Quinta Das Vistas Palace Gardens

“Great for 1-2 nights”

A great place to spend 1-2 nights in Funchal, if you have a car to get into town. It has a beautiful garden, a lovely terrace overlooking Funchal, the rooms are large with a balcony, they’re clean, the breakfast is perfectly good. Having read reviews here I was a bit nervous about what I’d fi... more

A great place to spend 1-2 nights in Funchal, if you have a car to get into town. It has a beautiful garden, a lovely terrace overlooking Funchal, the rooms are large with a balcony, they’re clean, the breakfast is perfectly good. Having read reviews here I was a bit nervous about what I’d find. Two things are noticeable and odd, it’s a relatively large hotel, but it seems hardly anyone is there (including v few staff), and yes, it’s probably due a make-over of paint. But honestly for the price we paid, and the one night we stayed, it was a really great deal, with excellent views, a swimming pool, a comfortable nights sleep and a pleasant breakfast. An ideal landing spot before heading out into the rest of the island.

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“REMINISCENT OF ROYAL PALACE & GARDENS”

The hotel is reminiscent of old royal palaces and big lush gardens. The interior decor and colour schemes are subtly elegant in hues of off-whites and beige. The surrounding peaceful and views absolutely stunning. The reception service is friendly, especially the South African lady is lovely. ... more

The hotel is reminiscent of old royal palaces and big lush gardens. The interior decor and colour schemes are subtly elegant in hues of off-whites and beige. The surrounding peaceful and views absolutely stunning. The reception service is friendly, especially the South African lady is lovely. The breakfast chef Sonja is amazingly fast, efficient and funny - everywhere at the same time!! The cleaning lady was sweet & always smiling. The ‘guard goose’ was also cute & always noisy ;)) It is clear that the entire premises need some uplifting & if the gardener had same tempo & speed as breakfast chef, the garden would be spellbinding. The beautiful place deserves to be brought back to it’s original glory. Yet, even at present, it is lovely and great value for money.

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“Not worth it, great views but you can get those anywhere else in madeira”

Disappointing overall. Not even close to 5 star hotel, prior reviews pretty accurate. Broken air conditioning- was told only some rooms had it (not sure if that was because a piece of hotel wasn’t equipped to have AC or if it was just broken in some parts). Slept with window wide open but witho... more

Disappointing overall. Not even close to 5 star hotel, prior reviews pretty accurate. Broken air conditioning- was told only some rooms had it (not sure if that was because a piece of hotel wasn’t equipped to have AC or if it was just broken in some parts). Slept with window wide open but without a breeze it was still way too hot to sleep this time of year. Tried sleeping with hair all wet AND wet towels and still had terrible nights of sleep. Pretty bad breakfast buffet. I was literally chastised by a server for taking a couple of their mini croissants with me - even though restaurant was not open for lunch or dinner and I didn’t eat anything while seated except eggs and coffee. That would never ever happen at a 5 star hotel. Or honestly even a 4 star hotel, which I don’t believe this hotel even came close to. I travel literally all the time and rarely have such a negative experience (and I also have pretty reasonable expectations)!

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“A different 5 star hotel experience…”

The hotel has a beautiful view but is definitely not a 5 star hotel… The breakfast is very very poor, there is almost no variety and everything is very limited. When certain foods finish, many times they are not refilled or replaced unless we spoke with someone from the hotel. We wanted to drin... more

The hotel has a beautiful view but is definitely not a 5 star hotel… The breakfast is very very poor, there is almost no variety and everything is very limited. When certain foods finish, many times they are not refilled or replaced unless we spoke with someone from the hotel. We wanted to drink an expresso and were very shocked when told that that wasn’t available because it was paid. We booked as a couple and the bed was basically two small beds stuck together, no big bed as seen on the pictures on the website. Also these beds were very worn out and in need of change. There’s no tea or coffee facility inside the rooms, the fridge doesn’t work and also no bathrobes, which are very basic and always present at other 5 star hotels. The jacuzzi was out of service and the other pools are very cold, including the interior pool. The Wi-Fi is horrible, almost no Wi-Fi in our room, and other areas of the hotel such as breakfast area, contrary to what is said on the website.

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