included.<\/p>\n Sailing trip, from about \u20ac55, three hours.<\/strong> Over 2,400 reviews at 4.8 \u2014 with wind, this is the nicest version.<\/p>\n Traditional wooden boat with drinks, from about \u20ac50, three hours.<\/strong> 4.9 stars across more than 900 reviews. Slow, unhurried, poncha on board.<\/p>\n New Year’s Eve, from about \u20ac150, 1.5 hours.<\/strong> Funchal’s fireworks from the water \u2014 the display is known as one of the world’s largest and the bay is the best auditorium. Sells out months ahead.<\/p>\n Pico do Arieiro in the evening, from about \u20ac35, 3\u20134 hours.<\/strong> The same road as at sunrise<\/a>, minus the 4 am alarm. Over 1,200 reviews. If you will not get up early, this gets you nearly the same picture \u2014 with more people and warmer air.<\/p>\n Sunset PR1 transfer, from about \u20ac50, three hours.<\/strong> Including the first stretch of the trail.<\/p>\n Roughly: around 21:00 in June, around 17:45 in December<\/strong> (Madeira keeps Western European Time, like Portugal and the UK). Pickup times shift across the year accordingly \u2014 check them when booking, it is the commonest mix-up.<\/p>\n Yourself<\/strong> on the mountain: drive up, look, come back in the dark. Book<\/strong> on the water \u2014 from land you see the sunset, but not the cliffs backlit, and that is the point.<\/p>\n Free alternatives from land: Ponta do Sol<\/strong>, Pa\u00fal do Mar<\/strong>, and Ponta do Pargo<\/strong> in the far west with its lighthouse, where the sun really does stand over the open Atlantic.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 See all sunset tours on GetYourGuide<\/a> (Affiliate link)<\/small><\/p>\n Next: Catamaran and boat trips<\/a> \u00b7 Pico do Arieiro at sunrise<\/a> \u00b7 West Madeira<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 43 options from around \u20ac35. Two completely different kinds: on the water or on the mountain. Both work, for different reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":69,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coast-ocean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}On the mountain<\/h2>\n
When the sun sets<\/h2>\n
What to watch for<\/h2>\n
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Book it or do it yourself?<\/h2>\n