Holiday Caching

[+jazzmonster]

It's our 20th Wedding Anniversary soon. We've been looking for somewhere a little different for a holiday - of course one of the items on the wishlist is that there must be caches (at least one, we're not greedy!)

 

We discovered the adorable little island of Porto Santo, north of Madeira which fits the bill perfectly!

 

Where can I get TOPO maps for Porto Santo?

 

Would love to hear from you if you've been to Porto Santo and have any tips.

 

Finally, we quite like the idea of creating an "event" - a meet up for a drink somewhere in Vila Baleira. If there are other cachers on the island at the same time, it would be nice to have a drink and a chat. Any tips / do's and don'ts would be gratefully received.

 

If you want to see the island, search for Madeira on the Hide/Seek a Cache page, then scroll north and zoom in. Porto Santo is described as a 9km stretch of white/golden sand with bright blue sea and a small island attached. There's not much to do except for relax and chill or cache. The east side is pretty flat, the west side has hills & mountains. Some of the 10 hotels hire bikes, you can also hire quad bikes or do a jeep safari. There's some very pretty scenery. I can't wait! :-D

 

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[+speakers-corner]

Hi Jazzmonster, hav a look at this link http://www.wanderreitkarte.de/garmin_de.php and then look for "Inselkarte". It from March this year. They are good, I used them for the Canary Isles last year.

[+MartyBartfast]

Don't know about TOPO maps, but you can get free OpenStreetMaps at http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ which may work depending on what GPS you have.

[+GAZ]

Quite a few to go at!

My link