Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Price Categories
For a standard,
double room per
night (with breakfast
if included), taxes
and extra charges.
€
under €50
€€
€50-100
€€€
€100-150
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€150-200
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over €200
Avenue Park self-catering apartments
Self-catering and Budget Hotels
!
Suite Hotel Eden
*
Budget
rooms. d
Boa Morte, São
João • Map E5 • 291 910
530 • www.charminghotels-
madeira.com • €€
Mar, Funchal
The Eden Mar offers
good-value self-catering
in well-furnished rooms
with small kitchens. It
also provides access to
one of Madeira's best
resort complexes, the
Porto Mare
(see p112)
.
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Rua do Gorgulho 2 •
Map G6 • 291 709 700 •
www.edenmar.com • €€€
@
Monumental Lido,
Accommodation
in Funchal
The following are clean,
quiet and cheap
pensões,
residenciais
and hotels in
the heart of town. d
Astória: Rua de João Gago
10. Map P3. 291 223 820. €
• do Centro: Rua do Carmo
20. Map P4. 291 200 510. €
• Monaco: Rua das Hortas
14A. Map N4. 291 222 667.
€ • Sirius: Rua das Hortas
29. Map N4. 291 226 117. €
• Residencial Zarco: Rua da
Alfândega 113. Map P3. 291
223 716. €
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Rental Agencies
Two websites carry
links to self-catering
accommodation for rent
by the week: Madeira
Online and Madeira
Island. The Summer
Bureau has details of
apartments, studios and
bungalows, largely in
Caniço de Baixo.
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www.
madeiraonline.com • www.
madeira-island.com • Sum-
mer Bureau: Rua D Frances-
co Sanatana, Caniço de
Baixo. Map J6. 291 934 519
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Bed-and-breakfast
Funchal
The well-priced rooms at
this apartment hotel in
the Hotel Zone have sep-
arate kitchens and living
areas; bedrooms face
onto a quiet inner atrium.
Shops and the Lido are
nearby.
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Estrada Monu-
mental 284 • Map G6 • 291
724 000 • www.monumen-
tallido.com • €€€
£
Avenue Park,
(
Budget
Accommodation
Outside of Funchal
The Hortensia Gardens
(see p79)
offers cheap
accommodation within
its peaceful gardens. Boa
Vista Orchids
(see p56)
has a thatched cottage
for three. At O Escondid-
inho das Canas in San-
tana, you can sleep in a
traditional A-shaped cot-
tage. d
Hortensia Gardens:
www.madeiraisland.com/
hotels/self catering apart-
ments/hortensia. € • Boa
Vista Orchids: Quinta da Boa
Vista, Rua Lombo da Boa
Vista, Funchal. Map H5. 291
220 468. €€ • O Escondidin-
ho das Canas: Pico António
Fernandes, Santana. Map
H2. 291 572 319. €
)
Rural Tourism
English-style bed-and-
breakfast has been taken
to Madeira by Trevor and
June Franks. Trejuno, their
guesthouse, is midway
between Funchal and
Monte. Walking tips, free
airport pickup, and inside
information.
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Estrada do
Livramento 94 • Map H5 •
291 783 268 • www.tjwalk-
ing-madeira.com • €€
&
Camping
Funchal
The spacious, light and
well-furnished apartment
rooms at this self-cater-
ing establishment close
to the centre of down-
town Funchal are a real
bargain. The underground
garage is a bonus.
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Avda do Infante 26D • Map
Q1 • 291 205 630 • www.
madeiraapartments.com/
avenuepark • €€
Oficially, camping is
illegal on Madeira, except
at two designated sites.
One is at Porto Moniz,
where new facilities are
under construction. The
other is on Porto Santo,
alongside the Torre Praia
Hotel - advance booking
is recommended in July
and August.
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Porto
Moniz tourist office: 291
850 193 • Porto Santo
campsite: 291 982 160 • €
$
Quinta Vale do Til,
Campanário
For rural self-catering,
the Quinta Vale do Til has
the advantage of being
located on its own pri-
vate estate. It sleeps
eight, in four double bed-
Madeira Rural is an
online booking agent for
20 or so properties around
the island, from converted
farm buildings to cottages.
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www.madeira-rural.com
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