Madeira = wood and means wood island.
With the smaller islands of Porto Santo, the uninhabited island groups Ilhas Desertas and Ilhas Selvagens, it forms an autonomous region.
The main island of Madeira is very well developed. The holiday regions and the capital Funchal are easy to reach via the coastal roads.
Madeira has about 240,000 inhabitants, living on an area of 801 km ² - about 57 km in length and about 23 km at the widest point. Here you still live with nature.
Madeira invites us to experience and enjoy sports activities in and with nature.
AlbanoAktiv offers hiking in different levels of difficulty as well as mountain biking from beginner to professional. But also paragliding as a tandem jump, swimming with dolphins or canyoning in Madeira gorges, as well as, sailing, Stand UP paddle, jeep safari or diving are also part of the local leisure offer and are provided by us. Experience Madeira from a bird's eye view on a scenic flight over the island. We also book and organize a day trip to the neighboring island of Porto Santo.
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Santana-lodges
These Casa de Colmo are worth a visit!
In Santana, the colorful, unusual houses are one of Madeira's attractions. In the small park next to the town hall, the municipality of Santana has rebuilt some of the small houses and promotes their preservation. About 100 of these, also called beehive sheds, are still around Santana. The Casa de Colmo were until a few decades ago, the traditional house of farmers in many island towns. The small gabled, thatched roofs reached down to the ground. The colorfully painted front of the Casas is made of wood.
The Casa de Colmo were born from the distress and remoteness of the Madeirans on the north coast. Wood was in abundance - straw was also there enough after the threshing. The interior was more than modest, the real life like cooking took place outside. Today the tourism center is housed in one of the cottages.