Towns & villages · 34 m above the sea
Ponta do Sol
The sunniest corner, and the nomads found it
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The place
Statistically the sunniest spot on Madeira, tucked under cliffs on the south-west coast. Since the Digital Nomad Village opened it has a disproportionate number of laptops per café, and a better wifi-to-view ratio than anywhere else on the island.
When to come
Late afternoon — the cliffs mean the sun leaves early, so the golden hour is genuinely early.
Worth knowing
- Pebble beach with a sea-facing bar built into the cliff
- Tunnel access to a small beach and a lift down
- Coworking and a real remote-work community, out of season too
- John Dos Passos Cultural Centre hosts free exhibitions
- Small pebble-and-concrete bathing area at the harbor
- Sol Poente restaurant sits right on the pier
- About 25 minutes west of Funchal by the VE1/VR1