Palheiro Estate is delighted to announce their partnership with Loja do Vinho and the Blandy’s Wine Shop at the airport.
This partnership will allow card holders the following fantastic benefits:
• 20% discount on table wines;
• Discounts on Madeira Wine, between 25% (3 years) and 12.5% (Vintage).
To celebrate this agreement there will be a wine tasting at Palheiro Golf on Saturday 28th January.

The following wines will be available for tasting:

Madeiras:
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Blandy´s Verdelho 10 YO

Reds:
POMBAL DO VESUVIO Tinto 2008 FT
QTA DA FALORCA Reserva Tinto 2004 FT

Whites:
CASILLERO DEL DIABLO Sauvignon Blanc FT PT

ANSELMO MENDES Contacto 2010 FT
A home delivery service will be included for orders of 1 case or more.
The wine tasting will start at 14.00
Also as part of Loja do Vinho partnership with Palheiro Estate they have agreed to sponsor the monthly medals and monthly stableford competitions at Palheiro Golf.  Please note that these competitions are only available to members of Palheiro Golf Club.
For further information regarding the Palheiro Estate Loyalty card please contact:

Ivo de Sousa
T. +351 291 792 665
F. +351 291 792 797
M.+351 912 599 822
ivo.sousa@palheiroestate.com
www.palheiroestate.com
For further information regarding the tasting at Palheiro Golf on Sat 28th January please contact:

Luís Emanuel
T. +351 291 790 350
F. +351 291 794 925
luis.emanuel@palheiroestate.com
www.palheiroestate.com
For further information on the Loja do Vinho please contact:

Ana Vieira Soares
PR & Blandy’s Lodges Manager
T. +351 291 740100

O Palheiro Estate tem o prazer de anunciar uma parceria com a Loja do Vinho e o estabelecimento Blandy’s Wine Shop no aeroporto.
Esta parceria proporcionará aos portadores dos nossos cartões os seguintes descontos, muito vantajosos:
• 20% desconto em vinhos de mesa;
• Descontos variados em Vinho Madeira entre 25% (3 anos) e 12.5% (Vintage).
Para celebrar esta parceria haverá uma prova de vinhos no Palheiro Golfe, no Sábado, 28 de Janeiro de 2011.

Estarão disponíveis para prova os seguintes vinhos:

Vinho Madeira:
Blandy´s Verdelho 10 YO

Vinho Tinto:
POMBAL DO VESUVIO Tinto 2008 FT
QTA DA FALORCA Reserva Tinto 2004 FT

Vinho Branco:
CASILLERO DEL DIABLO Sauvignon Blanc FT PT
ANSELMO MENDES Contacto 2010 FT
A entrega ao domicílio está incluída para encomendas de 1 caixa ou mais.
A prova de vinhos inicia-se pelas 14 horas.
Como parte da parceria com o Palheiro Estate, a Loja do Vinho vai patrocinar as competições Monthly Medals e Monthly Stableford no Palheiro Golfe. Note-se que estas competições são exclusivamente para sócios do Clube Palheiro Golfe.

Para mais informações, referentes ao Cartão de Fidelidade Palheiro Estate, é favor contactar:

Ivo de Sousa
T. +351 291 792 665
F. +351 291 792 797
M.+351 912 599 822
ivo.sousa@palheiroestate.com
www.palheiroestate.com

Para mais informações, referentes à prova de vinhos no Palheiro Golfe, no Sábado, 28 de Janeiro, é favor contactar:
Luís Emanuel

T. +351 291 790 350
F. +351 291 794 925
luis.emanuel@palheiroestate.com
www.palheiroestate.com

Para mais informações, referentes à Loja do Vinho, é favor contactar:

Ana Vieira Soares
PR & Blandy’s Lodges Manager
T. +351 291 740100

Carnival Festivities – Madeira Island

from February 15th to the 22nd

The Carnival spirit returns to cheer up Funchal’s downtown between the 15th and the 22nd of February.
For a week, the season’s rhythms, called upon the sounds of marches and philharmonic bands, will turn Funchal into a stage by Excellency, for an annual festivity that links perfection, joy, party, satire and amusement, involving and arousing locals and visitors’ attention.

