Vila Baleira Funchal

Would definitely recommend this hotel. It’s in a nice area close to lots of bars and restaurants. Breakfast options were really good and the pool area was lovely. I went to the pool side bar in the evening and although I was the only person there, the view was beautiful and the bar tender, a guy called Bruno that came from another island to work for two days was lovely! He was so attentive and engaging

Nice place. Convenient parking.

Great location. Great staff. Loved the rooftop pool. Would highly recommend a Stay!

The hotel was well positioned and gave easy access to funchal, friendly staff who were able to give good local advice for places to eat and go. Room was clean and well maintained and the foyer was well presented. Car parking was easily accessed via the lobby and affordable at 8euros a day, o erall a great place to stay

+ Modern Hotel with rooftop pool & terrace (unheated) + Large room with good WIFI + Good buffet breakfast with plenty of options + Good location in Lido, lots of restaurants & coastline nearby (or 25-30min walk into Funchal) - Only two lifts in the building, and one was out of service during our stay which meant occasionally waiting up to 5 minutes for the lift. - Restaurant for breakfast has no windows (eg. no sunrise / natural light) - Bathrooms seemed a bit outdated compared to the rest of the room / building.

Nous avons apprécié notre séjour. Le personnel est très agréable. La literie était de très bonne qualité. Un peu déçu de la salle de sport, ça ne descend pas la note car nous n'étions pas là bas pour ça a la base. Le parking est top

Overall, we feel like Vila Baleira is not really a 4* hotel. The rooms are fairly outdated - particularly the bathroom. We were a bit disappointed with the cleanliness, particularly as we could tell the floor wasn’t swept or mopped throughout the duration of our stay. The bed was comfortable enough, however the road outside is very noisy, and so if you are a light sleeper you will struggle. Our key card consistently failed to work for our room, to the point we had to be let in with the master key and there was mention of potentially moving us to another room. The next day none of this came to fruition, and it felt like staff didn’t really care. The excuse given was that it has “magnetised”, which we understand can happen but continued to occur no matter where the card was kept during the day. Although this sounds like a minor inconvenience, we found it really frustrating that we were having to go up and down in the lift multiple times a day just to get into our room. The breakfast was disappointing for €15 pp/per day, and so despite having already paid for this we had breakfast at cafes instead (which were nicer and cheaper). So that was a waste of money for us. The pool was nice enough, however there were not enough sun loungers for guests and you very often ended up sitting at tables, which was frustrating. The location was good - it was within a reasonable walking distance to lots of restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets. It also has good underground parking.

Overall our stay was very nice. It's a really good location. Lots of shops, restaurants and a bus stop right outside . As a short walk to see the water and to Lido Pool. We were disappointed because the bar at the pool never seemed to be open even though they told us it stayed open until 11pm. The pool itself was really nice and clean, though! The breakfast was yummy and lots of options.

Great hotel, area is very walkable, godd breakfast. Nice front desk stuff. Parking is available which is extremely helpful.

Great area with many restaurants, souvenir shops and the shopping centre all within walking distance. Very close to the Lido where you can swim in the pool and the ocean. The property contained a large swimming pool as well as a bar. On the other hand the gym size was a little disappointing with not much equipment. The waiting area in the reception is very luxurious and overall the interior of the hotel is stunning. With most of the room very clean I did notice on top of the fridge was very dusty, but overall I really enjoyed my stay and the stuff were very friendly and helpful

Si les notions de literie et d hygiène vous sont étrangères, vous pouvez y séjourner . Pratique pour les transports et la localisations est bonne Pas de bruit au cinquième étage mais matelas défoncés et ressorts qui vous rentrent dans le corps Au premier étage, literie confortable mais bruit de la rue et cafard Personnel agréable et surtout le chef fait de bons pancakes . Bon séjour .

Accueil mitigé, à l’arrivée on ne nous a même pas invité à nous asseoir, nous somme restés debout du début a la fin du check in alors qu’on avait nos valides et un enfant. 4 carrelages différents dans la sdb, je vous laisse imaginer les rénovations, aucune pression d’eau, une galère pour enlever le shampooing des yeux du petit. Il y avait un rideau plastique quand on prenait la douche, car il s’agit d’une baignoire à la base… et le meilleur pour la fin… l’isolation, on entendait absolument tout ! Les gens qui passaient dans la rue, les voitures, les gens qui passent dans le couloir, le voisin du dessus qui prend sa douche, tout y passe. Je suis sur de ne pas revenir, même si j’ai adoré discuter avec les femmes de ménage très agréables.

