Madeira Cheese Tasting and Tea Tour

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What You’ll Experience
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4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, French, Portuguese
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Discover Madeira's authentic flavors with a cheese and tea tour. Taste local cheeses, watch queijadas being made, and enjoy fine teas overlooking the valley. A gourmet delight awaits.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

A must for visiting gourmets, this intimate tasting session will introduce you to the highlight cheeses of Madeira. In the small village of Santo da Serra, you will find a family business dedicated to the production and selling of dairy products originated on Madeira Island, using around 90% cow's milk, coming from local producers, a product currently certified as PGI (Protected Geographic Identification) as it is unique in the country.


After this visit, we will proceed with a visit to another small family business that produces "queijadas", tarts made with 70% cottage cheese, flour and sugar. You will watch the preparation and taste this freshly made delicacy.

Afterwards, in a tea house 5 meters way, with a stunning view over the valley and the sea, you will enjoy a refreshing tea made with herbs from the garden, an idyllic and harmonious place, accompanied with local homemade tarts and jams , fresh sweet potato bread and delicious selection of tropical fruit.


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What You Get

Private transportation
Brunch
Local Cheeses, pastries, homemade sweet potato bread, jams, cake, fruits
Qualified Tour Guide

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

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Santo Antonio da Serra

At about 40 minutes drive from Funchal, there is the small village of Santo da Serra, where you will find a family business dedicated to the production and selling of dairy products originating on Madeira Island, using around 90% cow's milk, coming from local producers. This company began its activity on June 1, 1995 as a small artisanal cheese factory that produced only Requeijão da Madeira, locally known as curd,a product currently certified as PGI (Protected Geographic Identification) as it is unique in the country and characteristic of RAM.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free
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Santo da Serra

We visit another small family business that produces delicious "queijadas", tarts made with 70% cottage cheese, flour and sugar. You will watch the preparation and taste this freshly made delicacy. 5m. away, there is a small tea house, with a stunning view over the valley and the sea, where we will enjoy a refreshing tea made with herbs from the garden, an idyllic and harmonious place. Refreshing pot of tea made with fresh herbs from the garden, accompanied with local homemade tarts and jams , fresh sweet potato bread and delicious selection of tropical fruit. This experience guarantees visits to very traditional places that are completely off the beaten track. It will certainly be a memorable day.
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

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*pick up and drop off at your accommodation (attendance 10 minutes earlier is required) *if the date you want is not available contact us for a private tour. Please, let us know where you are staying so we can organize a pickup.

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Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Earliest available date: May 28, 2025
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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