It will be more expensive to ride toboggans on Monte

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

The Associação dos Carreiros do Monte released this Tuesday, June 20, the most recent price update for the descent in basket carts between Monte and Livramento. 

From the 1st of July of this year, the public sale price of tickets to ride two kilometers on the basket carts will be 27.50 euros for just one person (at the moment the price is 25 euros, so add 2.50 euros) and 17.50 euros per person in the case of more occupants (currently the value is 30 euros for two people and 45 euros for three people, there is an increase of five euros in the first case and 2.50 in the second ).

“The price for tour operators will be announced in due course”, indicates the representative of Carreiros do Monte in a note issued. 

This month a new schedule was implemented. 

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14 Responses

  1. I rode the sleight back in 1968 and then bought the sleight and shipped back to Ohio USA along with my order of baskets fron Unibasket. I still have it.

    2. This is already too expensive. The guys are grumpy and rude and still expect a tip at the end. The toboggans are dirty and shabby. If you’re not a people person, maybe do something else instead of ruining people’s day.

  2. Madeira is starting to shoot itself in the foot with the overcharging of tourists. This is just pure greed and the only people who will lose out will be the Carreiros when the tourists realise they are, quite literally “being taken for a ride”.

    1. Madeira has become an expensive island to live and holiday out with the poor in with the rich.

    1. …. and then there is the additional cost of a cab ride the rest of the way unless you are fit enough to be able to manage the steep walk down. I feel this is opportunism and is stretching it all too far.
      It’s a shame.

  4. We were very disappointed in how little was open in Monte in April. It looked very tired where the little cafe and gift shop used to be. We didn’t go on the toboggan. We’ve done it before and it’s too expensive.

  5. On a first but recent visit I found it too expensive to ride and our group of 5 declined too purely down to cost.

  7. I enjoyed the thrill of the toboggan when we went last year it was expensive and with a photo 10 euros on top of the price off the ride . You have to try it at least once . Wouldn’t do it again with the price increase . Also be careful when visiting the market we was well ripped of with a pushy stall owner ended up paying over 30 euros for some fruit couldn’t believe we paid that much but it happened so fast we didn’t realise until it was to late . On reflection we should have walked away. The hotel owner said we should have gone to the little street stalls . The market stall owners take advantage of the tourist Wouldn’t recommend going.

  8. I’ve done this a few times visiting the island with different people.. its already expensive and then the carrerios actually ask for a tip.. it really takes the shine off the experience.. and is embarrassing..
    Then there is the taxi back into the town.. on one occasion they charged us €30, I wrote to the gov tourist department, they did respond and apologised but knew this was going on.. they informed me that the taximeter must be turned on..
    This year I returned and the same thing happened.. €20 he said… I told him no, and put the meter on.. he said ok €15 I refused and said I would report him..
    The actual cost on the meter is €5.50.. no wonder they protested against uber being present on the island..
    Unfortunately many tourists are taken for a ride… literally..

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