The hotel was well positioned and gave easy access to funchal, friendly staff who were able to give good local advice for places to eat and go. Room was clean and well maintained and the foyer was well presented. Car parking was easily accessed via the lobby and affordable at 8euros a day, o erall a great place to stay

Really liked the balcony and the location, and the flexibility of the late check-in, those were great. Not so great: - Information provided at check-in by staff, particularly around the opening times of the hotel restaurant and room service, was poor - No menus provided at all in the room for food provided by restaurant or roof top bar - No room service in the evenings - Restaurant does not open at lunch but still has restaurant lunch hours displayed which led to confusion - Reservations for restaurant must be made day before or at the latest in the morning of the day of, no walk-ins, but was not informed of this at all (as this was during the business trip side of my travel, it meant I had to order Uber eats so as to not go hungry because I could not go outside the hotel due to work and there was also no room service available in the evening) - Breakfast food quality was poor, very disappointing - Given new towels that were dirty the night before check out - One of the twin beds was really loud, squeaking quite badly and awakening person sharing room with - Upon check out was told service charge tax had been calculated incorrectly and had to pay an extra €2 or so, that in itself wasn’t a problem, but when coupled with everything else that wasn’t great, this felt like adding insult to injury I felt that for a four star hotel, my experience here was really lacking and I was left frustrated and dissatisfied.

Ich fang erstmal was positives; Frühstück war gut, besonders die 2 Mädels waren sehr freundlich fleißig und alle Wünsche wurden erfüllt. Zimmer, Wohl bemerkt premium Suite Meerblick war. Es war nicht mal ein 3 Sterne Zimmer, erstmal haben wir nach Reinigung gefragt, war schmutzig, das Bad noch fleckig, staubig, keine Schränke oder Ablage vorhanden. Das Bett war lauter als die Baustelle neben an. Die Gebäudeluftung war noch lauter, da wir in 7te Etage waren. Es würde nicht jeden Tag gereinigt oder staubgesaugt. Die Küche extrem minimalistisch bis zu alles alt. Balkon aus dem Wohnzimmer mit Meerblick passt nur Liegen. Mann kann dem Sonnenuntergang nur stehen genießen. 2 Balkone mit seitlichem Meerblick. Wir waren sehr enttäuscht. Baustelle neben an war extrem laut. Empfang Personal super nett.

Overall, we feel like Vila Baleira is not really a 4* hotel. The rooms are fairly outdated - particularly the bathroom. We were a bit disappointed with the cleanliness, particularly as we could tell the floor wasn’t swept or mopped throughout the duration of our stay. The bed was comfortable enough, however the road outside is very noisy, and so if you are a light sleeper you will struggle. Our key card consistently failed to work for our room, to the point we had to be let in with the master key and there was mention of potentially moving us to another room. The next day none of this came to fruition, and it felt like staff didn’t really care. The excuse given was that it has “magnetised”, which we understand can happen but continued to occur no matter where the card was kept during the day. Although this sounds like a minor inconvenience, we found it really frustrating that we were having to go up and down in the lift multiple times a day just to get into our room. The breakfast was disappointing for €15 pp/per day, and so despite having already paid for this we had breakfast at cafes instead (which were nicer and cheaper). So that was a waste of money for us. The pool was nice enough, however there were not enough sun loungers for guests and you very often ended up sitting at tables, which was frustrating. The location was good - it was within a reasonable walking distance to lots of restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets. It also has good underground parking.

