| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| staff is very friendly; the room is clean; a bit far from the city center, but opposite to the shopping mall Forum with a big supermarket; sometimes there's a parking problem |
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| From: Yin Han Lam, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| Basically you get what you pay for. Its certainly cheap and reasonably cheerful. Perfect for those of you on a budget. Accommodation is basic and the facilities are average. Location-wise it was ok but rather touristy for my liking. Loads of hotels and new apartments blocks being built in the area. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Excellent value hotel. We had a large room for 3 people with a small kitchenette including microwave. |
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| From: HW, Sweden |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| A very nice hotel for a stay in Funchal. Both the room and the balcony were very large, and we had a nice view over the ocean. |
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| From: Alun Davies, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: February, 2008 |
| Hotel clean and well positioned with marvelous sea views. Rooms a little 'dated'. Free transport to Funchal over subscribed - a more freequent service or larger bus would help. |
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| From: MF, USA |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| We loved the view and sounds of the water, and location was wonderful for ocean/swimming activities. The walk into town was 25 minutes, but easy along the lido path. The bathroom could have been cleaner, and renovated, slight mold in shower caulking so I didn't want to take a bath. The room size was wonderful though! |
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| From: Stanley Cheyne, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: December, 2007 |
| The Hotel resraurant was very good. |
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| From: RP, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| Not much attention by staff. The acomodation was good. Smell from drains in bath room. Building site opposite was very noisey. Pool is poor lot of dirt and grime in and on overflow channel.I would have expert to advise immediately. Catering area good, location good, staff = reserved |
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| From: Nigel Coates, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| Most aspects of the hotel of the hotel were very satisfactory except for the awful coffee served with the otherwise good breakfasts.The staff were pleasant;-the hotel and grounds were clean;-the location is handy for transport and local facilities but the courtesy bus should, I believe, be made available before 10am to cut down the scramble for seats on the first service currently available at 10am. |
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| From: Chris Phillips, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| Great find this. Good price and great value. Location about 2 miles outside Funchal but regular bus service into town so no problem getting in and out. As other people say, it's not the most modern hotel but it's clean, the rooms are huge, all have balconies (most with sea view) and the women at reception were very helpful. The hotel is in the Tourist Zone - plusses: loads of shops, restaurants and supermarkets; minuses: the restaurants are more expensive, it's full of tourists and it's lacking in character. Best to head for the old town which has excellent, reasonably priced places to eat and a bit more character. The island's bus service is great and cheap, so use it rather than tour busses. Pick up a timetable from the TIC. Only problem with Madeira is not being able to avoid Cristiano Ronaldo's leering mug on every item of merchandise everywhere. |
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| From: AS, Brazil |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| El hotel estaba muy acorde al precio. La habitacion estaba muy amplio y tenia cocina, nevera y un baño grande. La vista al mar era increible, y la ubicacion estaba muy bien tambien. |
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| From: AS, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Excellent value for money. Make sure you have a view.It's breathtaking. We would definitely use this hotel again. It was clean and had everything we needed. Just one little thing. Air-conditioning - noisy. But you can't have everything! Staff friendly and informative. Make sure you know the local bus service well, as it is irregular after 2pm and buses do get very full. It is a very long walk to Fuchal, so good footwear required or very sore feet! Hotel restaurant excellent especially the Beef, try it you won't regret it, as we are Very fussy. Other good restaurants are at the Lido which is about 10 minutes walk away heading towards Fuchal. Particularly 'China Town'. A good Indian can be found if you take a turning on the left and then up the hill, a little walk from the 'China town' restaurant. It is nearly at the top of hill on the left. Very good! Lots of other eating places up there too. AVOID 'Magic. Restaurant' near hotel very, very