The great Carnival Parade, which brings together close to a thousand participants in a unique colour that lightens up the main streets of Funchal, will be on the road on the 18th, a Saturday Night.

The holiday programme ends on Shrove Tuesday, on the 21st, with the “Slapstick Parade”, on which hundreds of participants dishallow with their very own dynamic, humour and satire all together. All this carnival merriment finds its way into the Mar Square (Praça do Mar), where, on the pinnacle of the occasion and in a bashing climate, prizes are given to the most creative costumes.

Karneval auf Madeira
15. – 22. Februar

Vom  15. bis 22. Februar ist Funchal in den Händen der Narren.
Mit viel Musik und bunten Kostümen wird der Karnevalsgeist auf die Straßen und Plätze der Stadt gebracht. Das jährliche Karnevalsfest macht Funchal zu einer Bühne in Perfektion, wo Einheimische und Touristen eine Woche lang die Atmosphäre des bunten Treibens verfolgen können.

Bei bekannten  Melodien tanzen und singen verschiedene Gruppen und Orchester auf den  Straßen. Satire, Spaß und Freude stehen im Mittelpunkt. Am Samstagabend  18.02.2012, wird der große Karnevalsumzug, mit über 1000 Teilnehmern, vielen bunten, einzigartigen Festwagen, den Hauptstraßen Funchals, einen ganz besonderen Glanz verleihen.

Festas de Carnaval
15 a 22 de Fevereiro

O espírito de Carnaval volta em força para animar a cidade do Funchal, entre os dias 15 e 22 de Fevereiro.
Durante uma semana, os ritmos próprios da época, evocados ao som das marchas e das bandas filarmónicas, farão, do Funchal, o palco por excelência de uma festa que, anualmente, associa, na perfeição, a alegria, a animação, a sátira e a folia, envolvendo e despertando as atenções de residentes e visitantes.

O grande Cortejo Alegórico, que reúne cerca de mil foliões num colorido único que abrilhanta as principais artérias do Funchal, sai à rua na noite de sábado, dia 18, desfilando desde a Praça da Autonomia, na Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses até ao final da Avenida Francisco Sá Carneiro, concentrando-se na Praça do Mar.

O Programa de Festas culmina na terça-feira de Carnaval, dia 21, com o “Cortejo Trapalhão”, no qual centenas de foliões desfilam com uma dinâmica muito própria, humor e sátira à mistura. Toda esta folia carnavalesca encontra o seu auge na Praça do Mar, local onde, em ambiente de festa, se entregam os prémios aos mais criativos.

Palheiro Spa

Indulge the Senses at Palheiro Spa

Palheiro Spa at Madeira Island Hotel Casa Velha do Palheiro is where the journey of relaxation and self-discovery begins.

Set amidst the tranquil Palheiro Estate and just a short walk from the hotel entrance, Casa Velha’s boutique spa facility adds vitality and wellbeing to the guest experience.

Blending seamlessly into the environment and surrounded by lush, fertile woodland, Palheiro Spa is at one with Nature.

Brushing the dry stone façade are banks of leafy fern and agapanthus that burst into a blaze of lilac during the summer months. Polished grey cantaria – basalt stonework framing the doors and windows – further accentuate the spa’s organic appearance. Above, Canary Island pine, candelabra and other exotic trees cluster in abundance.

A chic, minimalist interior captures the essence of luxury and heightens the spa’s Zen-like quality.

Four treatment rooms – Palmeira, Agapanthus, Camelia, Cypress – provide candlelit privacy and a chance for guests to indulge in a comprehensive range of authentic massage and beauty therapies for him and her. Afterwards, a relaxation room allows for rest and contemplation.

Palheiro Spa aims for results-based treatments based on the expert knowledge and the considerable experience of its team of professionally qualified staff. Pevonia Botanica and Caci professional spa and salon products are used throughout.

Wellness options extend to Finnish sauna and Turkish steam bath, refreshing rain and waterfall shower experiences, and a fabulous heated indoor swimming pool with exhilarating massage jets. On hot, sunny days the larger outdoor pool is a real temptation.

