A planner that rebuilds itself

The island, planned around you — and re-planned when things change.

Madeira Unfolded is a guide and planner for Madeira that looks like a travel journal and behaves like a local who checks the forecast for you. Hand-picked places, written properly, shot with care — assembled into a plan that quietly adjusts to your pace, the weather, and the state of the trails.

§01 · Onboarding

Five quiet questions, not a form.

Days, base, how you'll get around, what pulls you, and — the one that changes everything — how you like to move. Each answer is a real choice with a consequence, written like a sentence rather than a checkbox.

  • iOne question per screen, full-bleed. No scrolling walls of fields.
  • iiTravel style feeds route length, start times, terrain and shade — the plan is downstream of this.
  • iiiAnswers stay editable forever; changing one later re-runs the plan, not the trip.
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Shape your island
How do you like
to move?
Intensive
Sunrise starts, long trails, full days
Balanced
A good walk, then time for a long lunch
Gentle
Short strolls, viewpoints, plenty of coffee
With a child
Buggy-friendly paths, shade, snack stops
§02 · The generated plan

A whole trip, drafted in a breath.

From those five answers, Madeira Unfolded drafts a day-by-day plan — each day with a title, a one-line mood, and the shape of the day. It's a proposal, not a verdict: the app asks if you're happy before anything is set.

  • iEvery day reads like a journal entry — a title and a feeling, not a list of coordinates.
  • iiTap any day to throw it onto the map; the plan and the map are the same object.
  • iii"Love it" or "Adjust" — the plan is never imposed, only offered.
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Your draft
Edit answers
Here's what
we'd do.
7 days · Funchal base · by car · balanced
1
Sat
Funchal, gently
Old town lanes, the cable car up to Monte, a first poncha at dusk.
Light2 stops
2
Sun
East & the sun
Ponta de São Lourenço before the heat, lunch in Caniçal, slow afternoon.
PR83 stops9 km
3
Tue
The north coast
Caldeirão Verde through the laurisilva, the toy houses of Santana.
PR914 km
4
Wed
Into the mountains
The ridge between the peaks — weather permitting.
§03 · The living map

The main view: one day at a time, on the island itself.

The map isn't the product — it's where the plan is shown. Pick a day from the rail; its stops drop onto Madeira, joined by a route line. A bottom sheet introduces the day. Tap a pin and the map zooms in close, the sheet swaps to the place.

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Day 3 — Tuesday
19°  partly cloudy
1 São Vicente 2 Caldeirão Verde 3 Santana
Day 3 · the north coast
Laurel, water & toy houses
A shaded forest walk to a green basin, then the straw-roofed cottages of Santana before the light goes.
3
stops
14 km
on foot
~6h
day length
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
§04 · Point detail

Tap a pin — the island leans in.

A zoom-in to the spot, then a bottom sheet carrying the hand-written part: a real description, a film, a set of photos, and the live trail status. Madeira Unfolded never replaces navigation — it hands off to the map app you already use.

  • iFilm and stills first — every place is shot, not stock-photographed.
  • iiLive PR trail status sits right on the image — open, partial, or closed before you commit.
  • iiiNavigate opens your nav app. Guide and Photographer become contextual requests, not a marketplace detour.
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Trail open
Levada do Caldeirão Verde
PR9 · 6.5 km · 2h30 · moderate · 4 tunnels

A near-level walk on a 18th-century water channel through the laurisilva, ending at a green basin under a tall fall. Bring a torch for the tunnels and a layer — the forest holds its damp.

Request a guide
Arrange a photographer
§05 · It re-plans itself

Bad weather on the ridge? The plan already moved.

Madeira Unfolded watches the forecast per-location. When rain rolls over a mountain day, it swaps in a sheltered alternative and shifts the original to the next clear window — then tells you plainly what it did and why, and lets you veto it.

  • iChanges are explained, never silent — you always see the before and the after.
  • iiIt re-plans the whole week, not just one day, so nothing collides downstream.
  • iii"Keep it" or "Let me choose" — the traveller has the last word.
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Plan updated · just now
Pico do Arieiro · rain & low cloud
We adjusted Day 4
Rain moved in over
the peaks.
WED
Pico to Pico ridge crossing
Exposed · low visibility forecast
WED
Levada das 25 Fontes
Sheltered, lower, forest-shaded

Your ridge crossing moved to Day 6, when the forecast clears. The rest of the week shifted to match.

§06 · Your hand on the wheel

Nudge the filters. Drop in a can't-miss.

The plan stays yours to bend. Toggle what matters — more levadas, fewer hours driving, more slow coffee — and the week rebalances live. Add a specific trail you've set your heart on; Madeira Unfolded folds it in, then explains the trade.

  • iFilters rebalance the plan instantly — no "regenerate" button, no waiting.
  • iiName a place — "PR11" — and it's slotted into the right day at the right time.
  • iiiEvery automated trade-off is shown in plain language, never buried.
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Adjust your island
What matters most
Levadas ✓ Viewpoints ✓ Mountains Local food ✓ More rest Less driving ✓ Beaches Wine & poncha
A place you can't miss
PR11 trail code or name
2
PR11 · Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço
Coastal ridge walk · 8 km · added to Day 2, morning

Day 2 rebalanced — the Caniçal lunch stays, the afternoon viewpoint moved to golden hour so the heat is behind you.

One object: a plan that's also a map that's also a journal.

The bet

Most guides stop at a directory. Madeira Unfolded gives a living plan — personal from the first screen, and honest about every change it makes on your behalf.

Where this goes next

Real captured film and stills per place, the MapLibre 3D terrain build, the photographer/guide/transport request flows, and the offline pack for the spots with no signal.

Design system

Every screen above uses the same tokens, type, and motion rules as the product. The mockup and the brand stay one thing.

Build notes

Flutter, Android-first with a macOS dev environment, iOS to follow. The map is embedded, not the product — navigation always hands off to the traveller's own app.