Loved our experience, great location and cleanliness. Great breakfast too

Great area with many restaurants, souvenir shops and the shopping centre all within walking distance. Very close to the Lido where you can swim in the pool and the ocean. The property contained a large swimming pool as well as a bar. On the other hand the gym size was a little disappointing with not much equipment. The waiting area in the reception is very luxurious and overall the interior of the hotel is stunning. With most of the room very clean I did notice on top of the fridge was very dusty, but overall I really enjoyed my stay and the stuff were very friendly and helpful

Due to the Oscar Storm we were exhausted on arrival, Marcio welcomed us at the reception with no warm welcome whatsoever, not much care about mentioning the day we lost trying to enter Madeira. Bathroom had hair on the bathtub on arrival, safe wasn’t working, we waited for maintenance but had to leave with our valuables and jewellery, only when we came back in the evening the safe was fixed. No pens in the room to write on the laundry sheet. Balcony only had one chair, others had two as we could see from outside. Allison from reception was a star always kind and very helpful. On our last day the pool in the morning wasn’t available for a swim, and after check out the first night we lost wasn’t mentioned again, and we had to keep our luggage ourselves in a room without a ticket, not very safe even though there was a camera. Breakfast was really good, all the staff so effective and polite, the sparkling wine was very nice and given to us for my wife’s birthday. Upon reaching out to hotels.com and speaking to the hotel about the refund of the first night the hotel replied to have no one in today to approve the refund, not happy at all.

Great smaller hotel in good position for many restaurants. Lovely spacious clean rooms and good choice at breakfast. Only down side for me was that the restaurant didn't have any windows so felt a bit claustrophobic.

All good apart from the non-functioning air-con, though only a minor inconvenience at this time of year.

Rooms were a good size and had a lot of storage. One type of soap was provided in the bathroom for shampoo, conditioner and body wash. I expected to the room to have hand soap, shampoo, body soap/ wash and conditioner

Accueil mitigé, à l’arrivée on ne nous a même pas invité à nous asseoir, nous somme restés debout du début a la fin du check in alors qu’on avait nos valides et un enfant. 4 carrelages différents dans la sdb, je vous laisse imaginer les rénovations, aucune pression d’eau, une galère pour enlever le shampooing des yeux du petit. Il y avait un rideau plastique quand on prenait la douche, car il s’agit d’une baignoire à la base… et le meilleur pour la fin… l’isolation, on entendait absolument tout ! Les gens qui passaient dans la rue, les voitures, les gens qui passent dans le couloir, le voisin du dessus qui prend sa douche, tout y passe. Je suis sur de ne pas revenir, même si j’ai adoré discuter avec les femmes de ménage très agréables.

+ Modern Hotel with rooftop pool & terrace (unheated) + Large room with good WIFI + Good buffet breakfast with plenty of options + Good location in Lido, lots of restaurants & coastline nearby (or 25-30min walk into Funchal) - Only two lifts in the building, and one was out of service during our stay which meant occasionally waiting up to 5 minutes for the lift. - Restaurant for breakfast has no windows (eg. no sunrise / natural light) - Bathrooms seemed a bit outdated compared to the rest of the room / building.

Good hotel, but al little noisy with a road close by.

The experience was average too noisy at nights people talking on the street very loud conditions of rooms some old and needs maintenance, staff was excellent

Overall, we feel like Vila Baleira is not really a 4* hotel. The rooms are fairly outdated - particularly the bathroom. We were a bit disappointed with the cleanliness, particularly as we could tell the floor wasn’t swept or mopped throughout the duration of our stay. The bed was comfortable enough, however the road outside is very noisy, and so if you are a light sleeper you will struggle. Our key card consistently failed to work for our room, to the point we had to be let in with the master key and there was mention of potentially moving us to another room. The next day none of this came to fruition, and it felt like staff didn’t really care. The excuse given was that it has “magnetised”, which we understand can happen but continued to occur no matter where the card was kept during the day. Although this sounds like a minor inconvenience, we found it really frustrating that we were having to go up and down in the lift multiple times a day just to get into our room. The breakfast was disappointing for €15 pp/per day, and so despite having already paid for this we had breakfast at cafes instead (which were nicer and cheaper). So that was a waste of money for us. The pool was nice enough, however there were not enough sun loungers for guests and you very often ended up sitting at tables, which was frustrating. The location was good - it was within a reasonable walking distance to lots of restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets. It also has good underground parking.

The Internet mostly did not work and was slow when it did work. A 4 star hotel must be able to provide a fast reliable connection. I did manage to stream 2 Netflix films during my 11 day stay but that was with many stoppages.