The spa also has a Fitness Room where guests can continue their usual exercise routine using state-of-the-art equipment while on holiday.

Teas, infusions and a healthy assortment of snacks can be ordered before or after treatments at the adjoining Conservatory Bar.

And remember, the Palheiro Spa at Madeira Island Hotel Casa Velha do Palheiro is open year-round to guests and non-residents.

Palheiro Spa is open daily from 10h00-19h00. The Fitness Room is open daily from 08h00-20h00.

Rua da Estalagem 23
9060-415 São Gonçalo – Madeira

PH: +351 291 790 352
spa@palheiroestate.com

Madeira Hotel – Quinta Casa Velha do Palheiro – Luxury Spa & Golf Resort

Quinta Casa Velha do Palheiro

Located in the hills above the Madeiran capital Funchal, next to the stunning Palheiro Golf course, lies the luxury country house hotel Casa Velha do Palheiro.

This wonderful property is situated next to the famous Palheiro Gardens, originally created over 200 years ago by the 1st Count of Carvalhal. There is also direct access to the Golf Course, with privileged tee offs from the halfway house, a short stroll from the gate. If peace, tranquility and re-laxation are requisites of your vacation – then seek no further.

Within the extensive grounds there is a heated swimming pool with sauna and steam bath: Tennisor croquet, billiards or walking. For gentler relaxation they offer a morning room with library, and a very smart, comfortable lounge bar.

The Palheiro Gardens – famous not only for the variety of plants that grow there, but for the beauty of their hillside setting, form a rich collection of plants from so many different parts of the world, gathered together over a period of 180 years or so. These private gardens are open to the public weekdays and attract over 40.000 visitors per year.

Visit Quinta Casa Velha do Palheiro

Christmas Traditions in Madeira

Madeira’s holy crib, known as “lapinha” is assembled a few days prior to Christmas over a wood ladder, decorated with small bowls with growing rye or wheat, donkey images, sheep and wild greens (“cabrinhas”), “brindeiros” (small loafs of bread), season’s fruit (apples, English tomato and tangerines) and an oil lamp.

At dawn, on the Childbirth Masses, celebrated before Christmas, Madeireans surrender to the ancient tradition of the “pig’s killing”, which meat is used to cook the unique “carne de vinho e alhos” (pork in garlic and wine marinate). The delicious and renowned honey cake, made from sugar cane molasses, dried fruit and spices, which also, in this season, decorates the table.

Find out more at: http://www.visitmadeira.pt

Madeira Island Country Hotel – Quinta Casa Velha do Palheiro, is a graceful luxury 5 star Golf resort with 37 luxurious rooms and a full Spa.

Billy Casper recently visited Palheiro golf in Madeira as part of his world golf cruise tour.  He was highly complementary about the course and still managed to play a great round of golf!

Billy can be seen in the picture with Michael Otto the sales manager at Palheiro golf.

Casper’s achievements in golf have been considerably chronicled by the media, in books, and in the minds of millions of fans around the world. Since he joined the PGA TOUR in 1956, and in the years that followed on the Senior PGA TOUR, Billy Casper has been known as one of the most accomplished golfers to ever play the game, recently named among the Top 20 players ever by Sports Illustrated magazine.

A two-time U.S. Open Winner (Winged Foot, 1959; Olympic, 1966) and Master Champion (1970), Billy Casper’s record on the PGA TOUR is one of the most prolific. He has an astonishing 51 TOUR wins in his career, a figure surpassed by only a select few. And Billy Casper won at least one tournament in 16 consecutive years (1956-1971).

Add to that nine wins on the Senior TOUR, including the U.S. Senior Open (Hazeltine, 1983), and membership on eight Ryder Cup teams – winning more points (23.5) than any other American player. He won the Vardon Trophy five times, a record matched only by Tiger Woods and Lee Trevino. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978 and the PGA Hall of Fame in 1982.

While his playing accomplishments clearly make him one of the greatest golfers ever, his commitment to family make him a role model to all. Married to wife Shirley for 50-plus years, Billy and she raised 11 children, five of whom were adopted into their home. Add 40+ grandchildren and great-grandchildren – with more on the way – it is easy to see that the Caspers’ are proud of their family.

