BIO Hotel - Hotel Quinta da Serra

Very nice

The room was good and housekeeping staff pleasant and helpful. The Spa, pool and garden were also good. The hotel was let down through reception staff not being helpful, such as giving limited answers re transport, eg, such as telling us shuttle bus bus ran once a day Monday to Friday but failing to say there was a local bus 7 days a week that stopped at main gate. A voucher for a Welcome! free cup of tea or a glass of local cider that apparently only German guests had a taste for, was supplemented by another Welcome Gift! In the room of four tea & coffe sachets, with 2 small portions of milk that would be replaced as required at a cost of €4… There was also a bottle of water. The room contained no hotel info whatsoever so any questions required locating a member of staff who, apart from the afore mentioned reception staff, were difficult to find. The spa bar menu and the evening Henry’s bar menus were supposed to be similar but the evening one was very limited. We were told on our second night it was only possible to order wine by the glass in Henrys after being served a bottle by the restaurant manager the previous evening… To be fair, the buffet breakfast was good, as was the restaurant dinner we had. The restaurant manager was excellent and stood out against other staff, apart from the shuttle bus driver who was also very helpful. The hotel lacked a warm ambiance and had an air of the British Fawlty Towers tv series about it. This is not a 5 star hotel.

Beautiful grounds. Carbon neutral. Excellent breakfast.

The Hotel quinta da Serra is Surround es by a Hufe parc and they grow their own vegetable and strawberries. The delicious food is organic and they also have vegan options. The huge heated pool and the Whirlpool was definetely a Highlight for us and the Kids.

Beautiful property up in the hills and mountains above Funchal. The gardens are especially impressive. Large, clean and inviting room. Bed a little too hard and water pressure in sink and shower not impressive, otherwise nothing to complain about. Great breakfast - good selection and quality offerings. Also very tasty food in the bar. Sadly no dedicated personnel in the bar, so quite a bit of waiting time before people would come over from the restaurant. But excellent service once they arrived! Good parking as well, a little ways from the front door, and just as well, because you really need a car to stay up here. Quite a ways from anything. May not be ideal for everybody, but I really enjoyed the peace and quiet, and the drive up from Funchal is easy, on excellent roads most of the way.