“Traveling allows you to become so many different versions of yourself.” -Anonymous
We moved from our beautiful little bed and breakfast near São Jorge to a nice resort on the east coast near the airport. Our flight leaves at 6:40 (we hope), so we wanted to be close. We're spending our last evening in Madeira at the Albatroz Beach & Yacht Club. It's a pretty property sitting on the cliff overlooking the ocean.
We had a slow morning enjoying the nice breakfast the inn serves then we packed and headed east. What a contract between today's scenery and yesterday. The mountains on the north shore are very green and lush. The cliffs on the east coast are very dry and barren. For such a small island Madeira has a very diverse terrain. We stopped at a unique overlook on our way east. It's called Guindaste Viewpoint. Their glass walkways protrude from the cliffs, offering panoramic views of the coastline. Wonderful views are not in short supply here...everywhere we look there's some beautiful to see.
Guindaste Viewpoint.
Stan was taking a picture of me...taking a picture of him.
Looking down 85' to the shoreline.
Looking east from the Guindaste Viewpoint.
Looking east to São Lourenço Point.
The landscape here is so dry. It felt like we had arrived on a different island. Pretty in its own way, but I like it a bit greener.
Looking west from the parking lot.
The Ponta do Ros viewpoint.
Looking south towards Caniçal, Machico and Santa Cruz.
Machico Beach is one of the few sandy beaches of Madeira, with sand imported from North Africa.
Machico is a pretty fishing town with access to the ocean with lots of cafés, shops and ocean tours for the tourist. It offers some of the most spectacular ocean views in Portugal.
We stayed in the Manor House that was built over 100 years ago.
The grounds were beautiful.
The pool.
Great views of the Desert Islands.
There are also two saltwater pools and access to the ocean.
We had a wonderful last dinner at the hotel restaurant. Stan had scabbard fish one more time and I had the octopus risotto.
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