Hotel has had a makeover some but areas missed out. Very noisy air-con. Good sized bedroom and bathroom. Good location with bars, restaurants and shops.

Overall we had a good stay. The room was a good size but had two twin beds pushed together each with wildly different levels of comfort. AC worked but not very well causing the room to often be just too warm. Parking in the garage was easy and the area had everything you could need within walking distance. The breakfast was okay and the bar/ restaurant were generally empty of staff and guests. If they upgrade their bedding and had a few more small improvements then this would have been great. I would stay here again if I had to.

Located close to may restaurants, bars and cafes. Within walking distance of at least 3 small supermarkets. Right across the street from taxi stand and sightseeing bus tours. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Ankunft und Abreise zu normalen Zeiten. Es hat alles zur Zufriedenheit geklappt. Sehr freundliches Personal, egal ob an der Rezeption, Reinigungspersonal oder auch die Damen im Frühstücksbereich. Immer freundlich, nett und zuvorkommend. Problemloses parken mit Dauerparkkarte im Hotelparkhaus. Beim Frühstück war für jeden ausreichende Auswahl gegeben.

The hotel was well positioned and gave easy access to funchal, friendly staff who were able to give good local advice for places to eat and go. Room was clean and well maintained and the foyer was well presented. Car parking was easily accessed via the lobby and affordable at 8euros a day, o erall a great place to stay

Really liked the balcony and the location, and the flexibility of the late check-in, those were great. Not so great: - Information provided at check-in by staff, particularly around the opening times of the hotel restaurant and room service, was poor - No menus provided at all in the room for food provided by restaurant or roof top bar - No room service in the evenings - Restaurant does not open at lunch but still has restaurant lunch hours displayed which led to confusion - Reservations for restaurant must be made day before or at the latest in the morning of the day of, no walk-ins, but was not informed of this at all (as this was during the business trip side of my travel, it meant I had to order Uber eats so as to not go hungry because I could not go outside the hotel due to work and there was also no room service available in the evening) - Breakfast food quality was poor, very disappointing - Given new towels that were dirty the night before check out - One of the twin beds was really loud, squeaking quite badly and awakening person sharing room with - Upon check out was told service charge tax had been calculated incorrectly and had to pay an extra €2 or so, that in itself wasn’t a problem, but when coupled with everything else that wasn’t great, this felt like adding insult to injury I felt that for a four star hotel, my experience here was really lacking and I was left frustrated and dissatisfied.

The staff was very helpful didn’t matter what time of the day or night you called to ask for something they would bring it to your room in a few minutes

Overall, we feel like Vila Baleira is not really a 4* hotel. The rooms are fairly outdated - particularly the bathroom. We were a bit disappointed with the cleanliness, particularly as we could tell the floor wasn’t swept or mopped throughout the duration of our stay. The bed was comfortable enough, however the road outside is very noisy, and so if you are a light sleeper you will struggle. Our key card consistently failed to work for our room, to the point we had to be let in with the master key and there was mention of potentially moving us to another room. The next day none of this came to fruition, and it felt like staff didn’t really care. The excuse given was that it has “magnetised”, which we understand can happen but continued to occur no matter where the card was kept during the day. Although this sounds like a minor inconvenience, we found it really frustrating that we were having to go up and down in the lift multiple times a day just to get into our room. The breakfast was disappointing for €15 pp/per day, and so despite having already paid for this we had breakfast at cafes instead (which were nicer and cheaper). So that was a waste of money for us. The pool was nice enough, however there were not enough sun loungers for guests and you very often ended up sitting at tables, which was frustrating. The location was good - it was within a reasonable walking distance to lots of restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets. It also has good underground parking.

Lovely gel as you enter the lobby. Staff were amazing, very helpful and friendly. Room was spacious and comfortable. Sadly breakfast could improve. Scrambled eggs and mushrooms were cold bacon was tough. Difficult to cut. However a great variety of fruit, cold meat,cheese, bread and delicious chocolate cake

Didn't feel much respect from the front desk, and when we had a cell-phone charger issue they weren't at all helpful.

Great hotel, area is very walkable, godd breakfast. Nice front desk stuff. Parking is available which is extremely helpful.

