Câmara de Lobos
Cabo Girão Skywalk, and the price two sets of guides disagree on
The short answer
The Cabo Girão Skywalk is a glass-floored platform cantilevered over the sea at the top of the Cabo Girão promontory, which the regional tourism board describes as the highest in Europe. Entry is paid and booked through the SIMplifica portal, and children twelve and under go free.
Entry, per person over twelve
€5.00
Paid and booked through the SIMplifica portal. Free for children twelve and under.
Visit Madeira · check it · read August 26, 2026The figure independent guides still quote
€3.00
Not supported by the official tourism board page.
Visit Madeira · check it · read August 26, 2026Height of the promontory
580 m
Described by the regional tourism board as the highest in Europe.
Visit Madeira · check it · read August 26, 2026The facts
| Where | Câmara de Lobos |
|---|---|
| Type | Viewpoints |
| How long | Under an hour |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Cost | €5.00 over twelve |
| Best season | Year round, early or late to miss the coach parties |
| Permit | Yes — book before you go |
What it is
The platform hangs off the top of the promontory, which the regional tourism board gives as 580 m, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026 above the sea and describes as the highest in Europe. The floor under your feet is glass, and the sea and the terraces below it are visible straight down.
It is open Daily 08:00 to 20:00, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026. Coaches arrive through the middle of the day; the platform is small and it does not absorb them well.
The price nobody agrees on
The regional tourism board publishes €5.00, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026 for visitors over twelve, free for children twelve and under, paid and booked through the SIMplifica portal.
The figure here is the official one; older listings still quote €3.00, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026. SIMplifica is the place to settle it before travelling.
What is not perfect about it
The glass floor is the entire point and it is genuinely unnerving, which rules it out for anyone with vertigo. Independent guides published in 2026 still quote a lower price than the tourism board does, so check the SIMplifica listing before assuming either figure.
Questions people actually ask
How much is the Cabo Girão Skywalk?
The regional tourism board publishes €5.00, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026 for visitors over twelve and free entry for children twelve and under. Independent guides still circulate €3.00, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026, which the official page does not support.
How high is Cabo Girão?
The tourism board gives 580 m, source: Visit Madeira, read August 26, 2026 and describes it as the highest promontory in Europe.
Is the glass floor safe for people with vertigo?
It is structurally a platform like any other. The sensation of standing on transparent floor over that drop is the thing people find intolerable, and no amount of engineering changes it.
Where this came from
- Visit Madeira: Cabo Girão. visitmadeira.com/en/where-to-go/madeira/south-coast/camara Read August 26, 2026.
- Governo Regional da Madeira: SIMplifica — reserva de percursos pedestres classificados. simplifica.madeira.gov.pt/services/78-82-259 Read August 26, 2026.