The cottages:
The Madeira wine cottages are a private, small complex of four 1 bedroom houses in the village of Estreito da Calheta, which is situated about 300 meters high, on the south-west coast of the Island of Madeira.
Because of the location of the cottages on the island, it is a necessity to have a hire car. If you would like to use a local company we can recommend 'MAGOS CAR MADEIRA'.
The cottages have opened in 2007 and are named after different types of Madeira wine.
SERCIAL - BOAL - VERDELHO - MALMSEY
It is a lovely location for nature loving visitors whom like to stay in an environment surrounded by farmland, vineyards and gardens.
From all the cottages there is a lovely view over the hills of Calheta to the Atlantic Ocean.
Calheta:
Calheta is one of the oldest parishes of the island and one of the first to be explored by the primitive colonizers. Founded on the 1st of June 1502.
Besides its attractive location, Calheta – which actually means “small beach” in Portuguese – has an old sugar cane factory, founded in 1901 and still producing sugar cane honey and “aguardente” (sugar cane spirit).
Calheta is also famous for the wide variety of fish to be found in its coastal waters.
