Location

Jardim do Mar in 2003 by friend William Henry

Lisbon: 900 kilometres (1h15m by plane)

International Airport of Madeira: 50 kilometres

When you arrive at the International Airport of Madeira (East area) you are about 50 kilometres away from Jardim do Mar (South-West, which is the warmest and sunniest area of Madeira). It's about an hour drive. You take the highway that will take your from the airport until Ribeira Brava. Then you continue in the so-called "Express Road" (mainly by the sea and in tunnels) from Ribeira Brava until Estreito da Calheta. Here you find a kind of roundabout, get out to the right, keep in the round about, turn left and then cross the road (carefully) and take a 4km road down to Jardim do Mar.

Capital of Madeira island (Funchal): 35 kilometres

Centre of Calheta municipality: 5 kilometres

Nearest beach: 200 metres

Nearest bar/pub: 100 metres

Top mountains in Calheta: 10 kilometres

Nearest health resort: Jardim Atlântico in Prazeres (5 kilometres) offering a host of facilities, including swimming, tennis, sauna, gym, games room, vegetarian and wholefood restaurant, and a range of holistic therapies

Nearest gym: 5 kilometres

Nearest big supermarket: 6 kilometres (“Pingo Doce” is in Vila da Calheta, by the sand beach)

Nearest hospital: 5 kilometres (Calheta)

Nearest pet hotel: 10 kilometres

Car: recommended (if you just plan going out of Jardim do Mar for groceries, you get a local taxi)