Отличный отель Excellent hotel

A hotel with a large and beautiful territory, beautiful views from the hotel. Most preferred are rooms with a side view of the ocean and the city at the same time. Great beach, lots of sunbeds. There are no ebb and flow here. Entering the water by stairs is "painless" as the water and air are about the same temperature. Until November 7, it was hot both in the sun and in the shade. Then the sun disappeared for a couple of days and it got colder in the shade, I had to sit on the beach in a T-shirt, but you can always swim. On November 11-12, the sun shone brightly and it was hot again (the water temperature did not fall below 22 degrees). For breakfast there is wine in any quantities. The room has a tea set, a cup and a teaspoon. But you can’t eat Azorean pineapple in the room, because there are no knives, plates or forks in the room. But there are no Azores pineapples at this time of the year either, they appear only in January, there are only local ones.
The hotel is quiet rest at this time mostly pensioners. There is a TV channel "Russia" in Russian. But at that time I did not manage to find excursions in Russian. There are very few of them. For excursions in Russian, you should not contact the reception. If you leave the hotel and walk 70 meters, keeping to the left, you will see a Russian travel agency. It will be cheaper and easier to agree on what you need. They can also answer any questions about Funchal. For a self-guided tour of the city, it is worth taking the yellow sightseeing bus. For 12 euros you can ride it for 2 days on two routes (yellow line and blue line). Excursion through headphones in Russian.
In Funchal, I realized for the first time that people go to a restaurant to eat delicious food. Since the signature national dish of the locals is a pig, in one inconspicuous restaurant called Five (5), I ordered pig meat in a local sauce. I have never eaten anything like this, it could be eaten not only without a knife, but also without a fork (only with a spoon). With garnish on a separate plate, it cost 11 euros. In another restaurant, it was not possible to repeat the success, bitter disappointment befell. Therefore, for those wishing to visit the Five restaurant: from the hotel to the left across the bridge, along a series of bars and restaurants on the right side, after 20 minutes of a very slow walk you will come to the goal (behind the China Town restaurant).

By location (close to the center), by design, service, with its own beach - the best option in Funchal.