The Galo Resort Hotel Calheta is located on the golden sands of Calheto beach, set against the picturesque backdrop of the lush green Madeiran mountains. This five floor hotel features 114 air conditioned guestrooms decorated in modern, Madeiran style with white walls and tiled floors. All open onto balconies with sea or land views, and include cable television, minibars, safes, and hair dryers. Guests can pamper themselves at the hotel's wellness centre where facilities include a fitness room, indoor pool, Finnish sauna, Turkish steam bath, massage and therapy treatment, outdoor pool, spa bath, and seawater bathing enclosure. The outdoor pool has a separate area for kids, and a bar serving cooling cocktails, or guests can head for the golden sands of Calheta Beach directly in front of the hotel, also with its own bar. The beach offers a large bathing enclosure where guests can safely swim, snorkel, or paddle around in a kayak. Also available for hire here are windsurfing boards and three catamarans. There is a choice of restaurants, including the Calheta buffet restaurant, and Onda Azul, a traditional Madeiran restaurant cooking meat dishes and fresh fish bought from the harbour next door. Multilingual staff on the 24 hour front desk can arrange currency exchange and advise on local sightseeing opportunities. Guests can also use complimentary Internet to plan days out or to keep in touch with friends. Guests can explore the many hiking trails in the area including the local levadas (canals and aquaducts) which begin 500 metres from the resort, and bicycles are available to hire from the hotel. Funchal Airport is 35 kilometres away, around 45 minutes by car.
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Calheta Beach Resort Hotel is well known for its excellent location directly on the oceanfront. Having a scenario of the blue from the sea and the lush green of the mountains, the hotel is ideal for nature lovers who like to go hiking in the mountains and on the levadas.Calheta Beach Resort boasts a natural seawater pool with a beach and amongst the many facilities available are three restaurants, three bars, a sauna, steam rom, massage rooms, thalassotherapy and a fitness room. Guests looking for more a more active vacation can also enjoy the sailing-hobby cats-, windsurfing, canoeing, para-gliding, mountain biking and hiking available on site.From Summer 2004 Calheta Beach Resort Hotel will be Madeiras first hotel located in front of a golden sandy beach, there will also be a new Yacht Marina opening.
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