Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort, Madeira (Portugal)

Alpino Atlantico

Canico, Funchal, Madeira

Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort
Alpino Atlantico - Galo Resort

Overview

Alpino Atlantico is a petite, adults-only hotel located on the beautiful island of Madeira with panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. The focus here is on the powerful healing of Ayurveda. The Ayurveda Cure Centre offers authentic treatments based on this ancient system of medicine, aiming to balance mind and body using herbal treatments. Yoga, meditation and Qi-Gong are high on the agenda and take place in the glass-fronted yoga studio. If you’re looking for an authentic Ayurveda getaway but don’t want to travel long-haul then this hotel is the ideal choice. You will leave feeling completely rejuvenated.

When to go

Madeira is full of microclimates but stays warm almost all year round. Temperatures in winter are 18 – 22 degrees and in summer 24 – 26 degrees. There is about 2,450 hours of sun a year.
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What we love

  • The range of authentic Ayurvedic spa treatments overseen by in-house Ayurvedic doctors. No need to go to India!
  • The vegetarian Ayurveda cuisine prepared using fresh and seasonal produce to suit all 3 dosha types. 
  • The daily prescribed herbal tea: you are given your own flask so you can sip on tea all day long. 

Who should go

  • Solo travellers who want to get away from it all and want to meet others
  • Those seeking a Panchakarma detox programme will see transforming results here. 
  • Ayurveda enthusiasts who don’t want to travel all the way to India. 

Offers

  • Free return airport transfer (per room) with min stay 5 nights, with pre-booked wellness programme only
  • Free 10 minute hand massage for all guests
  • Repeater offer: Free Ayurveda package upon arrival (tongue scraper, sesame oil for daily oral and nasal care) 
  • Early Booking Offer: 10% discount on accommodation between 01 November 25 - 30 April 26, if booked and paid by 31 August 25
Have a question?

Stay without Programme

Just the hotel, no programmes
£94
per person

Relaxation Cure 6 day/7 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

Rasayana is the Sanskrit word for “rejuvenation”. It is designed to help your body relax and recuperate. The finely tuned treatments serve the body’s regeneration and mental balance, focused on your physical and emotional well-being.
£1,376
per person

Relaxation Cure 6 day/7 nights retreat (from 01 NOV 2025)

Rasayana is the Sanskrit word for “rejuvenation”. It is designed to help your body relax and recuperate. The finely tuned treatments serve the body’s regeneration and mental balance, focused on your physical and emotional well-being.
£1,650
per person

Immune Booster 6 day/7 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

The aim of the cure is to strengthen the immune system. According to Ayurveda, 80% of it is in the digestive tract. Therefore, we focus on this during the cure. The program includes extensive nutritional advice including Ayurvedic nutritional supplements, private yoga and pranayama lessons as well as individually tailored Ayurveda and cleaning treatments. A trip to the wonderful nature of Madeira – for forest bathing – rounds off the program. As usual, the whole thing is looked after holistically by our two Ayurveda doctors.
£1,689
per person

Weight Management with Ayurveda 6 day/7 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

Our specialists aim to achieve and maintain healthy weight for you. The combination of the Eastern and Western healing systems serve to reduce weight with the treatments and the diet tailored to you. We work with you to develop a holistic concept that is geared towards the digestive balance and metabolic conversion and gives you practical tools to achieve a sustainable and healthy weight.
£1,722
per person

Kalari Cure (for Musculoskeletal System) 6 day/7 nights retreat (from 01 NOV 2025)

Intensive Ayurveda Treatment for the Musculoskeletal System with the Help of the Marma Therapy (Kalari) - Ayurveda is optimally supplemented with Kalari therapy, which dissolves blockages and tensions on the myofascial level. The treatment is particularly suitable for relaxing your body cavities and the organs they contain so that they have more space to function more dynamically. This treatment can reduce pelvic and abdominal pain. Work on the chest area will make breathing easier and deeper, reduce pressure on the heart, and help you have more restful sleep. Working on the organs of the head and face helps your entire system becomes clearer, freer, and more relaxed, which also reduces the intensity of migraine attacks. All in all, Kalari therapy reduces pressure and stress in the spine and joints, which in turn has a lasting positive effect on posture, flexibility, and vitality.
£1,728
per person

Regeneration Cure 6 days/7 nights (from 01 NOV 2025)

