Tourists pushed downhill by carreiros, carros de cesto, Monte toboggan ride, wicker basket carts mounted on skids, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal

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Tourists being pushed downhill by carreiros on carros de cesto do Monte, basket carts, Monte toboggan, wicker basket carts mounted on skids, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal. Carros de cesto do Monte (from pt. basket carts from 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. They are pushed by men called Carreiros. Currently, they are a tourist attraction.

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Size: 4914px × 3276px
Location: Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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