excl. Breakfast - HRS Rating: 7,96/10 - Right beside the sea,3,5 km from Funchal,large ... more
studios with telephone,TV,balcony and seaview.High-quality restaurant,outdoor swimmingpool,tennis court,laundry service and a cocktail-bar. Courtesy bus. Shoppingcen...
Situated by the sea and only 3,5 km from the centre of Funchal, Hotel Duas Torres offers ... more
you an excellent accommodation in large studios (with private bath, hair dryer, telephone, TV., kitchenette with microwave and balcony), most of them with a direct...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Good rooms, helpful staff, free bus into town Disadvantages: Its a bus ride from town.
into the capital city Funchal and the harbours.
The room was a really good size with decent aircon, a fridge and a nice bathroom. All rooms have a balcony. The cleaning staff did a good job and everyday the room looked as new when we got back from our trips into the island.
Breakfast was excellent and you can eat in the restaurant or outside near the pools. The quality and selection of the food was impressive. Breakfast is serve yourself, buffet style but as soon as we sat down we were asked if we wanted tea or coffee and it always arrived quickly. Sparkling wine was also always on ice in case you wanted a bucks fizz with your brekkie. The buffet included a good selection of cereals, muesli, yoghurts and fresh fruit. Hot breakfasts were available including everything you could want for a full english plus more. Eggs were cooked to your ...
Advantages: Comfortable, clean hotel with lots of facilities close to Funchal Lido Disadvantages: A pull uphill to the door - but it is Madeira - everything is uphill!
Bearing in mind the price of this hotel, we were agreeably surprised by the quality. The room was clean and of a reasonable size with a lovely sea view and overlooking the swimming pool. The staff were friendly, especially the chambermaids!
The breakfast was good, with a good selection of food,although being self-service it was a bit of a scramble if you arrived at around 9am, when we all seem to want to eat our breakfasts!
The only problem is that the hotel is a sharp pull up from the road (as is most of Madeira) although those with cars or using taxis will have no problem arriving at the door. The walk into Funchal is very manageable by us two 69 year olds but we are fitter than some and enjoy levada walking. The levada near the hotel has 150 steps up to it! ...
Advantages: Informal, clean, decent food, right near the beach Disadvantages: Hideously expensive bar and wines
We stayed at the Pestana Bay "Aparthotel" four-star hotel in Funchal (the capital of Madeira) in August 2005 and I'm happy to recommend it to anyone reading this. It was clean, conveniently placed (i.e right near the beach and with a nearby bus stop for trips into town), not too formal or "stiff upper lip" and the breakfasts were pretty good.
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We paid just over £500 each including flights, for a 2-week stay in August, which we thought was pretty good value given that it's not the cheapest of locations. This included buffet breakfast each morning.
The bar is expensive and probably best avoided if you need to watch the euros- we paid something like 10 euros for a Southern Comfort and coke, and a small bottle of beer. There are plenty of bars in Funchal where you can get the same drinks for under four euros, so I would advise ...
