Madeira Part III

The combination of mild weather, incredible scenery, and the abundant flora that humbles us into submission to Madeira’s magnificence. Every flower and colour breathing energy and life.Porto Santo is 40 km from Madeira and is quite simply heaven on earth! This island, with a 9‑kilometre beach of golden sand washed by warm, crystalline waters is the ideal refuge for a quiet, relaxing holiday. For more information on Porto Santo read further below on this webpage.As for the uninhabited Desertas and Selvagens Islands, take a trip there and, in a few hours, you will get to know some of the rarest fauna and flora on the planet.The Desertas Islands are about 35 km southwest of Funchal and have been made a biogenetic reserve, which, today, is that last Atlantic refuge of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), the rarest seal in the world.