Name: Hotel Porto Santa Maria - PortoBay
Address: Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses, 50, Santa Maria, 9050-029 Funchal, Portugal, Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses, 50, Madeira Islands, 9050-029, Portugal
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at £146 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 9.2

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Hotel Hotel Porto Santa Maria - PortoBay

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This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in hiking, Old Town exploring and food – Check location Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses, 50, Santa Maria, 9050-029 Funchal, Portugal – This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in hiking, Old Town exploring and food – Check location

*8.4* Sao Tiago Fort: only 2 minutes away! (200 yards on foot)

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Ovation is great, lots of restaurants. Hotel facility great. Breakfast is fantastic.

Sheila, USA

The staff did respond to my requests for an alternative room as well as getting us checked in earlier. Also, we tried the evening dinner buffet and it was exceptional.

Colin, United Kingdom

The staff were very friendly & helpful in all departments. The hotel location is excellent being on the sea front, quiet, but very near the town & all the facilities. All the walking was flat which suited my husband on his mobility scooter. The Spa & indoor pool were very good too.

Elizabeth, United Kingdom

This hotel is in an excellent location and this is the reason I chose it over several similar standard hotels in Madeira. The facilities are good with a range of options for sitting in the sun and relaxing. Housekeeping is very good and the rooms are maintained to a high standard. The gardens and grounds are very well kept with an interesting variety of flowers and shrubs. Entertainment is provided every evening and though each evening was very different they all appealed to a wide range of guests. The spa is excellent and I would recommend making the most of a treatment during any stay.

Gill, United Kingdom

The hotel has a superb location and the rooms are large and comfortable. The staff were so friendly and the spa is excellent.

Katrina, United Kingdom

If you want to stay close to the historic centre of Funchal, with plenty of shops, restaurants,music bars, you cannot find better place. But the hotel area itself is quiet, pedestrian zone. Nice garden, pool area, 3 whirlpools situated on different places (one on the rooftop, big inner pool with only few people swimming there). You can combine relax and sightseeing as well. Night show in the hotel bar every evening. Breakfast was good, we had not other meals in the hotel, as we prefer to eat at different places.

Natasa, Czech Republic

The hotel had very good facilities and was well placed in the old town for restaurants, walks and the bus station. Very pleasant breakfast area.

Audg, United Kingdom

Exceptionally clean, lovely staff. Good location in old town.

Julia, United Kingdom

Travelled with my wife with the intention to hike. For our part the location was excellent. All the buses were in close vicinity, we left in the mornings and came back in the afternoon. After shower and some rest in the room, the vicinity of the hotel was full of restaurants. Our room was big and clean and the view from the balcony to the harbour was reasonable. The personnel was friendly and helpful without being pushing. Everybody spoke fluent English and apparently also some other languages.

Pekka, Finland

Lovely understated hotel, less brash than some others in town and the only one situated in the old town. The town and marina were all easy to reach on foot. Friendly staff, good pools and gym too.

David, United Kingdom

9.8

Excellent location!
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What guests loved the most:
“Ovation is great, lots of restaurants. Hotel facility great. Breakfast is fantastic.”

Sheila USA
“The staff did respond to my requests for an alternative room as well as getting us checked in earlier. Also, we tried the evening dinner buffet and it was exceptional.”

Colin United Kingdom
“The staff were very friendly & helpful in all departments. The hotel location is excellent being on the sea front, quiet, but very near the town & all the facilities. ”

Elizabeth United Kingdom
“This hotel is in an excellent location and this is the reason I chose it over several similar standard hotels in Madeira. ”

Gill United Kingdom
“The hotel has a superb location and the rooms are large and comfortable. The staff were so friendly and the spa is excellent.”

Katrina United Kingdom
“If you want to stay close to the historic centre of Funchal, with plenty of shops, restaurants,music bars, you cannot find better place. But the hotel area itself is quiet, pedestrian zone. ”

Natasa Czech Republic
“The hotel had very good facilities and was well placed in the old town for restaurants, walks and the bus station. Very pleasant breakfast area.”

