Enotel Santo da Serra

Clean and big room

Fin pool!

Excellent staff ❤️

Very nice people working there, relaxing and calm vacation, withing reach from the whole island. Would recommend!

A comfortable, clean, modern hotel in a quiet village approx. 25 km from Funchal, ideal as a base to explore rural Madeira. The village is small with facilities such as restaurants and a shop, but you’ll need a car. The car park isn’t large enough for all guests, meaning street parking – plenty of marked spaces adjacent at no charge. The hotel and room were clean, tidy and modern, with amenities including indoor pool with spa and restaurant/bar. The hotel is committed to ecological practices – some restaurant food comes from its garden. Peacocks sit outside the restaurant at mealtimes. In the grounds we found João the cat’s house, rabbits, and an aviary. We opted for half board. Good range of buffet food, with dinner offering “show cooking” with a different dish daily. Dinner staff are lovely. However, food didn’t always feel worth the cost. Our first night’s underseasoned food made us question value; the second was delicious, suggesting significant variability. Breakfast is okay, good breads and warm food. We were disappointed by limited fruit and no bananas – we saw they had bananas in the kitchen, so assume this was to stop diners taking them away, which felt petty and leads to people taking from dinner instead. They don’t do to-go food for early flights, though they directed us to join the restaurant before opening whilst setting up. However, we didn’t feel welcomed; we ate in the dark and were directed to cold food. Having paid for breakfast, this wasn’t ideal.