Best Madeira holiday apartments

Holiday on Portugal’s Volcanic Island: Holiday Apartments in Madeira

Rugged mountain ranges, imposing cliffs and exceptional rock formations define Portugal’s southernmost island, Madeira. Just like the Canary Islands, Madeira is of volcanic origin, and at warm temperatures you can discover a crater landscape around your Madeira holiday home that was created almost 20 million years ago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Book a holiday home in Madeira now and embark on unforgettable hikes through the Paul da Serra high moor, to the lava peak of Pico Ruivo or along the island’s natural swimming pools, lava caves and cliffs. Discover the capital Funchal with its historic old town or visit the surrounding hills by cable car. A private accommodation offers at the same time an insight into everyday life and culture of this unique island world, which is influenced by the proximity to Africa as well as by its European identity. At 9flats you’ll also find Accommodation in the Canary Islands, so you don’t have to end your journey in Madeira. From Funchal, for example, you can reach our Holiday Apartments in Gran Canaria by ferry.

Apartments in Madeira and mainland Portugal

Beside the main island Madeira, there are three further islands that belong to the archipelago and thus to the province Madeira. Two of them are uninhabited; the third one, Porto Santo, is located approximately 50 kilometres north of the main island Madeira and lures with a length of only 11 kilometres and a sandy beach of nine kilometres. If you book an apartment on Madeira here off the main tourist island, you can not only enjoy one of the few sandy beaches of Madeira, but also a varied leisure offer awaits you despite the small size of the island. Use your holiday home in Madeira for a hike to Pico do Facho, which offers a panoramic view of the Porto Santo at 517 metres above sea level, or visit the Columbus Museum in the Casa de Colombo. Here the great sailor and explorer is said to have lived once, and your accommodation in Madeira offers you the unique opportunity to inform yourself about his life and his voyages at the former place of activity of the America explorer. Inform yourself about holiday apartments on Tenerife and visit the impressive volcanic landscapes of Tenerife on the southern neighbouring island, which seem to originate from another planet.

Madeira: Pearl in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

Madeira is on the same altitude as the Sahara, and yet here you are still in the middle of Europe. The autonomous region of Madeira is officially part of Portugal. And even if you’ve already booked accommodation in Portugal in another part of the country, you’ll get to the island quickly by plane. The flight time from Lisbon to Madeira, for example, is only about 1.5 hours. To make such a trip worthwhile, however, you should plan on staying more than one night in Madeira. After arriving at your holiday home in Madeira, you can also travel between the islands of the Canary Islands group by ferry. The journey times are relatively long; the crossing from Madeira to Porto Santo already takes several hours. This way you have the opportunity to experience the endless expanse of the Atlantic Ocean in its entirety. A special experience is also a sailing trip. Funchal has an important marina from which you can book guided sailing trips along the Canary Islands.