This place has been designed like a traditional Madeiran hamlet.
It’s all terracotta-topped buildings and gardens webbed with streams and little wooden bridges.
A Blue Flag marina provides the finishing touch.The complex sits in a peaceful setting, on a pea-green hillside on the Ponta de Sao peninsula.
You get sweeping views of the bay below, yet you’re just 30 minutes’ drive from the island’s capital, Funchal.You can pick from three chic pools here.
The main one is double-tiered and there’s a seawater number with an infinity edge.
When it comes to dining, there’s a buffet, fine dining restaurant and a marina-front snack bar.
Plus, you’ve got a beach bar and a cocktail bar.
And you can book boat trips and scuba diving down at the private marina.