Ocean Hills - Check-in and Driving Instructions

Please print these driving instructions and have them with you when you arrive in Madeira.

If you have a car and are driving to your villa or apartment, please follow these instructions. Using GPS will take you via old and less easy roads and unusual locations:

  • Leaving the airport, take the motorway (Via Rápida) West in the direction of Funchal and after this to Ribeira Brava. Travel for 34. Km.


Airport Ribeira Brava

  • When you reach the end of the motorway (approximately 35 minutes), keep on the right-hand lane and follow the signs to Ribeira Brava - Ponta do Sol.
  • The slip road will lead you to a roundabout. Take the first exit to Ribeira Brava and drive towards the sea for 1.4 km. You will reach another roundabout. Take the 1st exit into the tunnel, and you will now carry on for 3.9 km until you reach the roundabout of Ponta do Sol.

Prazeres 1

  • At the end of the tunnel, you will reach another roundabout; take the 2nd exit, signposted Ponta do Sol, and drive through another tunnel. At the end, continue along the coastal road, and you will enter another tunnel. At the end, continue along the coastal road, and you will enter another tunnel.

    Prazeres 2
  • At the end of this tunnel, you will come to the roundabout of Ponta do Sol; on the left, you will find a petrol station and a mini market. Take the 2nd exit into the next tunnel and drive for 2,8Km.

    Prazeres 3
  • At the end of the tunnel, at the roundabout, turn sharply right into the next tunnel (signposted Calheta).
  • At the roundabout (1.6 km), take the first turn-off, signposted to Calheta, and drive through the next tunnel for 1.8 km.
  • Reaching the next roundabout, take the second exit following signs to Calheta and through another tunnel until you reach the Calheta roundabout (2.5 km).
  • Go straight across (2nd exit), signposted Prazeres (don't turn left into Calheta), and enter a further tunnel, driving for 2.3km.
  • On the next roundabout, take the second exit signposted "Porto Moniz"/"Ponta do Pargo"/"Prazeres".
Prazeres 5
  • When reaching the next roundabout, where you will find a BP Petrol Station, take the second turnoff indicated "Porto Moniz", "Ponta do Pargo", "Prazeres".

    Prazeres 6

  • Continue along the ER101 until you reach the new roundabout.

  • At the roundabout, take the second exit, following the signs for Porto Moniz and Fajã da Ovelha, and join the VE3.

  • Remain on the VE3 until you reach the next roundabout. Here, take the third exit, signposted Fajã da Ovelha.

  • Continue along Estrada da Fajã da Ovelha until you reach a T-junction, then turn onto Rua do Massapez.

  • Follow Rua do Massapez for approximately 800 metres until you reach another T-junction. Turn left, and you will see the Ocean Hills development on your right-hand side.

Ocean Hills

  • In a separate email, you will receive the access code for the cottage you have reserved.