The lights season above Santana. Christmas week and New Year are taken this year — the run-up is wide open.
December, from the drive
Funchal lights
1–24 December
The lights go on 1 December and the city stays lit to 10 January. Come before the holiday rush and you get the same streets, the same nativity market and the same 35-minute drive to the waterfront, with room to breathe. The whole villa for eight, rooftop terrace, north coast below.
Six weeks of the quietest season on the island: the levadas running full, the north coast green, and Funchal still lit for the first few days of your stay. Long stays welcome — the villa is yours, not a hotel room.