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Hotel Vila Ventura - Madeira in Canico, Portugal, offers ocean views. It boasts elegant, Portuguese-style architecture. Enjoy their lush gardens and serene pool area. Beach access included. Nestled ...

Set in over three acres of subtropical gardens on Madeira’s south coast, the Porto Mare Hotel is a supremely luxurious base from which to explore the archipelago’s capital, Funchal. It offers access ...

A “wow factor” in whatever area—home decor, personal style, luxury travel—is generally a figure of speech. People don’t exactly open our mouths and vocalize “Wow” whenever something impresses us. So ...

The most famous of Portugal's Atlantic islands, Madeira is truly a gardener's heaven. Perched on windowsills or on steps up to the doors of even the tiniest houses, flowers are a constant welcome to ...

With its stunning tropical gardens, rugged mountains and a €1bn post-mudslide facelift, Madeira is getting its magical mojo back, says Thomas Breathnach Levadas - the island's network of narrow canals ...

Being pampered amid the elegant luxury of one of the world’s most gorgeously-situated hotels, it was easy to forget that this was an island recovering from a natural disaster of huge proportions. On ...

The Savoy Palace has, quite literally, filled a gap on the island of Madeira. Its predecessor, the Savoy Classic, was built in 1912 – some 500 years after the Portuguese discovered the island – in the ...

Lying face down in a treatment room as crushed grapes were slapped on me I took a moment to savour the irony. Alcohol, as we all know, makes us fat. Yet as I discovered at Quinta Splendida’s spa, it ...