Vila Afonso was classified by the Regional Secretary of Tourism for the Autonomous Region of Madeira in 2000 as a Country House.

The villa benefits from a panoramic view of Câmara de Lobos, on the fringes of the sea, with interesting fishing and agricultural activity, thanks to the rare beauty of the banana groves and vineyards which add to the landscape of Madeira. It is an excellent area in which to demonstrate the image, methods and customs of Madeira’s culture. As it is located at the centre of the Southern coast, access to the rest of the island is very quick.

The house is thought to have been built in the seventeenth century, and belonged to Manuel Pinto Correia (Administrator of Câmara de Lobos at the end of the nineteenth century) after inheriting it from his uncle Alferes Sebastião Nunes Pereira. It has been in the family for four generations, and was renovated in 1999, paying particular attention to maintaining the simple and traditional Madeira style of architecture, preserving and outlining its content with natural raw materials, in such a way as to reveal the stone face. This stone construction is not like the traditional basalt, but uses local stonemasonry, which is now an extinct practice.

Vila Afonso has an agricultural area of around 7000m2 where you can witness the production of wine and banana cultivation first hand.

Currently, the predominant cultivation is the grape type Negra-Mol, which gives us the generous Madeira Wine. Even today, in the villa’s tavern, you can find reserves dating back to the middle of last century.