Machico holiday apartment. Madeira island holiday apartment at Vila Gama

GOLF: Facing the bay of Machico, where the Portuguese sailors first docked, the Santo da Serra Golf Club offers a spectacular and totally new 27-hole golf course, redesigned in 1991 by the famous golf course architect Robert Trent Jones. In Santo da Serra Golf Club you find a golf course and nature in perfect harmony, where you can compete and have a good time.

WALKS AND LEVADAS: Madeira Island is undoubtedly a “floating garden” , a true paradise for botanic lovers. As you walk through the primitive forest, along the levadas, you can find unique species, no longer existing throughout Europe ever since the glacial period, which are still preserved here due to the mild subtropical weather. You can walk along the pleasant paths covered with hydrangeas, orchids and Estrelicias, and the steep mountainsides planted with corn and wheat, and walk through the tunnels laboriously excavated in the rocks in order to carry the water across the levadas. You can also surprise yourself with the great variety of vegetation along the footpaths. As you reach the top of Pico Ruivo, you will have a breathtaking view of the wild rocky landscape and “hear” the silence of the fresh open air. Then, you can walk along the paths of the mountain in the tranquility of the meadowlands and the wild flowers.

MACHICO CITY: In July 1419, João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão “das ilhas” docked in the beautiful beach of Machico. This was the beginning of the glorious epopeia of the Portuguese Discoveries. It was in Machico that the Franciscans that came along in the expedition celebrated the first Mass on the island on Saint Isabel´s Day (July 2), to express their thanks for the joy of the discovery. There are many stories about the origin of the name Machico. The most famous one, and yet polemical, is the romantic tale of the English lovers Robert Machim and Anna d´Arfet. The city is said to have been named as such after the name Machim.

Other Activities: Aqua Park.

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