Today, Billy Casper lives outside Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by his family, and regularly tours the country and the world visiting with fans of the game. He competes in several tournaments each year, visits BCG-managed courses throughout the country, and is a member of the Grand Champions TOUR. His charitable contributions are numerous, with a distinct focus on investing in the future of America – our children.

In Billy’s words…

“My focus has always been on the youth of America. I believe that these youngsters, the future of our great country, are our most precious commodities. The proceeds from my charitable work help support youth many wonderful programs. All our benefactors are terrific organizations dedicated to broadening our children’s views, and teaching them invaluable life skills necessary to compete in an ever-changing world.”

Visit Palheiro Golf on Madeira island.

Palheiro Spa includes four treatment rooms, a Finnish sauna, Turkish steam bath and indoor and outdoor swimming pools. The Spa complex also includes a fitness room equipped with a power plate, treadmill, bicycle, rowing machine and weights. A personal trainer can be arranged on request.

The comprehensive massage menu from around the globe includes massages specifically designed for golfers as well as botanical face and body treatments and ‘immediate results’ non-invasive facial treatments.

Pevonia Botanica products are natural formulations that use organic extracts. All products are packaged in an eco-friendly way (recyclable/biodegradable), are non-comedogenic and have not been tested on animals.
The Palheiro Spa is managed by a very experienced team, which includes trained physiotherapists, masseuses, beauty therapists and esthetical therapists.

Palheiro Spa is open daily from 10h00-19h00. The Fitness Room is open daily from 08h00-20h00.

Rua da Estalagem 23
9060-415 São Gonçalo – Madeira

PH: +351 291 790 352
spa@palheiroestate.com

Gardens of Madeira Island – Gardens of Quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro

Palheiro Gardens lie adjacent to Madeira Island Hotel Casa Velha do Palheiro in the grounds of the Palheiro Estate.

By the gatehouse, take the main drive, lined with plane trees and huge camellias. On the left is a mass of mimosa acacia that flower in early spring.

The ground here is also carpeted with agapanthus, arum lilies and belladonna lilies that bloom according to season.

To the left of the car park are several Corymbia ficifolia – red flowering gum trees – and from China, a Paulownia tomentosa (empress tree). There is an impressive metrosideros on your right, and various magnolias.

Around the house (which is not open to the public, nor is it part of the gardens) are several Araucarias (pine), palms, Magnolia grandiflora and a fine old “tulip tree” – Liriodendron tulipifera – from North America whose autumn hue is a clear bright yellow. Neighbouring this is a huge Sequoia sempervirens – a California redwood.

Continue down a narrow path that snakes in between a line of box hedges and a generous plantation of Cryptomeria japonica, turn right over the ornamental bridge and you arrive in the main gardens.

Pause for a while and note the Sunken Garden to the left, which hosts a number of brightly coloured flora, especially tangerine-hued Gazanias and multi-coloured Lampranthus. Thriving too are freesias, banks of rose-tinted Ixias, pink nerines and scarlet tritonias.

Tucked into the surrounding rockeries you will find perennials like agaves, succulents such as aloes, and many other bulbous, ornamental plants.

Look out for the grass tree – a uniquely Australian plant that develops a thick, fire-resistant trunk and is reputed to live for hundreds of years.

At the bottom of the garden below the magnolias are a number of different banksias, Australian wildflowers that belong to the plant family Proteaceae that are characterised by their barrel-like heads and flower spikes – a rich source of pollen.

Here too can be found fine examples of the rare and endangered Camellia granthamiana – Grantham’s camellia, from Hong Kong.

Close by is the rose garden, a delightful collection of traditional and English Rose varieties of all shades, tints and perfume.

In the centre lawn to the right of the main esplanade is an atlas cedar of gigantic proportions, its silver-blue needles defining it as belonging to Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ (blue Atlas cedar).

An example of the very rare Saurauia nepalensis, a native of Burma, distinguished by its red and pink flowers and berry fruit crop, is close by.