Due to the Oscar Storm we were exhausted on arrival, Marcio welcomed us at the reception with no warm welcome whatsoever, not much care about mentioning the day we lost trying to enter Madeira. Bathroom had hair on the bathtub on arrival, safe wasn’t working, we waited for maintenance but had to leave with our valuables and jewellery, only when we came back in the evening the safe was fixed. No pens in the room to write on the laundry sheet. Balcony only had one chair, others had two as we could see from outside. Allison from reception was a star always kind and very helpful. On our last day the pool in the morning wasn’t available for a swim, and after check out the first night we lost wasn’t mentioned again, and we had to keep our luggage ourselves in a room without a ticket, not very safe even though there was a camera. Breakfast was really good, all the staff so effective and polite, the sparkling wine was very nice and given to us for my wife’s birthday. Upon reaching out to hotels.com and speaking to the hotel about the refund of the first night the hotel replied to have no one in today to approve the refund, not happy at all.

Located close to may restaurants, bars and cafes. Within walking distance of at least 3 small supermarkets. Right across the street from taxi stand and sightseeing bus tours. Staff very friendly and helpful.

location is great! took bus from airport to hotel and bus stop is next to hotel.

Great location and facilities, great breakfast and friendly staff. Check-in was quick and the room was ready.

The hotel was well positioned and gave easy access to funchal, friendly staff who were able to give good local advice for places to eat and go. Room was clean and well maintained and the foyer was well presented. Car parking was easily accessed via the lobby and affordable at 8euros a day, o erall a great place to stay

+ Modern Hotel with rooftop pool & terrace (unheated) + Large room with good WIFI + Good buffet breakfast with plenty of options + Good location in Lido, lots of restaurants & coastline nearby (or 25-30min walk into Funchal) - Only two lifts in the building, and one was out of service during our stay which meant occasionally waiting up to 5 minutes for the lift. - Restaurant for breakfast has no windows (eg. no sunrise / natural light) - Bathrooms seemed a bit outdated compared to the rest of the room / building.

Is very convenient, close to restaurants bus shops

Overall, we feel like Vila Baleira is not really a 4* hotel. The rooms are fairly outdated - particularly the bathroom. We were a bit disappointed with the cleanliness, particularly as we could tell the floor wasn’t swept or mopped throughout the duration of our stay. The bed was comfortable enough, however the road outside is very noisy, and so if you are a light sleeper you will struggle. Our key card consistently failed to work for our room, to the point we had to be let in with the master key and there was mention of potentially moving us to another room. The next day none of this came to fruition, and it felt like staff didn’t really care. The excuse given was that it has “magnetised”, which we understand can happen but continued to occur no matter where the card was kept during the day. Although this sounds like a minor inconvenience, we found it really frustrating that we were having to go up and down in the lift multiple times a day just to get into our room. The breakfast was disappointing for €15 pp/per day, and so despite having already paid for this we had breakfast at cafes instead (which were nicer and cheaper). So that was a waste of money for us. The pool was nice enough, however there were not enough sun loungers for guests and you very often ended up sitting at tables, which was frustrating. The location was good - it was within a reasonable walking distance to lots of restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets. It also has good underground parking.

El hotel está bien situado y cuenta con buenas instalaciones. Cómodo para ir al centro de Funchal pues tiene parada de bus enfrente del hotel y pasan varios autobuses urbanos para el centro (n• 1, 2 y 4) que te dejan al lado del funicular y del puerto

Great hotel, area is very walkable, godd breakfast. Nice front desk stuff. Parking is available which is extremely helpful.

Great area with many restaurants, souvenir shops and the shopping centre all within walking distance. Very close to the Lido where you can swim in the pool and the ocean. The property contained a large swimming pool as well as a bar. On the other hand the gym size was a little disappointing with not much equipment. The waiting area in the reception is very luxurious and overall the interior of the hotel is stunning. With most of the room very clean I did notice on top of the fridge was very dusty, but overall I really enjoyed my stay and the stuff were very friendly and helpful

Would definitely recommend this hotel. It’s in a nice area close to lots of bars and restaurants. Breakfast options were really good and the pool area was lovely. I went to the pool side bar in the evening and although I was the only person there, the view was beautiful and the bar tender, a guy called Bruno that came from another island to work for two days was lovely! He was so attentive and engaging

Facilities very basic. Breakfast was ok not wow. Location very good full of restaurants and supermarkets.

