2 bedroom apartment in the center of the city, spacious, with a large balcony, just 5 minutes from the beach and a few steps from supermarkets, wifi hotstop's, banks and all services the city provides. Only a few minutes by car from the airport and a few more to a Golf Course.
About Machico:
The city of Machico, founded in 1451, is the easternmost municipality located in the northeastern part of Madeira Island and is the third most populous city after the capital Funchal and Câmara de Lobos. The population of the municipality was 21,747 in 2001. The city itself has a population of 10,894. It is located 17 km NE of Funchal, NW of the Savage Islands, 20 km SE of Santana and WSW of Porto Santo. Machico is linked with road to Funchal and Santana and a small road connecting Ribeira Seca and
Caniçal. The mountains lie to the west and a smaller range to the northeast. The main source of the economy is agriculture, tourism, and fishing while a small number of businesses are in the downtown area. The forests lie to the central and western parts while the grasslands covers the northeastern portion. The harbor has an excellent promenade with a beautiful yellow sand beach and offers a view of Machico, the mountain slopes and the road linking to Santana and the northern part of the island. A small harbor filled with yachts lies east of Machico. Machico has several primary schools, lower secondary school, an upper secondary school, banks, a post office, a small port, beaches and squares or plazas (praças).
From the historic point of view this is probably the most interesting city on the island as Machico was the landing point of the discoverers of Madeira.
This peculiar corner of the island boasts the oldest church, the 'Capela dos Milagres', and two forts still bear witness of the locals’ defence against the many pirate attacks on the village.
Machico has a wonderful beach and good facilities for both swimming and sunbathing.
This tranquil town boasts some excellent guesthouses and restaurants and is a good starting point for a number of nice ‘levada’ walks.
The banks of Machico's river are covered with lush vegetation and spotted with whitewashed houses. Apart from the parochial church there is the small chapel of São Roque on the quay, built in the 16th century, with an interesting exhibition of blue and white tiles telling about the saint’s life.
This municipality of Machico lives from agriculture and fishing. The fishing harbours are located in Machico and Caniçal, where the fishing fleet’s catch consists mainly of tuna and ‘gaiado’ (regional fish to be dried).
Porto da Cruz parish is famous for its vine cultivation and every year there is a celebration called ‘Vintage Party’.

