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Atrio Hotel Madeira
Das charmante Hotel Atrio

The Hotel

The charming Hotel lies on the edge of a Eucalyptus forest, 500m from the Levada Nova and near the Laurel forest, Unesco natural world heritage, at Rabacal. The small hotel is also nestled in a 10,000m² idyllic garden with a magnificent view of the Atlantic.

Inspired by the historic charm of Madeira's quintas, this country house hotel combines tradition with contemporary elegance. The restaurant, bar and terrace invite you to linger. A heated pool, KLAFFS sauna and massages help you to relax.
Emmanuelle und Mickael Loret

Your Hosts

Emmanuelle and Mickael Loret were born in France and have lived in England and Germany. They speak 4 languages: German, English, French and Portuguese. Both are business economists.

The years abroad gave them a great understanding of different European cultures. They now run a house as they themselves always wanted as travellers.
Hotel Atrio Philosophie

Our Philosophy

The Hotel Atrio has prescribed to work in harmony with its environment, its people and nature. The patio, the spaciousness and the style of the hotel have a particularly calming effect on people. The architecture has been adapted to the surrounding landscape. The kitchen uses local products. The dishes are freshly prepared on site.

The hotel has a programme to protect the environment: hot water is produced by solar panels, central heating and the swimming pool are powered by heat pumps. In addition, the hotel is committed to sustainability in its daily management, including fair human resources and social practices, prompt payment of suppliers, etc..
Hotel Atrio Geschichte

Our History

The Atrio was built in 2001 on the models of the old mansions of wealthy merchants and landowners, called quintas. The hotel was conceived as a "bed and breakfast", with a personal and individual service. The 10 original rooms were all individually designed. To meet the expectations and requirements of the guests more, it became necessary to add a restaurant and some more rooms.

The original site of the Hotel Atrio covered 4,000 m². However, the owners quickly bought more surrounding land to ensure tranquillity, sea views and parking spaces for the future. Today, the hotel stands on a terrain of 17,000m². In winter 2015, the Quinta was renovated and expanded to 22 rooms.

Location and directions

Description of the route from the Airport to ATRIO
GPS : 32.743482, -17.1953729

If you follow this description our hotel should be easy to find. It is in "Estreito da Calheta", Caminho dos Moinhos, 218.

From the airport:

On the freeway / highway (Via Rapida) via Funchal to Ribeira Brava (end of Via Rapida, roundabout, 1st exit to Ribeira Brava). At the second roundabout take the direction Ponta do Sol (through the tunnel). From there always take the path through the tunnels to Calheta.

At the roundabout of Calheta there are the following directions: Lombo do Doutor, Prazeres, Estrela and Calheta Center (symbolized by a point in a circle).
Drive towards Prazeres.
After 2 more tunnels, you will find a first exit directly living the road (Estreito da Calheta: please do not take!), wait until the nextroundabout  (Est. Calheta, Prazeres, Jardim do Mar) then take the 1st exit leading outside the roundabout towards Estreito da Calheta and follow the main road for 1.3 km slowly uphill. (leaving the roundabout, most GPS will ask you to take almost at once a narrow street uphill because the street name ist Caminho dos Moinhos, our street, do not take it, stay on the main road).

This road leads you finally to the old highway "ER 101" (photo with the old house). There you turn left towards Prazeres, Porto Moniz. (After 500 m you will see on the left the entrance sign of Estreito da Calheta.)

1.8 km after you have arrived on the ER 101 you will see an official sign saying "Atrio". There you turn right on a small road and follow this left up in the direction of the forest. After 150 meters on the right, behind high walls, hidden the Atrio.

If you have any problems finding us call:
00351 291 820 400 (reception until 18:00),
00 351 291 820415 (kitchen until 21:00).
Cell : 00351 966540119 (until 23:00)