Holistic physical recovery and gaining vital energy. An intensive recovery programme in which you can address physical complaints over a shorter period of time. With two soothing Ayurvedic treatments a day, team of doctors can play a targeted role in helping you to get and stay healthy. We recommend this programme to anyone who wants to achieve the best possible results in a short space of time.
£1,826
per person

Immune Booster 6 day/7 nights retreat (from 01 NOV 2025)

The aim of the cure is to strengthen the immune system. According to Ayurveda, 80% of it is in the digestive tract. Therefore, we focus on this during the cure. The program includes extensive nutritional advice including Ayurvedic nutritional supplements, private yoga and pranayama lessons as well as individually tailored Ayurveda and cleaning treatments. A trip to the wonderful nature of Madeira – for forest bathing – rounds off the program. As usual, the whole thing is looked after holistically by our two Ayurveda doctors.
£1,865
per person

Weight Management with Ayurveda 6 day/7 nights retreat (from 01 NOV 2025)

Our specialists aim to achieve and maintain healthy weight for you. The combination of the Eastern and Western healing systems serve to reduce weight with the treatments and the diet tailored to you. We work with you to develop a holistic concept that is geared towards the digestive balance and metabolic conversion and gives you practical tools to achieve a sustainable and healthy weight.
£1,891
per person

Panchakarma Cure, 10 day/11 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

The classic Ayurvedic cleansing treatment is designed to rid all the toxins, chemical and drug residues from your body tissues. This treatment is the best prevention against diseases as well as one of the best treatments for countering the effects of ageing. The cleanse helps to activate and strengthen your body’s power to heal itself, especially from chronic diseases.
£2,861
per person

Relaxation Cure 13 day/14 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

Rasayana is the Sanskrit word for “rejuvenation”. It is designed to help your body relax and recuperate. The finely tuned treatments serve the body’s regeneration and mental balance, focused on your physical and emotional well-being.
£2,871
per person

Panchakarma Cure, 10 day/11 nights retreat (from 01 NOV 2025)

The classic Ayurvedic cleansing treatment is designed to rid all the toxins, chemical and drug residues from your body tissues. This treatment is the best prevention against diseases as well as one of the best treatments for countering the effects of ageing. The cleanse helps to activate and strengthen your body’s power to heal itself, especially from chronic diseases.
£3,067
per person

Weight Management with Ayurveda 13 day/14 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

Our specialists aim to achieve and maintain healthy weight for you. The combination of the Eastern and Western healing systems serve to reduce weight with the treatments and the diet tailored to you. We work with you to develop a holistic concept that is geared towards the digestive balance and metabolic conversion and gives you practical tools to achieve a sustainable and healthy weight.
£3,620
per person

Panchakarma Cure 13 day/14 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

The classic Ayurvedic cleansing treatment is designed to rid all the toxins, chemical and drug residues from your body tissues. This treatment is the best prevention against diseases as well as one of the best treatments for countering the effects of ageing. The cleanse helps to activate and strengthen your body’s power to heal itself, especially from chronic diseases.
£3,690
per person

Strengthening Cure - Stress Management 13 day/14 nights retreat (until 31 OCT 2025)

This special treatment strengthens your mental and psychological power and revitalizes your body, mind and soul. We include the cleansing treatment because it is necessary to strengthen your physical constitution, with targeted mental coaching, holistic kinesiology, meditation, breathing techniques, systematic therapy and hypnotherapy. This treatment is good for crisis situations, excess stress, or a sense of hopelessness and will help you to set and achieve new goals. Minimum 14 nights stay.
£3,987
per person

Strengthening Cure - Stress Management 13 day/14 nights retreat (from 01 NOV 2025)

This special treatment strengthens your mental and psychological power and revitalizes your body, mind and soul. We include the cleansing treatment because it is necessary to strengthen your physical constitution, with targeted mental coaching, holistic kinesiology, meditation, breathing techniques, systematic therapy and hypnotherapy. This treatment is good for crisis situations, excess stress, or a sense of hopelessness and will help you to set and achieve new goals. Minimum 14 nights stay.
£4,227
per person

Wellness

The Ashoka Ayurveda Cure Centre is tucked away in the corner of the retreat. A team of experienced Ayurveda therapists and doctors draw on this ancient tradition to heal using a fully personalised treatment protocol based on your individual dosha combination. Your treatment plan will created after an in-depth consultation and consist of a nutrition plan, local therapeutic herbs, ayurvedic body treatments, reiki, yoga and meditation. 

