Guest message 64

August 2015

Key words and ideas:

"Magnificent house"; "Marvelous Island"; "Madeira Island is really exceptional and we loved to explore it"; "The expression «my home is your home» is perfectly true here"; "We felt the house as our home: a well-being, warm and magnetic atmosphere could be felt"; "Thank you Sofia for your reception, smile and kindness - it is in our memories and in our hearts."

note: we really appreciated the effort to leave us the message also in Portuguese. Thank you ;-).

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Guest message 63

July 2015

Key words and ideas:

"The most peaceful and beautiful place"; "A real home."

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Guest message 62

June 2015

Key words and ideas:

"We have spent an unforgetable week in this beautiful house and on this Island that is a little piece of paradise"; "The CDs were pleasant to listen to and the house is nice place to live"; "Thank you for your reception and kindeness."

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Guest message 61

Message in beautiful painting by Sanne (2011)

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note: we republished this post as it was not numbered

Guest message 60

June 2015

Key words and ideas:

"We say thank you for your kindness, affection and understanding"; "In spite of being away from our home we felt at home"; "An ideal place to celebrate friendship and love."

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Guest message 59

May 2015

Key words and ideas:

"The house is very beautiful and we've spent a nice holiday"; "We hope to come back with our family or with friends to this litlle paradise that is Jardim do Mar."

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Guest message 58

May 2015

Key words and ideas:

"Next time we will ask you where are the pens :)"; "The house is perfect"; "The village is magnificent and we recommend the grilled chicken at Joe's Bar"; "Thank you for the bananas."

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Madeira: the most enviable island on earth?

Dramatic cliffs line the coast of Madeira (photo: Alamy; MWC)

"Madeira is not Ibiza. It attracts a more mature clientele, and raving is limited to enthusing about the island’s dramatic scenery and botanical wonders." This is how the article on The Telegraph on the 9th of March 2015. Please, read on.

One of the earliest ravers was H N Coleridge, nephew of the poet, who waxed lyrical after a visit in 1825: “I should think the situation of Madeira the most enviable on the whole earth. It ensures every European comfort with almost every tropical luxury.” Madeirans know this of course, and over the years have enhanced their quality of life by producing a cornucopia of fine food and wine. They have also helpfully provided access to their tumultuous countryside by building more than 1,000 miles of irrigation channels, accompanied by footpaths that snake through the kind of striking landscapes dreamt up by J R R Tolkien.