Before you buy anything
Would you like to stay here?
Nobody should buy a house on an island they have only seen in photographs. Come for two weeks. Drive the north coast in the rain. Sit in Funchal traffic at six o'clock. Then decide.
These are the places we send people, and what each one is not good for.
What we earn here. Nothing. None of these links pay us a commission, and nobody on this page has paid to be on it. The house in São Gonçalo is ours — David Leça manages it for us — and it is the only place here we have any interest in, which is why it says so on its own page rather than sitting quietly among the rest. We only list places we have stayed in or personally checked, and where we have not stayed somewhere, the page says so plainly.
Where we send people
Our São Gonçalo Villa
Our own Alojamento Local. Sleeps eight, terrace jacuzzi, loft office.
Villa Ana D'Arfet, Água de Pena
This is a self-contained villa with two bedrooms and three bathrooms for up to four people, so no one has to share a bathroom. It has its own garden and terrace, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi and private parking on the property. Praia de São Roque is about a 19-minute walk away.
Atlantic Pearl Suite, Câmara de Lobos
The apartment has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, sleeping four, with a kitchenette that includes a dishwasher. It comes with an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace, free Wi-Fi and free private parking, and sits seven minutes on foot from Praia de Vigário.
Casa das Raposinhas IV, São Martinho
This is a self-contained apartment with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a private pool and a garden, so four people are not sharing a single bathroom. It has air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, a kitchen and free private parking, and it is registered as Alojamento Local under RNAL 164611/AL.
Villa Amor do Mar, São Gonçalo
This is a house built for a group of eight, with four bedrooms and three bathrooms rather than the usual squeeze of extra beds into fewer rooms. The private office with an independent entrance is unusual, and the villa is registered for Alojamento Local under RNAL 173428/AL.