Audg United Kingdom
“Exceptionally clean, lovely staff. Good location in old town.”

Julia United Kingdom
“Travelled with my wife with the intention to hike. For our part the location was excellent. All the buses were in close vicinity, we left in the mornings and came back in the afternoon. ”

Pekka Finland
“Lovely understated hotel, less brash than some others in town and the only one situated in the old town. The town and marina were all easy to reach on foot. Friendly staff, good pools and gym too.”

David United Kingdom

One of our top picks in Funchal.Located on the Funchal seafront, this hotel offers panoramic views over the Atlantic. It provides rooms with kitchenettes and balconies, 2 pools and a spa centre with spa bath and sauna.

The spacious rooms at Hotel Porto Santa Maria are fitted with flat-screen TVs with cable channels. They all include private furnished balconies, a kitchenette and marble bathrooms with bathtubs.

The Arsenal Restaurant serves à la carte and buffet meals, and there is a bar featuring live evening entertainment. The generous daily breakfast can be enjoyed on the garden terrace.

Porto Santa Maria hotel is located next to the gondola lift for Monte. It is a 7-minute walk from central Funchal, where guests can find many cafes and shops. The staff can help plan excursions to World Heritage Laurisilva forests.

Hotel Porto Santa Maria is 30 minutes’ drive from Madeira Airport. An airport transfer is available upon request and at an extra cost. Free on-site parking is available at the hotel.

Santa Maria is a great choice for travellers interested in hiking, Old Town exploring and food.

This is our guests' favourite part of Funchal, according to independent reviews.

This property also has one of the best-rated locations in Funchal! Guests are happier about it compared to other properties in the area.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.8 for a two-person trip.

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Hotel surroundings – This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in hiking, Old Town exploring and food – Check location Guests loved walking around the neighbourhood!

Closest landmarks

Sao Tiago Fort
0.1 miles
Madeira Story Centre
0.1 miles
Funchal Toy Museum
0.2 miles
Farmers' Market
0.4 miles
Cathedral of Funchal
0.5 miles
Santa Clara Monastery
0.5 miles
Sacred Art Museum
0.5 miles
Mar Avenue
0.5 miles
Marina do Funchal
0.7 miles
Funchal's Museum of Natural History
0.7 miles

Restaurants and markets

Mercado dos Lavradores Market
0.5 miles
Il Gallo D'Oro Restaurant
1.2 miles
Il Basilico Restaurant
1.9 miles

Closest airports

Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport
7.9 miles
Porto Santo Airport
43.5 miles

What travellers love about this location

“The hotel is nice, The location excellent, the majority of staff fantastic, the pools a good size and the food fine but no hair conditioner, the old type of hai...”

Ray

United Kingdom

8.3

“the location (in old town) is perfect, nice choice for breakfast. Very helpful staff”

Aldona

Germany

8.7

“The staff were very friendly & helpful in all departments. The hotel location is excellent being on the sea front, quiet, but very near the town & all t...”

Elizabeth

United Kingdom

9.5

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1 restaurant on site

Arsenal

Cuisine: International

Menu: Buffet

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Check-in

14:00 - 00:00

Check-out

07:00 - 12:00

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Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and extra beds

Children cannot be accommodated at the hotel.

There is no capacity for extra beds in the room.

Age restriction

The minimum age for check-in is 18

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Hotel Porto Santa Maria - PortoBay accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

The fine print

Please note that the hotel, only accepts reservations for guests over 16 years old.

Please note that for reservations under the condition "Pay at the property - no prepayment needed ", the total amount of the reservation must be paid at the check-in.

Please note the following WiFi access conditions:
- WiFi access is free at a speed that can reach 0,5 MB per second.

Please note that the credit card used to make the payment of the reservation must be from one of the guests staying in the room. If this is not the case, please contact the hotel prior to the check-in date.

