Banana House
This is where Casa Basilico was born. 7 rooms, ocean balconies, the beach a 5-minute walk away. Open every month of the year now, not just summer. Pick yours, from €997.
What to expect?
Banana House is where Casa Basilico started. A 7-room house in Ponta do Sol, the south-coast village in Madeira that locals know for its microclimate (warmest, sunniest corner of the island) and the rest of us know because the Digital Nomads Madeira community moved in years ago.
Catarina ran the place for four years before us. 180+ remote workers came through. We took over in May, kept the soul, swapped the format. Instead of a fixed-cohort summer chapter, this is our first always-on home. One month minimum, no cohort, year-round.
You wake up to the ocean. You walk five minutes to the beach, the coworking, the cafés. You bump into the same nomads three times a day because Ponta do Sol is small like that. The Digital Nomads Madeira Slack has 1,500+ remote workers in it, the weather sits at 18-22°C all year, and one-month stays tend to turn into three.
Prices start at €997 for the budget room. 2 months gets you 10% off, 3+ gets you 20%. Deposit reserves your spot, balance settled a few weeks before you arrive (we'll email you the details closer to the date).
More photos, the village guide, the full calendar: pontadosolcoliving.com.
FOOD
We cook at home most nights. Italian, generous, always with a glass of wine. When we go out we hit the family-run spots Catarina spent four years curating. Poncha bars, the fish places in Câmara de Lobos, the bakery doing the best malasadas in Madeira.
COMMUNITY
Ponta do Sol is one of Europe's strongest digital nomad hubs. A 1,500-person Slack community, year-round meetups, the kind of village where you bump into the same people three times a day. We pull our house into all of it. Shared dinners, group hikes, Wednesday networking nights.
ADVENTURE
Levadas you've never heard of, surf at Madalena do Mar, the Cabo Girão skywalk most tourists skip, sunrise from Pico do Arieiro. Weekends are packed with trips the Slack community drops in #pds-activities every Friday. You don't plan. You show up.
Who This Chapter Is For?
Culinary Scene
60%
Nightlife & Social Energy
40%
Local Life & Hidden Gems
70%
Nature, Surf, Hikes
90%
Nomad Hub
90%
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
70%
More than a room!
You're getting us. Two community managers living under the same roof, taking care of you 24/7. Something breaks, we fix it. You want to know the best beach, the cheapest SIM card, the place the locals actually eat at? It’s all provided. Hungry after long day at work? Dinner is served with a glass of your favourite wine.
You're getting weekends we've already planned. Surprise trips, boat days, hikes, long lunches in places you wouldn't have found on your own. You don't lift a finger, you just show up. You're getting cooking classes, welcome dinners, spontaneous pasta nights, and a group of people who were hand-picked to make sure the vibe is right.
So yeah, the room is part of it. But the room is honestly the least interesting thing we offer.
Banana House
Comfortable Rooms, Built for the Nomad Life
Each Casa Basilico location offers handpicked rooms designed to support your lifestyle- private, well-equipped, and always remote work-ready.
Comfortable Rooms, Built for the Nomad Life
Each Casa Basilico location offers handpicked rooms designed to support your lifestyle- private, well-equipped, and always remote work-ready.
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Accomodation details
Six private rooms across two floors. Each one named after a pasta shape, because we couldn't help ourselves. They all share the big kitchen, the two balconies (one inside, one ocean-facing), and the 5-minute walk to the beach. Pick the one that fits how you want to live.
- Rigatoni. R3. €1,327/mo. The flagship. Only ensuite in the house. Private balcony that opens straight onto the Atlantic. Book this one if you want to wake up alone with the ocean.
- Linguine. R4. €1,177/mo. Double bed, ocean window, shared bath. The view does most of the work here.
- Bucatini. R7. €1,177/mo. Top floor, ocean window, sliver of horizon. Climb the stairs once, fall in love.
- Penne. R2. €1,087/mo. Ground-floor double, quiet, good light. The room for people who actually like routine.
