Gondola · Nossa Senhora do Monte, Portugal
Teleférico do Funchal
Teleférico do Funchal is a gondola near Nossa Senhora do Monte, Portugal. It climbs 548 m over 3.11 km, from 7 m to 555 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 71 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
64/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Teleférico do Funchal is scarier than 64% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 11 in Portugal.
- Highest above the ground: about 71 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 1.54 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 425 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 14°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 270 m of the 3.11 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico do Funchal is near Nossa Senhora do Monte, Portugal, at 7 m above sea level (32.64730° N, 16.90216° W). From there it runs 3.11 km up to the top station at 555 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Teleféricos da Madeira S.A.
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 7 people
- Ride time
- about 20 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico do Jardim Botânico gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 224 m
- Training cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 30 m
- Teleférico do Garajau gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 130 m
- Teleférico do Rancho gondola · 8.8 km away · rises 155 m
- Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres gondola · 11.6 km away · rises 257 m
- Teleférico do Larano gondola · 14.4 km away · rises 209 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.