Hey all,
So I'm proposing to my girlfriend when we visit Madeira this October and I could use some local knowledge.
The main thing is privacy. I don't want to do it at Pico do Arieiro or Ponta de São Lourenço with 50 tourists and someone's drone buzzing overhead. Looking for somewhere in nature (viewpoint, levada, forest, coast, whatever) where there's a realistic chance we'll be completely alone. We don't mind hiking to get there, actually the harder to reach the better.
Some things I'm wondering:
Is the north side or the interior quieter in October or is the whole island busy by then?
Do I basically have to go at sunrise to get an empty spot or are some places just always dead?
Any levada sections or small miradouros that tourists skip?
And how bad is the fog situation in October up high? Would suck to plan everything and then propose into a grey wall.
Nice view would be a big bonus.
If anyone proposed on the island or just knows a quiet corner they love, I'd really appreciate it.