Penthouse Apartment, Best Hotels Area in Funchal, 2 Rooms, Sea View

Following very good and simple communications my wife and I were met at the apartment by the owner, Martim. Martim could not have been more gracious and helpful, showing us around the apartment and also making enquiries for us before we arrived regarding the use of the local gymnasium. He is the perfect host.

This is a lovely spacious apartment situated in the perfect location. The view out to the sea is stunning from the exceptionally large balcony which gets the sun from morning to evening. The 2 bedrooms are both of a very good size, the kitchen is spacious and well equipped. There is private parking with easy access if you have a hire car. Locally there is everything you need. Within a hundred metres there are numerous bars, supermarkets, gymnasium, and bus stops. Funchal centre is a lovely 25 minute walk away or 10 minute bus journey. Within a 5 minute walk there are 4 excellent restaurants that I would recommend, Cris's Place, La Vacra Negra, Delhi Indian and The White House. Look them up on Tripadviser, they are all well worth a visit.

I definitely recommend Martims apartment and can't thank him enough for allowing us the pleasure of spending a lovely week there. Thank you Martim.

Lovely clean apartment with fabulous views. Close to town and all local amenities and loads of fabulous restaurants. We loved sitting on the huge terrace and would highly recommend this apartment

The apartment is just as it s described. The high frequency bus route from Funchal centre stops right outside the apartment. No noise but right in the centre of the lido area. A walk up the hill gets you to the local bars rather than the tourist ones. Views back to the port area are great you can even get the local bus to Monte (no. 48) from the nearest stop - go buy a card of 10 tickets from the bus station - great value.

When we come back again this is where we will hope to stay.

We count ourselves very lucky at having been recommended this apartment for our short stay in Madeira.

It has truly amazing views, is well maintained, spotlessly clean, has quality linen, beds, furniture etc and, a well equipped kitchen.

Having experienced a very stressful start to 2014 my husband and I wanted and needed a completely relaxing break in the warm sunshine on our favourite island. This is exactly what we got!

The apartment is as described and unlike some photographs the ones used here are true and accurate.

It’s in a prime location, with everything you need within easy distance.

We are really looking forward to our return visit later this year and have already decided it’s going to be our home from home for our 2015 holiday and hopefully many years to come. Thank you Martim and see you again soon.

We stayed in this lovely apartment in January and everything was exactly as described. Although the weather was fairly mixed, we particularly enjoyed sitting in the sun late afternoon on the large balcony, after walking on the wonderful levadas.The apartment is very well situated, being halfway between the Forum and Funchal centre and with a small supermarket next door and a Pinge Doce five minutes walk away, shopping is no trouble.We would highly recommend the coffee called a Chinesa and Pastel de nata cakes, both delicious, from the many little local bread shops/cafes. We really like Madeira and this lovely apartment fitted our needs so well, that we have booked it again for next year.