Pestana Churchill Bay is a hipster hotel in Sao Martinho in Funchal. This place has 40 reviews and an average rating of 4.8 of 5. This is a superb rating!
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Reviews from visitors:
Absolutely loved our stay there! Perfect location with breathtaking view over the Churchill Bay, staff is friendly and very helpful, excellent food in the restaurant, pool with gorgeous view, modern, simple and functional decor, plenty of restaurants nearby, but difficult to park for free near the hotel that makes the area car free :) Kids friendly! Staff was always helping us to take care of our little one: interacting, playing and even rocking her :) perfect ratio quality/price! Would love to come back!
Great hospitality from the moment they greeted us from our taxi to saying goodbye at the end of our stay. Reception is in the old town hall and has a bar area good for waiting for taxis or just watching the world go by. Our room was on the first floor of the old fish market next door. Bright, airy, spacious and exceptionally well fitted out. Our small balcony looked out over the bay, perfect. The sliding doors out to the balcony did a fine job of keeping out any noise. Breakfast was a real highlight, with a great range of pastries, fruit, cold cuts, cooked items, cereals, juices and even sparkling wine. The coffee (especially the espresso) were typically Portuguese, guaranteed to get you wide awake. We never found time to eat lunch or dinner in the restaurant, next time maybe. Adjacent to the restaurant is a sauna, shower and heated(ish, 21°) infinity pool with the same amazing views as the restaurant over the bay. At the very end of the terrace you can see the sunset over the other side of the harbour. The hotel runs an employee of the month competition and asks each guest to cast their vote, a task made difficult by everyone of them being friendly, professional and knowledgeable. Need tickets, a taxi, a recommendation? Just ask and it will be done in a jiffy. A very special place indeed.
I recently had dinner at the restaurant looking out over the picturesque bay. The food was the best I tasted on my 1 week holiday in Madeira plus the service was excellent. I was losing hope of getting service with a smile but here I was made to feel welcome and the staff were happy, unlike staff in all the other restaurants I visited. Highly worth a visit. The only down side was the portions were too big so can't really complain about that. Enjoy
Recent 7 night holiday in Madeira.
We stayed at the Pestana Churchill Bay Hotel in Camara da Lobos which overlooks the harbour. It is a pousada hotel which I believe once was the old fish market. The hotel is small & boutique in style, simply but beautifully presented. All the staff were friendly, helpful and professional at all times. We stayed on a B & B basis, the breakfast was buffet-style, of excellent quality with plenty of choice available including fresh fruit every morning.
Several good restaurants very close by, a real mecca for fish lovers.
There is no parking at the hotel but they can arrange parking at a nearby covered car park for £7.50 per day. They have a pass for the barriers & you just pay the hotel at the end of your stay.
We received an upgrade to a second floor room with a balcony overlooking the harbour which was lovely. However, it was immediately below the roof terrace restaurant & it was on occasions quite noisy as chairs were moved about. Only a problem if you tend to be in bed early as the restaurant serves until 10.30pm! So either ask for a room on the ground floor which also have views over the harbour or a second floor room at the far end of the building under the swimming pool area.
We shall definitely return!
Super new and really great hotel with fantastic views on the bay. We had such a pleasant stay in Pestana Churchill Bay. So nice and attentive staff, new, modern and very clean room and bathroom, a nice private balcony (deluxe room) with an amazing view on the bay, great breakfast on a beautiful terrace, an excellent restaurant, fair prices and so much more... We can highly recommend this fantastic hotel and will definitely come back again.
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