Toboggan operators wait for customers to arrive during the quiet season.
The wicker toboggans were used at the beginning of the 19th century to carry feight down the very steep hill from Monte to Funchal. A British merchant decided that they could carry people and so the ride was borne.
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Location: Monte, Madeira, Portugal
Photo credit: © Stuart Barry / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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