Porto Santo holidays
recreation for body and soul   

Holiday Options can now offer a new direct service from the UK to Porto Santo. We feature two beautiful hotels on this incredible island.....the Hotel Porto Santo and the Hotel Pestana Porto Santo. Many of our guests choose to combine a holiday in Porto Santo with a few days in Madeira.

Porto Santo is available with DIRECT Porto Santo flights from London Gatwick to Porto Santo.

Alternatively we offer a wide range of flights to Funchal in Madeira from the following regional departure airports. London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle, Luton, Exeter and East Midlands to Funchal.

Simply use the column on the right hand side of this page to view the resorts as well as detail on all the accommodation we have available. At any stage you can book the Porto Santo holiday of your dreams by using our search and book box.

The island of Porto Santo lies 37km northeast of Madeira and can now be reached by a new direct flight from London Gatwick commencing May 2008.

The population is barely 5,000 and much of the activity centres on the small town of Vila Baleira where there are a few beach hotels, some restaurants and a night spot which is located away from the hotels. Christopher Columbus came to Porto Santo and married the first governor’s daughter here, and their pretty stone house is now the island’s museum, housing maps, paintings, engravings and details of Columbus’ life.

For Porto Santo holidays the main attraction is the splendid 9km long sandy beach. Porto Santo beaches are renowned as having therapeutic properties and with its year round dry climate and clear, warm ocean waters, Porto Santo is an ideal destination for those wishing to revitalise body and mind, with swimming and sunbathing possible year round. On a Porto Santo holiday the emphasis is on quiet, peaceful beach holidays with low-key activities in an unspoiled location.

Many watersports are available with diving, swimming, sailing, canoeing and fishing being the most popular.

Walking is also a popular pastime and since the island is mainly rural and only 11km long most of it can be covered quite easily in a naturally silent landscape with only cows and goats for company.

PORTO SANTO & MADEIRA - 2-Centre Holidays

We are pleased to offer our clients the opportunity to experience a holiday combining two very different resorts, Madeira and Porto Santo.

Travel Plan A

Fly to Porto Santo on our direct flight from London Gatwick.

Stay at either of our two featured hotels. Then travel by ferry (journey time about 2½ hours) or by local flight (15 minutes) to Madeira and stay at any of our featured hotels. Transfer back to Porto Santo for your homeward flight to London Gatwick.

Travel Plan B

Stay first on Madeira at any of our featured hotels. Then travel by ferry (journey time about 2½ hours) or by local flight (15 minutes) to Porto Santo and stay at either of our two featured hotels. Transfer back to Madeira by ferry or by air for the last night.

Due to international flight schedules the final night must be spent on Madeira.

Stays can be for various durations depending on your departure airport from the UK and inter-island travel can be by ferry or by air.

Please call our travel consultants for an individual quotation.

0844 477 9999

ESCAPE THE CROWDS………..GOLF IN PORTO SANTO

Experience golf as it should be played, within totally natural surroundings and a challenging terrain, combined with an excellent year-round golf climate provided by the current of the Gulf Stream.

The course has been designed by Seve Ballesteros who says of it: ‘The features of the Porto Santo Golf Course are more than sufficient for it to be considered one of the best in Europe’

The Porto Santo Golf Course is the largest of the three in the Madeira archipelago. It is becoming rapidly known for its exquisite beauty and for the golfing challenge it provides. The course hugs the dramatic coastline, with long fairways and impeccable greens.

The18 hole course (6434m) has 2 distinct playing areas with a 72 par, a course rating 72.9 and a slope index of 127.There is also a 9-hole pitch and putt course.

The South course is similar to the best traditional American courses, with various lakes and with the beach acting as a perfect backdrop. It requires a long a precise game.

The North course is played near high cliffs and is a true links course. Among the most stunning holes are 13,14 and 15 set by the cliff edge.

Green Fees:

18 holes                        €65

9 holes                          €40

Pitch and putt               €25

30% discount on green fees for Holiday Options guests

Club hire                        €25-35

Trolley hire                    18 holes     €5

Buggy hire                     18 holes     €40