In the old part of Funchal a lot of venues are ongoing all the time.
In one of the oldest streets, now closed for cars, Rua Santa Maria, there are bars, restaurants, art studios and a permanent display of the Painted Doors, most of the doors in this street are painted with a great variety of motifs or otherwise decorated. During the weekends you have flea markets.
Parallel to this street you have Rua Bela Santiago. Here you have an up class building where the apartment is found. In the middle of the building there is a patio with big built in flower boxes.
There are two elevators in each of the two entrances in addition to the stairs.
This is a place for walkers. Being in the middle of the town it takes four minutes to the market, the same to the super markets and two minutes to the bakery. In the entrance of the building you have coffee shops and a bank. Around the corner there are dozens of bars and restaurants for any taste and still for every pocket.
If you walk to the left facing the sea, in ten minutes you will find the swimming area Barreirinha. This is next to the church Socorro. The promenade next to the sea is good for walking or jogging. The garden in front is great for a troll or relaxing on the benches looking at people.
It takes you five minutes to get to the cable car to Monte. Next to this, you have the bus station. If you stay here, you do not need a car. If you would like to take a trip around the island, rent a car for one or two days, not a week.
A house keeper, Carolina is coming most of the days in the afternoon to change linen and some tidying. She will not come on public holidays and weekends.
If you drive into Funchal, take off the high way to Campo da Barca. Drive down to the sea, until you see a sign Zona Velha. Her you take left, go next to the market and straight on until a roundabout in the end of the street. You have already passed Madeira Medical Centre on your left side. Take the first street of to the right in the roundabout and go down. The street turns left, and after 50 meters you have a big building with a bank, Caixa Geral dos Depositos. You are at the main door.
Madeira is the island of eternal spring, a comfortable climate – never too cold or too hot. You do not need heaters in the winter, neither air condition in the summer.
Madeira has mountain and sea – the highest peaks of above 1800 meters, and the sea temperature at 24ºC from July to November. It never comes below 17ºC, and the coldest part is February.
In Madeira you have walks, the famous levada walks of more than 1700 km, mountain and forest walks. You have flowers and fruit the whole year, lush gardens and parks. People fall in love with Madeira, and most often it is a long lasting love.
Madeira also offers golf, canyoning, para gliding, mountain safaris and many other activities.
I will receive the guests. You will have my telephone number to call me any time. Carolina, the house keeper will help you with change of linen, towels etc.