Please note that half board rates includes dinner buffet and drinks are not included.

When booking half board, please note that drinks are not included.

License number: 6705/RNET

“The staff were very friendly & helpful in all departments. The hotel location is excellent being on the sea front, quiet, but very near the town & all the facilities. All the walking was flat which suited my husband on his mobility scooter. The Spa & indoor pool were very good too.”

“This hotel is in an excellent location and this is the reason I chose it over several similar standard hotels in Madeira. The facilities are good with a range of options for sitting in the sun and relaxing. Housekeeping is very good and the rooms are maintained to a high standard. The gardens and grounds are very well kept with an interesting variety of flowers and shrubs. Entertainment is provided every evening and though each evening was very different they all appealed to a wide range of guests. The spa is excellent and I would recommend making the most of a treatment during any stay.”

Gill

“If you want to stay close to the historic centre of Funchal, with plenty of shops, restaurants,music bars, you cannot find better place. But the hotel area itself is quiet, pedestrian zone. Nice garden, pool area, 3 whirlpools situated on different places (one on the rooftop, big inner pool with only few people swimming there). You can combine relax and sightseeing as well. Night show in the hotel bar every evening. Breakfast was good, we had not other meals in the hotel, as we prefer to eat at different places.”

Natasa

Czech Republic

“Travelled with my wife with the intention to hike. For our part the location was excellent. All the buses were in close vicinity, we left in the mornings and came back in the afternoon. After shower and some rest in the room, the vicinity of the hotel was full of restaurants. Our room was big and clean and the view from the balcony to the harbour was reasonable. The personnel was friendly and helpful without being pushing. Everybody spoke fluent English and apparently also some other languages.”

Pekka

Finland

“Lovely understated hotel, less brash than some others in town and the only one situated in the old town. The town and marina were all easy to reach on foot. Friendly staff, good pools and gym too.”

David

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Reviewed: 19 April 2019

Anonymous
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Standard Room
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
A very clean and friendly hotel in a fantastic location.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: 4 April 2019

Sheila
USA
9.2

“Rainy weather did not tamper our w”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Female reception very gruff, felt like I was bothering her. Not friendly and very curt. The young girls at the desk were very friendly as were the men but the 2 female older staff members were not.
Ovation is great, lots of restaurants. Hotel facility great. Breakfast is fantastic.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: 30 March 2019

Colin
United Kingdom
9.2

“Very comfortable and relaxing which helped get the Brexit blood-pressure down!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Junior Suite
- • Stayed 2 nights
The staff did respond to my requests for an alternative room as well as getting us checked in earlier. Also, we tried the evening dinner buffet and it was exceptional.

Stayed in March 2019
Reviewed: 25 March 2019

Elizabeth
United Kingdom
9.6

“Excellent & just what we hoped for.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
The loung area in the hall was a bit sparse & spread out.
The staff were very friendly & helpful in all departments. The hotel location is excellent being on the sea front, quiet, but very near the town & all the facilities. All the walking was flat which suited my husband on his mobility scooter. The Spa & indoor pool were very good too.

Stayed in March 2019
Reviewed: 20 March 2019

Gill
United Kingdom

2 helpful votes
7.9

“A good stay but with areas that could be improved.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 7 nights
I was disappointed with the quality of the breakfast. There was a wide choice of both hot and cold breakfast dishes and the choice offered was varied, to some extent, each day. However, all hot food is retained in warming dishes and these will only ever provide warm food. In addition of course they produce steam which has an impact on the food inside. Eggs continue to cook in the warmth and end up rubbery. For a hotel of this quality, this is the weakness in what they offer. I only ate in the restaurant on the first night. The buffet dinner was not of a good quality and the al a carte dishes arrived luke warm and poor. However, the options for eating out close to the hotel are plentiful and, in most cases, considerably cheaper. In addition, I was surprised to find so many staff who did not seem to be happy in their work. Whilst they were all polite and efficient only a minority could manage a smile and very few engaged with the guests.
This hotel is in an excellent location and this is the reason I chose it over several similar standard hotels in Madeira. The facilities are good with a range of options for sitting in the sun and relaxing. Housekeeping is very good and the rooms are maintained to a high standard. The gardens and grounds are very well kept with an interesting variety of flowers and shrubs. Entertainment is provided every evening and though each evening was very different they all appealed to a wide range of guests. The spa is excellent and I would recommend making the most of a treatment during any stay.

