Hotel Atrio is a family-run country house hotel on Madeira’s sunny south coast, suited to a nature-focused stay with walking at its heart. Rooms in the main house and garden have individual, romantic southern-style interiors; some terraces look out to sea, while others face a courtyard planted with orange and lemon trees. The grounds bring together Mediterranean, subtropical and endemic gardens, alongside the hotel’s vegetable, fruit and herb plots. Its restaurant cooks with fresh local produce, including some grown on site. A pool heated in winter gives guests a place to pause between outings, while island activities range from hiking and whale watching to diving and paragliding. The hotel is in Calheta, around a forty-minute drive from Funchal.