TUI BLUE Madeira Gardens

This hotel is about 20/30 minutes walk from the central areas of Funchal depending on how quick you walk! There are some hilly walks, but nothing we couldn’t cope with, taxis readily available in town. A wealth of things to do in Funchal, we loved it. We enjoyed the warmth and hospitality of the team and the lovely, big and quiet bedroom. Weather was wonderfully warm and so we could do a bit of sunbathing alongside exploring the area. All hotel areas beautifully clean and the prices were reasonable which was refreshing! TUI rep and staff were good fun and very helpful. Entertainment was low key, but actually fitted in with the relaxed pace of holiday life. The meal at the Culinarium was a real highlight. A lovely, relaxing break. We will be back to the island! Thank you.

We stayed at the Savoy Gardens in mid-November for a week and had a great stay. We booked for bed and breakfast as we enjoy going out to different restaurants in an evening. I also suffer with a sever nut allergy and struggle with buffet style meals. We thoroughly enjoyed our breakfast every morning. During the first morning the staff talked me through the various options that I could eat with my allergy. We enjoyed an evening meal at the hotels A La Carte restaurant, Culinarium. As we weren’t on half board we did pay for this meal. We enjoyed the meal but found the restaurant a little cold. We stayed in a Mountain View room with balcony and found the room comfortable and had all the facilities we required. We didn’t spend a lot of time in our room during the day so didn’t feel the need to upgrade to the sew view rooms. The hotel facilities are great, we particularly enjoyed spending time on the rooftop bar sunbathing and using the Jacuzzi. The view from the rooftop is amazing! We also spent time around the outside pool but didn’t have a swim as it was a little cold. The indoor pool and spa facilities were fantastic, we enjoyed time in the spa at the end of every day and always managed to get a sunbed both in the spa and outside. The TUI rep Zamir was great. We went along to the welcome meeting and found it very helpful. We booked the TUI trip for the cable car, Monte palace and toboggan. We was going to do this ourselves but we are so pleased we did it through Tui as we saved money on taxis and had a fantastic tour around the Monte Palace Gardens with the guide Gracie. We also went on Zamir’s ramble on the Sunday which was amazing. We thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it, especially as it was free! The hotel is located on a hill and around a 30 minute walk to the centre of Funchal. The location was perfect for us as we enjoyed a daily walk. We enjoyed lunch most days at Momentus café which is just down the road from the hotel. They do the most amazing cakes! Our favourite restaurants which we visited during the evenings were Cris’s and Solar da Ajuda. They are both amazing! Thank you for a lovely weeks stay at Savoy Gardens. We would definitely like to return in the future!