Parque Infantil da Calheta

• Outdoors
• Ages 2-12
• Children free
• Just turn up

A rebuilt seafront plaza a short walk from Praia da Calheta, split into a giant ship-shaped climbing structure for six- to twelve-year-olds and a protected corner for two- to five-year-olds.

The council spent 202,000 euros on roughly 550 square metres, themed on the sea, and included a swing built to take a wheelchair. The adjoining praceta has shaded benches for the adults. It is the best-equipped municipal playground on this coast and it is next to the island's original artificial sand beach, so the two make one outing.

Worth knowing: No opening hours are published, and nor is anything about fencing beyond the toddler corner - go and look before you let a two-year-old loose.

Opening hours

The operator publishes no opening hours. Phone before you drive.

Prices

Free.

Getting there

Prices and opening times change without notice, and on this island they change often. Everything here carries the date it was checked in our research notes; if a place has moved or closed, tell us and we will fix it.