The gardens at “Quinta do Palheiro” are famous not only for the variety of plants that grow there but for the beauty of their setting in the hills to the east of Funchal, the capital of Madeira.

The Palheiro Gardens are open throughout the year and welcome visitors.
One of the most beautiful gardens in Madeira Island, today they form part of the Palheiro Estate which includes a Hotel, Golf course, the Palheiro Village and Florialis orchid nurseries.

The Palheiro Estate is located just 15 minutes from Funchal, capital city of Madeira Island, and about 20 minutes’ drive from the airport.

The website has been developed by the full service digital marketing, development and web design agency ’Navega Bem – Web Design‘.

Chris Szabo, MD and Creative Director explained “This particular website is about the beautiful gardens and as such we developed the site with a focus on making it a feast for the eyes. Text information has been kept to a minimum to allow visitors to enjoy the very essence of the gardens themselves. The site has been crafted around the Joomla CMS framework.”

Visit the new Palheiro Gardens website here.

Welsh, Gomes & Aguiar, S.A. have been marketing automobiles for 40 years on the island of Madeira.
They are the dealers for the quality brands names Opel, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Alfa Romeo and Lancia.

Their brand (ok usados) represents quality customer service available through highly skilled staff and loyalty to their customer base.

The new web portal ‘ok usados‘ now offers an excellent opportunity to motorists looking for quality and guaranteed used vehicles on Madeira island. The site displays all the latest offers and allows for easy search facilities to find the model and price that is required.

The portal has been developed by the full service digital marketing, development and web design agency ’Navega Bem – Web Design‘.
Chris Szabo, MD and Creative Director explained “We were commissioned to provide an attractive  used car portal that would be easy to navigate and prove very search engine friendly. Our choice of CMS platform for this particular project was Joomla.”

To learn more about used car and truck availability on Madeira island visit ok usados.

The Avicasilver online jewelry store is run by the private company “Prataacqua Unip. Lda.” The company was started in November 2009, as a family  business.

The goal of Avicasilver is to develop long lasting relationships with their customers by offering competitively priced quality products backed up by excellent customer service.

Their mission is to provide stunning and fashionable designs that are as unique as you are! They stock a wide range of eye catching pieces from sterling silver, to precious colored stones, pearls, crystals and zirconium – the extensive Avicasilver range has something for everyone!

Avicasilver believes their jewelry can transform your whole outfit into a classic and elegant one suitable for any occasion. It can also be an ideal gift for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversary, Valentines Day,  Mother Day and Christmas. All of their jewelry includes a gift box and a gift paper bag.

Avicacsilver stocks all the latest styles in necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings.

Their fashion jewelry is made from the finest Italian leather decorated with Swarovski  crystals.

The site has been developed by Navega Bem – Web Design. Their experience in the area of CMS websites that can be managed without programming experience has turned them into one of the most sought after web development companies in Europe. Find out more out Navega Bem here.

Visit the new Avicasilver Fashion Jewelry web store here.

The Art Project Open Doors (Projecto artE de pORtas abErtas) in the Santa Maria street of Funchal, Madeira island, has been launched to open the gates of the city of Funchal to Art and Culture.

There are not “virtual doors” but real, old and forgotten doors of houses, shops and spaces that were abandoned and had deteriorated. Now they are gaining new life to sensitize the people visiting these spaces with a vibrant introduction to Madeira’s art and culture. The current interventions (an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, or venue/space)  cover all of the audiovisual arts; Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Video Art and Music.

However, it is an intervention that aims to not be associated with acts of vandalism or a break with the everyday life of the city. Although every artist has created something innovative, a “break” from the norm – this is part of a “call to attention” carrying out a work of art for the public to view. This project aims to be the seed of continued future artistic performances on different elements of the deteriorated parts of the old city of Funchal.

Also, a future “School of the Arts” shall be located in one of these abandoned buildings that will be lovingly restored and function as a learning centre where there will be workshops on all the artistic disciplines: painting, sculpture, theater, music, photography, sculpture …

The Project (Projecto artE de pORtas abErtas) has been designed by Jose Maria Montero Zyberchema and was presented on August 20, 2010 at Pecha Kucha.
The project also received a friendly “push” from João Carlos Abreu, who is a formidable driving force of projects to revitalize the Old Town (Zona Velha) of Funchal.

The first intervention was made by Martin Mendes on August 20, 2010 at Rua da Carreira, No. 207.

Today, many doors have been wonderfully brought back to life and the new portal which was recently launched now features many of the works of art and the artists involved in this rejuvenating project.

The Web Portal was developed by Navega Bem – Web Design, a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency based on Madeira island.

The project has also been sponsored by the Funchal City Council (Câmara Municipal de Funchal) which provided all the paints for the participating artists and Acontece Madeira, a non-profit portal dedicated to presenting all public events on the Madeira islands.

Visit the new website here www.arteportasabertas.com

The Madeira island events portal ‘Acontece Madeira‘ is to be featured on RTP Madeira on Friday the 4th of November.

