South-east coast
Santa Cruz
Madeira International Airport sits in this concelho; 20-minute commute to Funchal; strongest value-per-euro for buyers who want south-coast sun without paying the Funchal premium.
Administrative boundaries: CAOP2025 (RAM), Direção-Geral do Território. Informação geográfica cedida pela Direção-Geral do Território. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Adapted: boundaries simplified; Desertas, Selvagens and minor islets omitted.
Alojamento Local, new registrationsChecked 2026-09-27
The Assembleia Municipal decided (Deliberação 68/2026 of 15 Jun, rectified 11 Aug 2026) to draft an AL regulation and to suspend all new AL registrations in the whole concelho for up to one year. The suspension starts the day after the 30-working-day public participation opened by Edital n.º 618/2026 of 4 Sep 2026; the edital gives no calendar date, and our count puts it around 20 Oct 2026. Registrations are still possible until then.
Median sold €/m²
€2,617
AL status updated
2026-09-27
Microclimate
Dry south-east; lower rainfall than Funchal; trade-wind exposure near airport
Buyer notes
Under-priced relative to Funchal given commute time. Airport noise is localised - verify with a site visit. Growth driven by value + commute rather than prestige.
Flagship areas
Before offering. The price per m² is INE's median for homes sold in the concelho over twelve months, all types together; a given street or building can sit far from it. AL status depends on the current municipal câmara decision under DL 76/2024 - verify via the câmara website before relying on it. Always cross-check with a Portuguese property lawyer.
Next steps
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