Madeira Toboggan
Carros de cesto do Monte, known as Monte Toboggan – means of transportation from Monte in Funchal, the capital of Portuguese island Madeira. It consists of carts that are wicker baskets mounted on skids, sometimes compared to toboggan.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: toboggan-like ride from Monte to the center of Funchal, Madeira
- Also known as: “basket carts of Monte”, “Carros de cesto do Monte”, “Monte sledge”, “Monte sleighs”, “Monte Toboggan”, and “Wicker Toboggan of Monte”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Our Lady of the Mount and Monte Palace Museum.
Church of Our Lady of the Mount
Church
Photo: 2015 Michael 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Our Lady of the Mount is the main church in the civil parish of Monte, in Funchal, Madeira island.
Monte Palace Museum
Museum
Photo: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.
Monte Palace Museum is situated 160 metres east of Madeira Toboggan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monte and Santa Luzia.
Monte
Suburb
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monte is a civil parish in the municipality and a suburb of Funchal in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Locally, the parish is also known as Nossa Senhora do Monte.
Santa Luzia
Suburb
Photo: Vojtěch Dostál, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Luzia is a parish in the municipality of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2011 was 5,866, in an area of 1.34 km2.
Imaculado Coração de Maria
Suburb
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Imaculado Coração de Maria is a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal in the archipelago of Madeira. Imaculado Coração de Maria, which is Portuguese for The Immaculate Heart of Mary, is a suburb of Funchal.
Madeira Toboggan
- Categories: means of transport, transport service itinerary, and tourism
- Location: Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.6754° or 32° 40′ 31″ northLongitude
-16.90259° or 16° 54′ 9″ westOperator
Associação Carreiros do MonteOpen location code
8C45M3GW+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 4811367697OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q9697780
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Satellite Map
Discover Madeira Toboggan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Portuguese—“Madeira Toboggan” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Carros de cesto do Monte”
- German: “Korbkarren von Mount”
- German: “Korbschlitten von Monte”
- Polish: “Carros de cesto do Monte”
- Polish: “Sanki z Monte”
- Portuguese: “Carrinho do Monte”
- Portuguese: “Carro de cesto”
- Portuguese: “Carros de cesto do Monte”
- Portuguese: “Carros de cesto”
- Portuguese: “Tobogã do Monte”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grave of Karl I, Emperor of Austria and Parque Monteiro.
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