‘Casa das Artes’ is a weekly programme that covers the latest cultural news. Lisete Gonçalves, the founder of ‘Acontece Madeira’ and Project Director of Navega Bem – Web Design will be answering questions and explaining the concept, motivation and passion involved in the development and running of the highly popular events portal.

Don’t miss the next edition of Casa das Artes – www.rtp.pt/programas-rtp/

Classic & Antique Holiday Rentals have published their new Portal for the Algarve in Portugal.
This exciting new online holiday rentals website offers aa wealth of information for sun seekers looking for the best deals and quality accommodation on the beautiful southern coast of Portugal.

Classic & Antique have carefully selected a range of Holiday Accommodation for you to choose from and in addition they have collected as much information as possible about the local environment around your holiday home and have also put together a range of services they can recommend to choose from when planning your holiday.

Sylvie Leichsenring, the Managing Director of Calssic & Antique explained “With our local knowledge, personal service and hospitality we make a real effort to meet our clients holiday expectations and beyond to make their holiday truly unforgettable.”

“The agency of Classic & Antiqúe has been established for many years and is located right in the heart of the Algarve in Faro which is the capital of the Algarve. We are a government licensed agency.

With our international team of Portuguese, English and German natives, we have all lived and worked in the Algarve for a long time and have a good knowledge of our region, the local attractions, tourist offers and many other services related to a great holiday experience.”

The website was developed by one of Portugal’s most renowned web design agency’s ‘Navega Bem – Web Design‘.
Chris Szabo, Managing and Creative Director explained “We were very happy to be chosen by Classic & Antique to develop their holiday rentals project. Their creative input and attention to detail required to present the portal in a very user friendly and ituitive way was invaluable.”

“We have developed the portal using the Joomla Open Source framework and content publishing system. This for us was the obvious choice as we needed total flexibility and the ability to carry through the creative process without any programming limitations. In other words, to ensure that the website looks exactly the way it was designed – Joomla allows us to do this without any restrictions.”

“Now that the portal has been launched we will focus our attention on SEO and our specialized post launch marketing strategy to ensure the site is quickly bringing in traffic and generating new additional business for them.”

Click here to view the Classic & Antique Algarve Holiday Rental Portal 

Madeira Adventure Kingdom is a touristic animation company. They are based on the beautiful sub-tropical island of Madeira, Portugal.

The company was born with the dream of promoting Madeira island as the ideal destination for ‘Active Adventure Holidays’.
Madeira has very pleasant temperatures which allows for a very wide range of activities throughout the whole year.

Madeira Adventure Kingdom offers Madeira island Levada walks, Canyoning, Scuba Diving, Madeira island excursions, Jeep Safaris, and Whale & Dolphin Watching. The team are passionate about Madeira island and want to enthuse their clients with this same passion. They know that anyone visiting the island will love Madeira enough to want to return again. This is symbolized in their logo which is represented by two Boomerangs.

The site was designed by Sofia Henriques at Navega Bem – Web Design.

The website has been developed around the Joomla CMS framework and allows the team at Madeira Adventure Kingdom to manage the complete site themselves. Each and every page can be easily edited without any programing or HTML experience.

To learn more about the enormous range of sporting activities, island tours and adventure available on Madeira island – visit Madeira Adventure Kingdom.

Casas de Santo Antão is a brand new real estate development that was recently completed and will be inaugurated next week by the President of Madeira island.

The attractive estate of semi-detached and detached one family homes is located in a tranquil, scenic area of Arco da Calheta with wonderful views over the ocean and surrounding countryside.

The site has been developed by full service digital marketing, development and web design agency Navega Bem. Crafted around the award winning CMS platform Joomla, the site will allow staff at AFA Imobiliária to manage the complete site themselves without any requirement for external help.

Visit the new site of Casas de Santo Antão here.

DEMO SITE (Real Estate Management Tool) http://www.cms-realestate.net is built with Joomla!

Utilizing Joomla! 1.5 as the framework of your web site in conjunction with our ‘CMS Real Estate’ component, you can run a multilingual CMS Real Estate Agency website that you can manage from anywhere in the world. All you need is an internet connection and a standard browser.

We provide a complete, ready to launch website that includes a unique design (we don’t use templates), initial search engine optimization and pre-launch marketing. All you have to do is add or import your properties and off you go. It’s that easy!

‘Navega Bem – Web Design’ provides not only an incredible Real Estate Agency Site that has more integrated features than most of the other solutions put together – we also provide the complete package for a considerably lower cost than our competitors. And there are no license fees, no monthly fees, no maintenance fees or set-up fees.

The complete Property site is managed through just one back office! Our new Joomla 1.5 component (‘CMS Real Estate’) has been developed from the ground up with a complete new architecture and outperforms our original Joomla 1.0 version with ease.

In just 1 hours online training with our remote software we can train you to confidently manage your complete website. We are Joomla specialists and our focus as developers is on user friendly and search engine friendly web sites that work.

See how it works the back-office visit the follow link:
Back-Office Administration – CMS Real Estate Agent Demonstration Site

‘CMS Real Estate’ not only gives you the power to manage your properties but also your complete client database.

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