点评:Despite some recent adverse comments, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Botanical Gardens. The nature of gardens is that they will be better at some times than others. I accept that some of the parks in Funchal may have had some spectacular shows of colour but I was not disappointed by these Gardens.
What's to see? A lot of different areas with different types of plant and flower. I didn't think the famous patchwork flowerbeds were at their best but they were still impressive. I particularly enjoyed the cactus area and also the palm trees down at the bottom. I am no botanist but the labelling of plants seemed pretty good, without being obtrusive. There is also a small museum, mainly of natural history. Madeira/Funchal has lots of viewpoints but there are some very good ones from the gardens.
Some general comments : it might be nice to be handed a map with your ticket but there are maps posted all around the gardens so you can see what's what and where. Most of the paths are fine but I have to say that some of the stepped paths could be tricky. Certainly there is a lot of walking to do. We ate at the cafe actually inside the gardens (there is another immediately outside) and it was fine for its purpose of a light lunch and refreshment, though I guess it could get busy. If you wish to purchase the cable car/garden entry combination ticket, you will need to buy in advance or after 10 o'clock as the garden cable car only opens then - we took the Funchal cable when it opened at 9 and they wouldn't sell the combination then. The cable cars are rather complicated and potentially frustrating but that is for another review! There is also quite a large souvenir shop.
I did not visit any of the other paying gardens so I cannot compare these gardens to them.
A final comment is that the Trip Advisor photo is not of or from the Botanical Gardens at all (it is looking down on the CR7 complex, right the other side of town!) but plenty of other reviewers have posted photos that give you a general idea. I am not posting any as they are effectively duplicates.
翻译:尽管最近有一些负面评论,但我还是非常享受参观植物园的乐趣。花园的本质是,它们有时会比其他时候更好。我承认丰沙尔的一些公园可能有一些壮观的色彩展示,但我对这些花园并不失望。
有什么可看的?很多不同的区域,有不同类型的植物和花卉。我认为著名的拼凑花坛并不是最好的,但它们仍然令人印象深刻。我特别喜欢仙人掌区和底部的棕榈树。我不是植物学家,但植物的标签看起来相当不错,没有突兀感。还有一个小博物馆,主要是自然历史博物馆。马德拉/丰沙尔有很多观景点,但花园里有一些非常好的观景点。
一些一般性评论:最好随票一起递上一张地图,但花园周围张贴了地图,这样你就能知道什么是什么,在哪里。大多数路径都很好,但我不得不说,一些阶梯式路径可能会很棘手。当然,要走很多路。我们实际上是在花园里的咖啡馆吃饭的(外面还有另一家),虽然我猜可能会很忙,但作为一顿简单的午餐和茶点,这里还不错。如果您想购买缆车/花园入场组合票,您需要提前购买或在 10 点之后购买,因为花园缆车到那时才开放 - 我们乘坐丰沙尔缆车,当时缆车 9 点开放,他们那时不卖组合票。缆车相当复杂,可能会让人沮丧,但这是另一篇评论的内容!这里还有一家相当大的纪念品商店。
我没有参观任何其他付费花园,所以我无法将这些花园与它们进行比较。
最后要说的是,Trip Advisor 照片根本不是植物园的(它俯瞰着 CR7 综合大楼,就在城镇的另一边!)但许多其他评论者都发布了照片,让您大致了解。我没有发布任何照片,因为它们实际上是重复的。