Backtracking slightly from the well-manicured lawns, visitors will notice the tiny chapel of St John. Built by the 1st Count of Carvalhal, the original owner of the Palheiro Estate, the building is in typical Baroque style and features Venetian-style windows. A plasterwork ceiling depicting Christ being baptised by John the Baptist heightens the simple interior design. To the north of the building is a cluster of proteas, among them beautiful crimson waratah (Telopea speciosissima), the official emblem of New South Wales, in Australia.

To visit the Jardim da Senhora, or ‘Lady’s Garden’, return along the wide esplanade past more camellias until arriving at the herbaceous border. Note the delphiniums and daylilies. Look out also for the daturas with their trumpet-shaped flowers of white, orange, amber and yellow. Equally eye-catching are the sprekellia (sometimes known as “Aztec lilies”).

The Lady’s Garden is set out in a more formal pattern with neat box-edged hedges, though rapid growth in this sub-tropical climate means it’s almost impossible to preserve too much of a prescribed design.

Look out for the Cantua buxifolia, the national flower of Peru, and lagerstroemias, clianthus and banksias, among other flora. Towering over the habitat is a splendid Araucaria angustifolia – a candelabra tree from Brazil. Also worth pointing out is Hymenosporum flavum, native to the rainforests of Australia.

This is a good opportunity to partake in a little light refreshment at the Tea House and perhaps recount your steps before exploring the rest of the gardens.

Actually, from your table you’ll most likely see Casa Velha, the “Old House” built in 1804 by the 1st Count of Carvalhal and now a luxury five-star country house hotel, Casa Velha do Palheiro.

Casa Velha’s private grounds, accessible only to hotel guests, features a formal terraced lawn that includes a pond bordered by ornate iron railings. Within the vicinity are several fine conifers, eucalyptus and magnolia. A huge, sprawling metrosideros, a Christmas Day Tree from New Zealand, leans over the terrace.

An area of the gardens often overlooked by visitors is Ribeiro do Inferno, the unusually named “Hell’s Valley”.

The valley is located beyond the main garden; a sign-posted path takes you past a terraced plantation of wonderful camellias to an area of wild, native woodland and knotted bamboo. The undergrowth here is predominantly made up of sturdy acanthus and tree fern – dicksonia and cyathea.

During damp, misty weather, paths here can become slippery and in some places unstable. On days like these, less sure-footed visitors are advised to explore the valley during another occasion.

Having completed the tour, you can leave by following Camellia Avenue past more proteas, species like leucadendron and leucaspermum, and Protea cynaroides – the king protea noted for its large flowering head.

Much of the flora at Palheiro Gardens is rare, and some species are endangered. The visiting public is therefore playing a key role in the conservation and sustainability of the gardens so that future generations may continue to enjoy this celebrated botanical wonderland.

Madeira Hotel – Quinta Casa Velha do Palheiro – Luxury Golf Resort

As a second home destination, Madeira is gaining international attention – one major UK based property agency recently identified it as “one of the top 5 places in the world to buy overseas property for investment or as a lifestyle choice”.

Now is the time to buy!

For those considering an investment in a luxury home, consider the advantages:
Sub-tropical climate – warm & pleasant year round
Natural beauty – dramatic scenery, lush & colourful:known as the “Garden of the Atlantic”
Ease of access – within 3 hours flight time from most European cities, direct flights from over 40 destinations in Europe
Protected environment – 70% of the island is protected parkland & forest
Activities – wide range of sports & leisure activities
Tourist infrastructure – long known as a qulaity tourist destination, with lots to see & do
Quality of life – a friendly, safe & clean place to visit and to live in

The Palheiro Estate – the best address in Madeira:
Location – key location with easy access from the airport and to Funchal
Natural beauty – heavily-wooded hilltop location with mature forested areas, gardens and dramatic views
History – a blend of history and affluence still evident more than 200 years after its inception
Amenities – luxury accomodation, fine eating, sporting and leisure activities that together form an appealing international resort destination
Palheiro Village – an award winning development of 79 freehold apartments and villas, with central amenities and full property management services available, including property rental.

Now is the time to buy!

For further information, please contact Anne Marchington as follows:
Tel: + 351 291 794 015
E-mail: real.estate@palheiroestate.com

Further information at: http://www.palheirorealestate.com