点评:My family and I love a good Botanical Garden, so when we saw there was one in Madeira it was one of the first things we added to our itinerary. We did the whole shebang - the whole shebang being four cable car rides (two up and two down) and the Botanic Garden itself which came to €172 (€43 per adult). We bought our tickets on the day to get the combination ticket. Despite the size of the queue, it didn't seem too long before we were on the first cable car.
The four of us were awkwardly sat between two couples, but the ride was enjoyable nonetheless, with impressive views and nice air flow thanks to the open windows. We also got the awkwardness of having our photo taken once we were all on...
After that we took the next cable car to the Botanical Garden which was a lot quieter, so we got a cable car to ourselves.
Before exploring the actual gardens, we sat down and had a drink at the little café which was nice. There was a lovely view, and lots of lizards, as well as a gift shop with a good range of fridge magnets.
The gardens themselves were rather pleasant, can't say they were the best botanical gardens I've ever been to, but I'd say they're worth a visit. There was a good range of plants from succulents and cacti, to tree ferns and orchids, to rudbeckias and water lilies. There was also a cool little greenhouse bit, and lots of viewpoints (most of which seemed to be of the main road but were still cool).
Overall, it made for a lovely little day out (we spent maybe a couple hours looking round the gardens), but there were a couple of steep bits (in typical Madeira fashion) which required a little extra effort. I would recommend getting the cable cars.
翻译:我和家人都很喜欢植物园,因此当得知马德拉岛上有一座植物园时,它立刻就被列入了我们的行程清单。我们体验了所有项目——也就是乘坐四次缆车(两次上行、两次下行),还参观了植物园本身。整个行程花费了172欧元(每位成年人43欧元)。我们当天购买门票以获得套票。虽然排队的人不少,但没过多久我们就坐上了第一班缆车。我们四个人尴尬地坐在两对情侣中间,不过这次乘坐体验还是挺愉快的——车窗开着,视野开阔,空气也很清新。等所有人都上车后,我们还经历了被集体拍照的尴尬时刻……
之后,我们又乘坐下一班缆车前往植物园。那里安静得多,简直就像只有我们几个人坐了整辆缆车。
在参观植物园之前,我们在园中的小咖啡馆里坐下来喝了点东西,感觉很不错。那里的景色也相当迷人。还有很多蜥蜴,以及一个售卖种类丰富的冰箱磁贴的礼品店。
园林本身相当宜人——虽说算不上我见过最棒的植物园,但我认为值得一游。园内植物种类丰富,从多肉植物和仙人掌,到树蕨与兰花,再到金光菊和睡莲应有尽有。还有一个很不错的小温室,以及许多观景台(虽然大多数能看到主路,但依然挺有意思的)。
总的来说,……这一天过得真愉快(我们花了大概两个小时来游览花园),不过有几处坡度较陡的地方(典型的马德拉风格),需要多费些力气才能爬上去。我建议乘坐缆车哦。