MADEIRA · PORTO SANTO

Madeira hides its best homes.

Found one by one. Visited in person. We only keep what we'd send a friend to.

Founded in Madeira. Every home personally visited.

HOW WE WORK

We're not a platform. We're an opinion.

The most beautiful house on the feed isn't here

It has the view, the pool, the right angle. We slept there one night and the road never stopped. It isn't a house — it's a listing. The collection is what was left after we said no to seven in ten.

The booking is the easy part

We know who catches the fish you eat in Câmara de Lobos, which days the sea lets you cross to Pico, when the fog closes Sete Cidades, which chef will cook at your place without making it a production. Trips get lost between check-in and check-out — that's where we come in.

We know these islands from the inside

Madeira is levada and cliff. Porto Santo is dune and silence. They aren't versions of each other — they're different answers to different weeks. We know which one answers yours.

The Collection

Not listed. Chosen. Each one visited, each story heard.

Quinta do Porto Santo

Porto Santo, Madeira

Up to 6 guests€285/night

Villa Vista Mar

Calheta, Madeira

Up to 6 guests€260/night

View collection

Local concierge

Madeira, arranged before you arrive.

The KIVO team lives here. We prepare the arrival, reserve the right table and call the right people before you need to ask.

Chefs, boats, groceries, quiet surprises and support during the stay, always filtered through local judgement.

Plan the stay

Arrival
The house ready before the door opens.
Access
Tables, chefs, boats and local contacts.
Presence
A nearby team throughout the stay.

Long table set under a pergola for sundown dinner

KIVO Concierge

Private dinners, the right tables and small details handled before arrival.

Cliff-top home with a pool above the sea

An outdoor fire pit at dusk, the house lit behind

The people behind it

We're not from tech. We're from hospitality.

When you book through KIVO, you're not trusting an algorithm. You're trusting our eye, our standards, our twenty years of knowing what makes a stay worth remembering. We don't take that lightly.

— The KIVO team

Read our story

What stays with them

Real notes from real guests, after they leave.

Atelier do Mar

“We've rented villas all over the Med. This was the first time it felt like someone had actually been there before us — right down to which terrace catches the morning sun.”

Charlotte & JamesFamily of six · June

Quinta dos Limoeiros

“One WhatsApp message and dinner was booked at a place we'd never have found. That's the whole thing, really — you're buying their address book, not just the house.”

Marco V.Couple · September

Casa da Ribeira

“The photos were honest, which almost never happens. What we saw is exactly what we walked into. No surprises, except how quiet it was.”

Sofia R.Friends · May

As featured in

Condé Nast Traveller
Monocle
SUITCASE
Financial Times
Boat International

Off-Calendar™

When a gap opens between stays, hosts share special rates. Same home, quieter moment, better price.

For the flexible

Ponta do Sol, Madeira

Last-minute opening

Explore Off-Calendar

Can't find the right home?

Our Madeira team picks up. Tell us what you're imagining, we'll find it.

Madeira hides its best homes.

We're not a platform. We're an opinion.