Casa Velha do Palheiro

St. John’s Chapel in the Palheiro Gardens

The St. John’s Chapel in the Palheiro Gardens can now be booked for weddings, blessings, and christenings - a perfect location for those most memorable of occasions...

“...At about this time (1820’s) the Conde also had built a chapel in simple baroque style, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. On the feast of its Patron Saint all the employees on the estate used to gather there and deck the old building with flowers, recite the Rosary and pray that their Patrons may live another year to spread happiness amongst them. But in those bygone days, things were different and the last of the Carvalhals would sit at his dining-room window some thirty yards away and watch the priest through the open door of the chapel reading mass. It was so much more comfortable and comme il faut...”

Extract from:
Madeira Impressions & Associations 1924, by Alan Lethbridge
With reference to the 1st Conde de Carvalhal

Summer packages

The hotel is delighted to offer a special summer package as follows:

- 7 nights’ accommodation in best double room available, including breakfast
- Return airport transfers
- Sparkling Wine and fruit basket upon arrival
- Tea and coffee making facilities in room
- A Personalised 30 minutes massage at Palheiro Spa
- 1 Dinner per person in the Casa Velha Dining room (drinks not included)
- 1 Guided tour per person to The Old Blandy Wine Lodge
- Free access to Palheiro Gardens (on weekdays)

€ 595,00 per person in double room
Valid until 31st October 2010

Summer Special Offer: For all arrivals during June, July and August 2010 and for any stay of 7 nights or longer, Casa Velha is delighted to offer:
2 individual green fees or 2 daily set menu meals per person

For more information, please contact Casa Velha do Palheiro hotel on Tel: (+351) 291 790 350 or visit: www.casa-velha.com