Tourist town, Spa, Swimming pool, Stony Beach

The small, well-kept spa town of Porto Moniz, situated on the very north-western tip of Madeira, attracts visitors not only for its attractive location with magnificent views of the steep mountain slopes. The main attraction in Porto Moniz is the seawater spa pools built on the rugged coastline amongst natural lava pools. There are natural pools in two locations right in Porto Moniz. [btn "View hotels in Madeira by price" https://booking.com…

Coast, Cliff, Black sand beach

Ponta São Lourenço is a narrow peninsula near the town of Machico and the easternmost point of Madeira. Unlike the evergreen rest of Madeira, the colour of the peninsula changes with the seasons. The peninsula receives significantly less rain than the rest of Madeira and is also battered by strong winds from the ocean all year round, which makes the soil even drier. Thus, while in winter and early spring Ponta São Lourenço is covered in lush…

City, Cathedral, Botanical garden, Fortress, Museum, Pebble beach

Funchal is the capital and, with over 110,000 inhabitants, also the largest city in Madeira, which will captivate you with its colonial atmosphere. The city lies in a wide bay in the south-east of the island and, due to its mountainous surroundings, climbs from the sea up the hillside to points beyond which it simply cannot go any further because of the terrain. Funchal consists of four main areas – the historic centre in the middle, the Old…

Resort, Tourist town, Sandy beach, Pebble beach

Machico, on the east coast of Madeira, is one of the two typical beach resorts on the island (the other is Calheta) and one of the main tourist centres in Madeira. Machico provides all the facilities - you will find a plethora of restaurants, bars, souvenir shops and supermarkets, tourist agencies offering various excursions and cruises, beaches and paths along the Madeiran "levadas" with views of the beautiful mountainous and green coastline. …

Resort, Sandy beach, Tourist town

The town of Calheta on the southern coast of Madeira, scattered on steep slopes with idyllic terraced fields falling into the ocean, is one of two popular beach resorts in Madeira (the other is Machico). [btn "The 10 best hotels in Madeira" https://booking.com/region/pt/madeira.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-madeira-calheta] Previously inhospitable and not very attractive for tourists, the place began to change significantly at the turn of the…