poor. Hotel about 4 miles out from Fuchal so unless you enjoy walking a lot buses are a necessity. Get a bus map from reception. Times are actually on bus stops, so look in advance. Its worth getting a bus pass from Kiosks near harbour, in Fuchal for 7 days it will save you lots of money and easier. Fares confusing. Nunn’s valley is cheaper to visit by 82 bus than a tour, as very little there. Will cost you 10 euros for two people. Bus can be caught near the harbour on the front, easy! Wine tasting worth a visit if you like History and Madeira wine. Avoid Orchid garden rubbish, took 5 mins to go round. Hotel free bus - make sure you go out for it half-hour before time quoted, as gets full very quickly and off he goes. Not big enough or regular enough. Service bus better overall. Single beds but our maid put them together and made a double, which was nice without asking her. So just ask if not done for you if that is what you want! Shopping centre ok but just like over here lots of shops |
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| From: Giovanni Nones, Italy |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Thanks to miss Diniz for kind suggestions! |
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| From: LC, Ireland |
| Date of Stay: March, 2008 |
| We hope to go back next Easter with the kids (we escaped without them this time!). We will definitely stay at Duas Torres again. The airport busstop is right outside the door. There is an excellent bus service (1, 4, 8, 48) - including the 48 directly to Monte. There is a fine shopping centre across the road. The seaside walkway into Funchal is at the back (front?). There are loads of great restaurants in the area. The hotel restaurant 'O Classico' was really nice. We thought we had booked a double room - it was an apartment looking out to sea. We loved it. |
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| From: Jitka Szczurkova, Czech Republic |
| Date of Stay: March, 2008 |
| Very good and relatively cheap meals in all restaurants near the Hotel Duas Torres. Cheap and comfortable accommodation, good for individual travellers. |
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| From: Bart Jonker, Netherlands |
| Date of Stay: March, 2008 |
| This was the third time at Duas torres. And as usual, good hotel, competent employees and a great restaurant o classico with excellent food and great staff. I will absolutely recommend this awesome accomodation and restaurant! |
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| From: PC, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: February, 2008 |
| Duas Torres is very good value for money. The rooms are large and comfortable and kept very clean. The pool is very relaxing and private with views straight over the ocean. We used the small kitchen to self cater and it is a bit cramped for preparation space but quite adequate.The restaurant is excellent--I think it would be 5 star in England-- and the service is the best we've ever experienced. Opposite the hotel, across a main road, is a shopping complex "Madeira Forum" with many good shops including a supermarket in the basement which is open 7 days till 10pm so it's very convenient. There are also restaurants if you don't want to cook. We stayed for 2 weeks. It's worth requesting a room overlooking the ocean as the view is great and rooms facing inland could get some road noise. There's a bus stop outside the hotel for going in to the main part of Funchal. The airport bus stops there too. The courtesy bus is a minibus so may be full and doesn't run at weekends. For sightseeing excursions we would recommend a company called Strawberry World located near the Lido. They have a useful website with links to webcams and other tourist info including maps of where hotels are located. It is very professional setup and the island tours are well planned. This was our second visit to Madeira and to this hotel. |
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| From: MR, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: February, 2008 |
| Excellent value-for-money hotel.Superb location - near good range of shops)Madeira Forum),good restaurants and public transport.Advise visitors to purchase a GIRO Card,for use on all services in Funchal Area (Yellow Buses),so all journies are 85 cents each.Example Bus 48 goes from outside hotel to Monte for 85 cents.Helpful pleasant staff,and hotel kept immaculately.Nice to see a wide range of nationalities using the hotel.Would recommend. |
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| From: RP, Belgium |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| Excellent value for money. Spatious room, copious breakfast. |
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| From: Alan Gray, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| great value for the money,rooms need updating in some areas eg kitchen and bathroom.didnt expect clean towels everyday,very welcome.we asked to change rooms on arrival for better view,this was done with out fuss.excellent hotel restaurant and super value pool snackbar.very friendly staff.eating out in nearby restaurants was always good value with come superb fish meals.would stay here again and will tell others to do likewise. |
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