Founded by a former Honorary British Consul Cecil Garton, this garden is the best place to experience Madeira's exquisite orchids. The orchid houses are a riot of Cattleyas, Cymbidiums and Paphiopedilums but the rest of the place could do with a tidy. The garden is often inexplicably closed.
Quinta da Boa Vista
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