Ankunft und Abreise zu normalen Zeiten. Es hat alles zur Zufriedenheit geklappt. Sehr freundliches Personal, egal ob an der Rezeption, Reinigungspersonal oder auch die Damen im Frühstücksbereich. Immer freundlich, nett und zuvorkommend. Problemloses parken mit Dauerparkkarte im Hotelparkhaus. Beim Frühstück war für jeden ausreichende Auswahl gegeben.

Really liked the balcony and the location, and the flexibility of the late check-in, those were great. Not so great: - Information provided at check-in by staff, particularly around the opening times of the hotel restaurant and room service, was poor - No menus provided at all in the room for food provided by restaurant or roof top bar - No room service in the evenings - Restaurant does not open at lunch but still has restaurant lunch hours displayed which led to confusion - Reservations for restaurant must be made day before or at the latest in the morning of the day of, no walk-ins, but was not informed of this at all (as this was during the business trip side of my travel, it meant I had to order Uber eats so as to not go hungry because I could not go outside the hotel due to work and there was also no room service available in the evening) - Breakfast food quality was poor, very disappointing - Given new towels that were dirty the night before check out - One of the twin beds was really loud, squeaking quite badly and awakening person sharing room with - Upon check out was told service charge tax had been calculated incorrectly and had to pay an extra €2 or so, that in itself wasn’t a problem, but when coupled with everything else that wasn’t great, this felt like adding insult to injury I felt that for a four star hotel, my experience here was really lacking and I was left frustrated and dissatisfied.

+ Modern Hotel with rooftop pool & terrace (unheated) + Large room with good WIFI + Good buffet breakfast with plenty of options + Good location in Lido, lots of restaurants & coastline nearby (or 25-30min walk into Funchal) - Only two lifts in the building, and one was out of service during our stay which meant occasionally waiting up to 5 minutes for the lift. - Restaurant for breakfast has no windows (eg. no sunrise / natural light) - Bathrooms seemed a bit outdated compared to the rest of the room / building.

Overall, we feel like Vila Baleira is not really a 4* hotel. The rooms are fairly outdated - particularly the bathroom. We were a bit disappointed with the cleanliness, particularly as we could tell the floor wasn’t swept or mopped throughout the duration of our stay. The bed was comfortable enough, however the road outside is very noisy, and so if you are a light sleeper you will struggle. Our key card consistently failed to work for our room, to the point we had to be let in with the master key and there was mention of potentially moving us to another room. The next day none of this came to fruition, and it felt like staff didn’t really care. The excuse given was that it has “magnetised”, which we understand can happen but continued to occur no matter where the card was kept during the day. Although this sounds like a minor inconvenience, we found it really frustrating that we were having to go up and down in the lift multiple times a day just to get into our room. The breakfast was disappointing for €15 pp/per day, and so despite having already paid for this we had breakfast at cafes instead (which were nicer and cheaper). So that was a waste of money for us. The pool was nice enough, however there were not enough sun loungers for guests and you very often ended up sitting at tables, which was frustrating. The location was good - it was within a reasonable walking distance to lots of restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets. It also has good underground parking.

Lovely gel as you enter the lobby. Staff were amazing, very helpful and friendly. Room was spacious and comfortable. Sadly breakfast could improve. Scrambled eggs and mushrooms were cold bacon was tough. Difficult to cut. However a great variety of fruit, cold meat,cheese, bread and delicious chocolate cake

Overall our stay was very nice. It's a really good location. Lots of shops, restaurants and a bus stop right outside . As a short walk to see the water and to Lido Pool. We were disappointed because the bar at the pool never seemed to be open even though they told us it stayed open until 11pm. The pool itself was really nice and clean, though! The breakfast was yummy and lots of options.

Loved our experience, great location and cleanliness. Great breakfast too

Great smaller hotel in good position for many restaurants. Lovely spacious clean rooms and good choice at breakfast. Only down side for me was that the restaurant didn't have any windows so felt a bit claustrophobic.