The gardens are typical of Madeiran quintas: a mixture of flower bed intertwined with banana trees, vine, and even a cabbage patch. Rose bushes share the lovely sun-filled gardens with Bougainvillaea, Rhododendrons, Hibiscus, Angel's Tears, Chrysanthemums, African Daisies, Blazing Stars, Plumbagoes, Gerbers, Red Hibiscus, Begonias and the African Agapanthus rolled out on a succession of terraced plotsmixed with the white walled self-catering apartments and connected by a number of walkways or small flights of steps with the very best effect.

Place of pride is the central swimming pool with a lovely canopy of Angel's Tears covering a traditional style bench built into a wall.

A keen sense of style and taste is found in the smallest of things: a beautiful hand painted wall tile, the line of ivy carefully tended near a staircase, the careful restoration of an old wine scale next to a traditional wine press (called a "lagar")

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