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Pestana Vila Lido Madeira
Portugal, Europe
Funchal
This hotel enjoys an impressive location on a cliff with a view over the Atlantic. It is just a short walk from the centre of Funchal. There are restaurants, pubs and shopping venues situated not far from the property. This luxury hotel was recently renovated and comprises a total of 75 rooms and a number of on-site facilities. Guests may choose to relax with a book from the library or make use of the Internet access. Dining options include a restaurant, in which first-rate cookery and live entertainment are presented, and a snug bar. There are 2 function rooms that can also be booked for cocktail receptions, conferences and other events.
Facilities
- Massage*
- Hot tub*
- Game room
- Parasols
- Sun loungers
- Children’s swimming area
- Outdoor freshwater pool
- Air conditioning in Restaurant
- Poolside snack bar
- Restaurant
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
The Local Area
Tripadvisor Reviews
4.5 Excellent192 reviews
Excellent
78%
Very Good
11%
Average
6%
Poor
2%
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Wonderful holiday, beautiful location, super friendly and attentive staff.
We had a fantastic holiday in this hotel. It is located 15 mins away from Funchal centre, easily accessed by taxi. The hotel in nearby lots of restaurants, bars and tourists’ shops, if you feel like staying local.
The rooms are nice and spacious; the view from the terrace is unbeatable. The cleanliness was perfect and our cleaner went beyond expectations!
Nice big pool with a bar; the pool staff are great and very helpful. You’ll always find sunloungers and parasols, even when it is very busy. There also is a restaurant by the pool. For lunches. You can also access the sea from the pool area, if you wish to dip in for a dive and snorkelling.
The breakfast restaurant is wonderful, with views over the ocean and great selection of sweet and savoury buffet to please everyone.
The à la carte restaurant in Vila Lido is lovely, with its colonial character and great food. Very nice bar too, open until midnight!
We really enjoyed the Madeiran evening in Vila Lido, with a beautiful menu and live music.
We particularly enjoyed the Summer Party by the pool, with live music (saxophonist Basilio got everyone on their feet with his varied repertoire!!)
Big shout out to Lisbeth Albuquerque for her smiley welcome every morning, and great adviser for touristic trips and attractions, Big shout out also for waiter Gaudino Vieira for his warm welcome, kindness and impeccable waitering service!
We’ll be back!
Pestana Vila Lido - great hotel
Excellent hotel and facilities. All rooms overlooked the sea and you could swim in the sea or hotel pool direct from the hotel. Breakfast buffet was superb. Highly recommended place to stay Madeira.
Bed bugs
We stayed at the ocean-view suite on the 8th floor (room 816) for two nights in mid-July 2026. Fantastic ocean view and great location.
Unfortunately, there was an issue with bed bugs. This was the first stop on our vacation, and the characteristic bite marks began to appear the morning after our second night (numerous bites in tight clusters and straight lines that started to itch a few days later).
Review by wma443 Goettingen, Germany
Above and beyond expectation!
Pestana Vila Lido was just amazing! Absolute perfect location right on the seafront with sea access, stunning views, perfect for access to beautiful local restaurants, promenade and Funchal itself. Staff were superb, so friendly, efficient, pleasant. Our room was stunning, big, spacious, spotless and very comfortable. The hotel setting is sublime and picturesque. We will definitely return to this hotel without hesitation, highly recommend - super food, amenities, peaceful, relaxing, just perfect! I’m between relaxing, swimming, drinking cocktails we did lots of excursions, drank delicious Madeiran wine and ate the most amazing fresh fish! Thank you and we can’t wait to go back to visit Madeira again….
3-4☆ hotel- all pleasant apart form the breakfast
Hotel is somewhat older fashioned (similar to most in maderia) . Clean, pleasant staff, comfortable rooms and great scenery if you get the ocean view rooms.
Access to sea and sunbed area is decent
Only negative is the breakfast. Hotel is rated 5 star (in reality its probably a 4☆ lite). The breakfast is 2☆ max. Coffee is wholly undrinkable (machine and waiter served- instant nescafe is my guess- yuk. Orange drink is not natural and from a packet. Food- general feeling is its all low quality, cheap food.
Recommendation is to reduce the selection and focus on a few high quality foods.
On my last night the hotel had its 'white party' - based on the poor quality breakfast food i dreaded to think what the dinner offering woukd be like.
Overall its a 4 star hotel that needs modernising in a great location with decent restaurants nearby but pls do improve the breakfast food quality
Review by R m London, United Kingdom