- Orecchiette. R6. €1,087/mo. Big windows, big desk. Made for deep-work mornings.
- Fusilli. R5. €997/mo. The budget option. Same kitchen, same crew, smaller price tag. Our pick for first-time visitors.
Every room comes with a real desk, ergonomic chair, fast fibre WiFi (200+ Mbps), a personal fridge shelf so nobody steals your hummus, weekly cleaning, fresh linens, towels.
Full galleries, floor plans, the live calendar: pontadosolcoliving.com/rooms.
Coworking & Remote Work
- Cowork Ponta do Sol is 5 minutes from our door. Ocean-view terrace, fibre internet, monthly memberships at the door.
- Inside the house: a dedicated work zone with big tables and ergonomic chairs. Good for Zoom-heavy days.
- Desk and chair in every bedroom. Door closes, ocean drowns out the Slack pings.
- WiFi holds up everywhere. House runs at 200+ Mbps, the cowork is the same setup.
- The Digital Nomads Madeira Slack runs out of the cowork. 1,500+ remote workers, the #pds-activities channel for weekend trips, ride-shares, surf meetups.
Experience/ Lifestyle
- Daily rhythm. Sunrise hikes if you're brave. Surf at Madalena do Mar. Lunch at one of the village cafés. Focused work in the afternoon. Shared dinners on the balcony as the sun drops. Madeira is good at making you forget what day it is.
- Weekends. Levadas (Madeira's mountain trails that go on forever), 25 de Abril viewpoint, Câmara de Lobos for the best grilled fish on the island, Cabo Girão skywalk. The Slack community drops new trip ideas every Friday. You won't run out.
- Food. We cook at home most nights. Italian, occasionally chaotic, always good. When we go out we hit the family-run spots Catarina spent four years curating. Poncha bars, the fish places in Câmara, the bakery doing the best malasadas on the island (we'll tell you which).
- Community. You share the house with people who actually want to hang out. We make dinner happen, you show up. The 1,500-person Digital Nomads Madeira community handles the rest. Wednesday networking, Saturday hikes, monthly meetups.
- Climate. 18-22°C year-round, locals call it "Eternal Spring". January and February are the coolest months. The village still sits above 15°C. No real winter, no real heatwave.
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EXAMPLE DAY
You wake up whenever you would like 🌞
Maybe your friend from room next door asks you to go see the sunrise: it’s important you say yes!
Yummy breakfast in our open bright kitchen 🥞
Worky worky time during the day 💻
AFTER WORK:
Close your laptop and head to the kitchen, we already sorted the groceries ready to cook
Some people: Go do sports: padel, yoga, gym, Pilates
EVENINGS:
Chatting, chopping onions, glass of wine, games and getting to know your new besties
Travel & Logistics
ARRIVAL.
Fly to Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC). 30 minutes from Ponta do Sol. Three ways in.
- Rent a car. Best if you want to explore the island. Our partner is rentcarmadeira.com (ask for the Digital Nomads Madeira monthly discount).
- Bolt. Madeira's Uber. €35-40 from the airport.
- Mr. Elso. The English-speaking nomad driver every Banana House guest ends up using. WhatsApp him 1-2 days before: +351 963 674 092.
TIME ZONE.
Western European Time. UTC ±0 in winter, UTC +1 in summer. Friendly for EU teams and US East Coast.
PARKING.
Free parking at "The Tunnel". 5-minute walk from the house. The only free spot in the village, so worth knowing about.
BEST TIME TO ARRIVE.
1st of any month is the smoothest hand-off. Mid-month works too, just message us first.
CANCELLATION.
Deposit reserves your spot. Cancel 3-4 weeks before and you get the balance back (deposit forfeit). Closer to arrival, the deposit covers the room hold. Full policy on the booking page.
What’s Included & Not
Accommodation
Work
Kitchen
Community
Flights, travel insurance, groceries, restaurants, optional activities and excursions, cowork membership (small monthly fee at the door).
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