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It truly is Eden in Madeira!

Advantages: Lots - good food, nice rooms, nice staff
Disadvantages: Beware of people reserving sun loungers with their towels!

I first stayed at the Eden Mar hotel in Madeira in 2007, and liked it so much I went back again for another week in 2008! It is one of a group of hotels owned by the Porto Mare group, and is actually joint on to the Porto Mare hotel and The Reisidence, so you are also able to make use of their failities too. The staff are delightful - friendly, helpful and always eager to please. Whatever request you have, they spring into action and nothing is ...
...of the Eden Mar is that the accommodation is in suites rather than just rooms, with a small kitchenette with fridge, hob etc behind a folding door. This suited us perfectly as we dont like to eat out every night, and also meant we could keep drinks, milk for tea etc cold in our room. There are a few different indoor and outdoor pools between the hotels, catering for everybody. We particularly liked the pool which ajoined the spa, as the inside part ...

raspberrycupcake 29.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Suite Hotel Eden Mar, Funchal

Pestana Bay Hotel in Funchal, Madeira

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. COSTS: We paid just over £500 each including flights, for a 2-week stay in August, which we thought was ...
...very best points about the Pestana Bay is that the shape of the hotel is such that you can get a great view of the sea, and the afternoon and evening sun (including some sprectacular sunsets) from EVERY apartment. You don't need to worry about your apartment being tucked away and facing nothing more exciting than the people in the apartment across from you. Not only that but from most apartments you can get a great view, facing west, of Cabo Girao, ...

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Review of Pestana Bay Ocean Aparthotel, Funchal

Mr and Mrs Semmens

Advantages: Peace and quite. A comfortable place to stay
Disadvantages: Windy and isolated, if you dont hire a car.

...and staying at the Atalia Pestana Hotel based in Canico, has exceeded all our expectations. Having stayed at other hotels and locations at equivalent prices, we have always returned to the Atalia Pestana, where we enjoy the quietness and being away from the hustle and bustle of busy Funchal, where unfortunately one cannot find a parking space. In our view the only way to explore the island and to be independant to appreciate the remote and hidden ...
...We have found the hotel Pestana an inobtrosive and as near as can be a home from home place to stay. We enjoy the adventurous climb down to the secluded rocky bay. where one can just sit and listen to the sounds of the sea and wild life. All in all we have found Madeira a wonderful island to visit and hope to have many more times there. ...

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Review of Pestana Atalaia Ocean Aparthotel, Madeira

lie down and avoid

Advantages: central
Disadvantages: see review

The hotel is more down-market 2 star than 4 star. The rooms are shabby with poor quality furniture. There is no air conditioning - so you open the windows and in come the mosquitoes. Bathroom hygiene is questionable - on arrival the bathroom smelled sour & rancid - like a urinal that hadn't been cleaned for a week. The breakfast is meagre in scope and poor in quality. Brioche & croissants are inedible. The "ham" is some sort of reformed meat product ...

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Review of Windsor Hotel, Funchal

Something for everyone.

Advantages: Lots of choice for pools / eats/ drinks
Disadvantages: Fairly expensive daily rate

...the apartment section of the Porto Mare hotel, the apartments are available as timeshares, but also available to book as you would any hotel room which is what we have done on 4 occasions now. We booked the one bedroom apartment, for which you get a large living room with TV (with surround sound kit), DVD, sofabed and dining area including table and chairs. The bedroom has an enormous bed, which is actually 2 doubles pushed together and is very comfortable ...
...with microwave, dishwasher, hob, lots of pots and pans etc. The bathroom is separated into two rooms, one side has a bath and sink, the other a sink, WC and walk in shower, all of which are spotlessly clean. The aprtment also has patio doors in both the longe and the bedrooms that go out onto a private garden shared by approx 5 aprtments, a large lawn with sun loungers outside each apartment, the perfect place to sit at the end of the day with a ...

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Review of Porto Mare Residence, Funchal