Casa de Campo Arco de São Jorge by An Island Apart

The outside of the house itself is beautiful. There are cute cats hanging around the property Fireplace

-According to the host it is normal to find cockroaches in the house and they can’t do anything about it. ( that’s what she said to me after I texted her about seeing so many). -It is very humid, even tho they put two humidifiers (that I had to empty everyday). -The wifi doesn’t work at the upper part of the house. -The stairway to go down is so small and narrow. -When you take a shower downstairs it leaks as soon as you open the door.

Guest check in area had lots of information to collect the keys

Everything was perfect. Nice and clean with everything you need. Maybe for longer stays you’ll feel the lack of a washing machine, but for our 5 nights stay we didn’t need it. The fact that there was coffee was just the cherry on top. The host was replying really fast to our messages. Fast as in instant.

It is a bit humid, but considering the climate and the fact that is an old stone house nothing we would have not expected and there were those dehumidifier witch just did the job.

Location and an amazing view.

I wish I could tell this was lovely, rustic cottage with an amazing ocean and mountains view. But unfortunately I would lie. Rustic cottage with the view is right, however it was really far away from lovely. I can understand a lot of insects, cockroaches and strange noises coming in from the ?roof? (I believe they were coming from there), because house is like in the heart of jungle. But the cottage was just dirty, mouldy and with really high humidity. We couldn’t even set up the fire in the fireplace, because the wood was very wet. Our laundry never got dried up. It wasn’t that cold in the night, but it was very unpleasant with the stink of the mould, because one of the electric radiators did not work. We informed the landlord about the issues with setting up the fire, but we got reply that he cannot do anything about it. Cottage has a barbecue place in the terrace, which, spoiler alert, could not be set up because of the wet wood. Luckily our stay in Madeira was fantastic despite this sad and uncomfortable accommodation. I cannot recommend this house. However it has a huge potential and hopefully opinions will be taken under further consideration.

The house is quite rustic and traditial. Which doesn't need to be bad. The interior is also a bit old fashioned. There was no wi-fi in the upper area where in my opinion is the handout area. As the kitchen/dining room has plenty of room. Being downstairs in the living room felt a bit like being locked up. Very dark and narrow. After 2 days, we couldn't log in to wi-fi anymore at all and had to pay for extra mobile data packages from our provider. The house is placed in a very dark spot which didn't make our stay really comfortable.