Half way between two Golf Courses:
If you feel like a relaxing golfing holiday in beautiful surroundings with a mild climate and fine food and wines, then head for Madeira. Golf is available on two courses in Madeira and one in Porto Santo, and whichever course you choose, you can look forward to spectacularly stunning views, exotic flowers and challenging courses. When the new golf course is completed in Ponta do Pargo the apartment will be conveniently placed half way between the Palheiro and Ponta do Pargo courses.
More on island golfing ...:
Arco da Calheta is about a 35 minute drive from the famous Palheiro Golf Club - Palheiro Golf Course
As you’re driving up the steep winding road leading to Palheiro Golf course, you may wonder whether you are going golfing or skiing and how on earth they were able to build a golf course up here! But Cabel Robinson, who designed it in 1993, has managed to integrate the 18-hole par 72 course perfectly into the dramatic setting.
Perched 500 meters above Funchal, Madeira’s capital, in the 200-year-old country estate and parkland of the Quinta do Palheiro, the course and Clubhouse's panoramic terrace enjoy stunning views over the Bay and the city of Funchal, and the Desertas Islands.
You will remember the course first for its beauty. Its magnificent setting, its elevation changes, mature trees and shrubs, lush sub-tropical vegetation and splendid views make it an unforgettable, idyllic course.
Fishing BIG and small Game:
There is quite a culture of Game Fishing in Madeira and in recent past years have produced some of the worlds
largest blue marlin, which is also reflected by the results of the annual July 4.th Blue Marlin World Cup. Madeira was World Cup winner in 1995, 1996, 1997 and narrowly missed the World Cup fish in 2000. The marlin season in Madeira runs from May through to October ,with a fish average of about 700 lbs. About one in every ten is that fish of a lifetime, a grander blue marlin. These huge creatures swim in its predominantly calm blue waters ,with the run to reach these leviathans being practically non - existent. Add to this a pleasant temperate climate in which to fish, and all of this set in a safe, civilised European environment you'll see why if there is a finer Atlantic blue marlin fishery we certainly don't know of it .
BUT if you prefer dangling a rod off the harbour in Paul do Mar and contemplating world peace that is available too!