Stayed in March 2019
Reviewed: 18 March 2019

Katrina
United Kingdom
10

“Excellent hotel in old town”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Would have preferred a more central sea view
The hotel has a superb location and the rooms are large and comfortable. The staff were so friendly and the spa is excellent.

Stayed in March 2019
Reviewed: 19 February 2019

Anonymous
United Kingdom
8.3

“A substitute for our usual hotel which was unavailable this year.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 14 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Breakfast was poor in some respects. Coffee in thermos jugs always tastes a bit stale. Fried eggs were often hard bacon fried in slabs of 3 or more slices. Fruit salad was mostly tinned not fresh. Some things were tasty however.
Comfy beds

Stayed in February 2019
Reviewed: 13 February 2019

Geoff
United Kingdom
6.7

“ok”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Room
- • Stayed 7 nights
clean & comfortable room.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: 3 February 2019

Natasa
Czech Republic
Age group: 55 – 64

11 helpful votes
9.2

Superb
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Room
- • Stayed 7 nights
The staff do their work efficiently, but they just do what they are asked for. Almost no smile, no proposals or advices to make your stay even better. Need more active approach, on my oppinion. But the ladies cleaning our room were very kind, smiling every time.
If you want to stay close to the historic centre of Funchal, with plenty of shops, restaurants,music bars, you cannot find better place. But the hotel area itself is quiet, pedestrian zone. Nice garden, pool area, 3 whirlpools situated on different places (one on the rooftop, big inner pool with only few people swimming there). You can combine relax and sightseeing as well. Night show in the hotel bar every evening. Breakfast was good, we had not other meals in the hotel, as we prefer to eat at different places.

Stayed in February 2019
Reviewed: 22 January 2019

Ian
United Kingdom
8.3

“Great location. Good value for money”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Dinner food
Dinner food was disappointing

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: 17 January 2019

AudG
United Kingdom
9.2

“Good January break in a well positioned and pleasant hotel.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Room with Sea View
- • Stayed 6 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Happy with most things except the swimming pool was not warm enough.
The hotel had very good facilities and was well placed in the old town for restaurants, walks and the bus station. Very pleasant breakfast area.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: 11 January 2019

Daniel
Israel

2 helpful votes
10

“Fantastico”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Standard Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Location terrific amenities and staff super

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: 10 January 2019

Julia
United Kingdom
9.2

Superb
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Junior Suite
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Nothing
Exceptionally clean, lovely staff. Good location in old town.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: 8 December 2018

Anonymous
United Kingdom
6.3

Pleasant
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Pool temperature

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: 4 December 2018

Anonymous
United Kingdom
6.7

Pleasant
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Cold indoor pool

Stayed in December 2018

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	Room with Sea View 2 single beds	Show prices
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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Free parking Decorated in soft colours, this air-conditioned room features a furnished balcony and a kitchenette with a refrigerator. Cable TV and a tea/coffee maker is available. The private bathroom comes with a bathrobe, toiletries and a hair dryer. Please note that the 3rd person sleeps in an extra bed. Room facilities: • Safety Deposit Box • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Kitchenette • Balcony • Bathrobe • Refrigerator • Desk • Free toiletries • Private bathroom • Heating • Cable Channels • Carpeted • Flat-screen TV • Garden view Parking: Free! Free public parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed). Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
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Hotel surroundings – This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in hiking, Old Town exploring and food – Check location Guests loved walking around the neighbourhood!

Facilities of Hotel Porto Santa Maria - PortoBay Great facilities! Review score, 9.0

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