Old Mill Museum

Part of a TUI day trip

Only spent 40 minutes here as part of day trip visiting East of Madeira. Rum tasting was ok. Really strong stuff. But had poncho for those who didn't want their rum neat and juice for the kids.

Ok as a filler

It's really collection of machines and self read signs and notices. It gives you an idea of what production is like. We were left alone to walk round and 2 staff members basically ignored us. The sho...

Not a real modern museum still great display of a functioning sugar mill

It is, really, the very sugar cane mill that produces sugar spirits from fresh sugar cane juice during the sugar cane harvest season, of March to May (roughly). You see the equipment, including the 19...

Making rum the old fashioned way

Had no idea that this was in the town until I noticed the building one day when out walking. Visited one afternoon and were offered a sample of passion fruit liquor. No one else in the interior at the...

Flash back to the past

Entering the museum, you get the felling fo going back to the white sugar gold era. The big machinery and some of the tradicional items of those day, make's you travel and understand how important was...