Vila do Peixe

Madeira


This contemporary place is Câmara de Lobos' best seafood restaurant, offering the highest quality Madeiran fare. The fish, including parrot fish, red bream, dourada (sea bream) and espada (scabbardfish) are sold by weight, lightly salted and grilled to perfection on acacia embers. Local seafood include limpets, whelks and occasionally octopus. There's sometimes live music in the evenings, including fado and Madeiran folk.


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