Facilities include 7 treatment rooms, relaxation room, yoga studio and ayurvedic shop. 

You can also use facilities of Alpinos's sister hotels - Galomar (300m away) and Galosol (400m away).

Galo Active Health Club at Galosol has fully equipped gym with more than 40 fitness classes, indoor pool, Jacuzzi and saunas.  

The Ashoka SPA in hotel Galomar offers different international beauty treatments, massages, detox treatments, energy work as well as 4 saunas with sea view (Infra-red, Bio, Finnish and steam bath). There are also two outdoor pools.



Example treatments at Alpino Atlantico
  • Abhyanga
  • Shirodhara
  • Shiatsu
  • Mukabhyanga
  • Accupuncture

Activities

Activities available at resort
  • Cooking classes
  • Workshops on Ayurveda and lifestyle
  • Energy of healing

Activities available at the surrounding area
  • Head into Funchal to explore the old town, restaurants, bars and quaint shops
  • Hotel can arrange extreme sports such as cycling, hiking, boat tours or scuba diving
  • Go hiking or trekking as nature on this island is still unspoilt

Typical Group Classes

  • Yoga nidra
  • Yoga (gentle hatha)
  • Qi-gong
  • Tai-chi
  • Meditation


Sample Weekly Class Schedule

Please note - Classes are subject to change and seasonal adjustments


Rooms

There are only 27 rooms and suites at Alpino Atlantico and all have private balconies overlooking the ocean. Each room is spacious with floor-to-ceiling patio windows and comfortable furnishings. 
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Sea view room with balcony
The sea view balcony rooms are 28m2 and have a king-size or twin beds. They each have black-out curtains and a private balcony with direct sea views. 

These rooms are located on the first and second floor. 

Each has an en-suite shower, bathrobes, slippers and hairdryer. 

Facilities include flat screen TV, complimentary Wi-Fi, air-conditioning, herbal tea making facilities, safe, minibar & telephone. 

The mattresses are orthopaedic and there is a pillow list.

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One bedroom suite
The one bedroom suites are 48m2 and have a bedroom with king-size bed and separate living room. 

The suites are located on the ground floor and have private terraces with direct ocean views. 

Each has an en-suite shower, bathrobes, slippers and hairdryer. 

Facilities include flat screen TV, complimentary Wi-Fi, air-conditioning, herbal tea making facilities, safe, minibar & telephone.  

The mattresses are orthopaedic and there is a pillow list.

What’s on the menu

The only option at the hotel is vegetarian, Ayurveda full board and all meals include the 3 Ayurveda doshas (vata, pitta and kapha) which are based on a person’s constitution and temperament. The buffet food covers all 3 doshas so you don’t pick out your individual doshas. If you are on a Panchakarma programme then you will be served specialist meals. The food is deliciously flavoursome and the chefs use herbs from the onsite garden and local fruit and vegetables. No alcohol is served. 
Alpino Atlantico Restaurant
Alpino Atlantico Restaurant
All meals are served here. Meals are served in a light buffet style. There are indoor and outdoor seating areas with panoramic ocean views. There is a communal table if you are feeling sociable as well as individual tables.

Location

Alpino Atlantico is located on the south eastern coast in a quiet part of Madeira overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Nearest airport

The transfer time from Cristiano Ronaldo Funchal International Airport is about 15 minutes by car. There are number for direct flights from major UK cities to Madeira. More frequent in summer months. 
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Families, Children & Infants

Due to nature of this retreat, Alpino Atlantico is adults-only.

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Why Wellbeing Escapes?

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Our team of wellness travel experts have visited the retreats themselves and include trained holistic therapists and yoga teachers. Their expertise in the wellness field and the retreats allow them to match you with the best retreat and programme for your individual needs.
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As the most established specialist wellbeing travel company we are able to provide excellent added value with our exclusive benefits including reduced prices for single travellers, free spa credits, complimentary transfers plus free nights and additional benefits for our repeat clients.
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With over 15 years of experience, we have come to understand what our clients need from a wellbeing holiday. We treat each client as an individual and provide a personalised concierge service organising all aspects of your stay from spa and treatment programmes, transfers and flights with an efficient and friendly approach. Our continuous awards for customer service speak for themselves.