Location: Calheta in Portugal
Nearest Airport
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Funchal at 40
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Nearest Motorway
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Via Rapida at 2
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Nearest Beach
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beach at 3.0
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The cottage has a fantastic network of trails and levadas. There are 2 (Madalena do Mar & Achada) of the more than 200 trails crisscrossing the island’s basalt rock masses, taking hikers into a rare natural world. Along these irrigation channels you will come across species of fauna and flora found hardly anywhere else in the world, in Madeira’s traditional Laurissilva Forest, which has been declared a World Natural Heritage Site.
You can see birds like the long-toed pigeon (Columba trocaz), Zino’s petrel (Pterodroma madeira), Madeiran chaffinch (Fringila coelebs maderensis) and Madeiran firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus maderensis) and trees like the stinklaurel (Ocotea foetens), laurel (Laurus azorica) or Madeira mahogany (Persea indica), along with a variety of other unique shrubs, plants and mosses.
Golf courses
- Palheiro Golf: 35 Min. drive. Situated close to gardens that are famous for their exuberant vegetation, this course offers fabulous views over Funchal Bay