Hotel Pico Da Urze Calheta

Thanks to its location in the heart of the Madeira mountains and its beautiful natural surroundings, this hotel is the perfect location for a relaxed stay.

Explore one of the largest laurel forests in the world, declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.

From hiking to biking, here you will find some of the best trails on Madeira.

Hotel Pico Da Urze features a massage and beauty parlour, ensuring a comfortable vacation. Pay a visit to the souvenir store and choose from a number of regional products. A tourist information centre and bike rental shop is also nearby.

Hotel Pico is conveniently located just 45 minutes from Funchal and 1 hour from the airport.

Hotel Rooms: 27.

From 2:00 PM

Prior to 12:00 PM

Free outdoor parking.

Our Jungle Rain Restaurant is the only one on the island, which tries to resemble the most hidden jungle on the planet.

The restaurant is unique in Europe, as its decoration and theme environment simulate a tropical forest. The “robot” animals, the trees and decorative plants, and the special effects with background music recreate a genuine “forest” that makes your meal a very special and unforgettable experience. There, you can closely observe the behavior and the wild roaring of several animals in their habitats, such as the lion, gorillas, an elephant, the anaconda or a crocodile. Simulated thunderstorm, fog and rain complete the scenery and give it a more realistic touch.

We offers you the best in traditional Madeiran and Portuguese cuisine, as well as special dishes of wild meat.

Hotel Pico da Urze, located amid the heart of nature, offers the best you can have - peaceful rest provided by the landscapes, the most beautiful ones you can appreciate on Madeira Island. The forest and the mountains form the biggest natural parks in the world of Laurisilva Forests, classified as world heritage by UNESCO, and invite you to a much bigger participation, which goes beyond the simple contemplation.

Enjoy all these natural wonders, the beauty of the mountain and the cotton-wool cloudy “sea”, as well as the serenity of the crystal clear sea. All this, with the most comfort and tranquillity, using all our services and modern facilities.

Hotel Pico da Urze has modern and comfortable facilities, well equipped to offer you all the comfort you deserve. We have considered every single detail and arranged a personalized service to make you feel at home, amid the most beautiful nature and where the recreation of Paul da Serra awaits you.

We want to make your stay memorable, and for that reason, we have combined the best recreation, from adventure sports to nature exploration, with the quality of our service. The result of our effort can only be truly felt when you visit us.

The all-year-round mild climate has resulted in Madeiras elaborate nickname "floating island of flowers in the Atlantic" . The Bird of Paradise flower and Torch lilies, lilies of the Nyle and hydrangeas prove beyond doubt that Madeira is blessed with a magnificent display of flowers like no other island. And this Atlantic beauty bas quietly blossomed into an extra special walkers paradise.

The first word that walkers might learn in Portuguese is "levada". Levada walking is unique to Madeira. Narrow irrigation channels cover the whole of the island in a cleverly devised network. Without too much change in elevation you can discover some of the remotest corners on Madeira along these maintenance paths beside the channels. A good half of the walks are levadawalks. They lead you through fertile farmland with sugar cane, banana trees and vines, past terraces skillfully molded into the craggy island topography. The paths go past cascading waterfalls and gorges, precipitous cliffs and marshy high moors. The subtropical vegetation of laurel forests and heathland in the still unspoiled valleys of the north is sometimes so luxuriant, it's as if you are walking through an emerald green tunnel.

With all the fascination of the levada paths you should not forget, however, that this volcanic island is also an excellent area for mountain hikers. The almost 1900m high central massif has walks for everyone. The three summit walk from Arieiro via Torres up to Pico Ruivo seems decidedly alpine. The section spectacularly cut into the rock is considered to be a particularly outstanding walk, with justification. Together with remote shepherds paths and adverturous coastal paths there are the so-called ‘veredas’, old linking paths which, up to a few decades ago, were the only approach to isolated villages. A typical feature is the rounded steps of the cobbled paths which Madeiran people fondly cali ‘ox-foot cobbles’.

Madeira has not been spared by the modern age either and changes in the network of paths can often occur due to new forest paths and roads, the building of houses and last but not least, the ever-changing processes of nature itself. It only remains for me to wish you some invigorating and enjoyable days on the "floating island of flowers in the Atlantic".