The Views Baía

We had a lovely stay at The Views Baia hotel in Funchal. The hotel is set into the cliffs overlooking Funchal. The facilities at the hotel are excellent especially the spa area where there is a lovely swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and ice bucket. It is very well maintained and the staff are very friendly including Elizabet and Martin. The outdoor swimming pool is lovely and there is lots of space there including a pool bar which is open throughout the day. There is also an excellent gym which has good equipment and well maintained. The rooms at the hotel are lovely and spacious with an option to choose cleaning days if you wish. We felt the cleaning of the rooms was not always to an excellent standard with a lot of dust in the room and sometimes not replacing essentials for the room. The entertainment in the evening is excellent including traditional Portuguese dancing and live musicians. The cocktail bar is lovely but does get busy in the evening. The breakfast gave a great selection of different foods and the staff were always so kind and friendly. The hotel is a 20 minute walk from the town centre and it is accessed on busy roads - we found it was better to use Uber and the hotel bus to get us to and from the centre as we didn't feel the roads were always safe. I would really recommend this hotel.

The hotel is superb and slept a 5 star. Our stay was very comfortable and enjoyable. The service was excellent and staff always similing and helpful although they worked long and hard. The quality of the hotel was impeccable. We chose in-house dining as the location is just over 1km away from the town centre and it was very good. The pillow menu was greatly appreciated. The minor points were the free shuttle service could run more frequently instead of hourly, no iron in rooms so we had to a laundry room where there was only one iron and ironing board, and the Amazon firestick was blocked so we couldn’t watch our programmes. Otherwise, no issues and our stay was great!

Great hotel, great value for money Uphill so not very easy to get to the center by foot and parking in Funchal is quite challenging, but there’s a shuttle service, uber and buses. The hotel has parking. The spa is free to enter and very nice as well as the outdoor pool area. Breakfast was very good. Every evening there’s live music in the cocktail bar, and the service is great. Our room was the studio which was very spacious. The only things that I would suggest to enhance: - There’s only one cooler in the spa area. - The shower was a bit disappointing since the shower head had one function and was kinda old and too strong of a stream. Our room had many ants the morning we woke up and after asking to clean it we still had occasionally, I don’t know if other areas in the hotel were like that or not. Overall great hotel and great experience!

What a wonderful hotel. My son and I enjoyed a 5 night stay between Xmas and new year and we loved the luxurious comfortable room, the amazing breakfast, the incredible views and the spa. ||The staff were all super friendly and helpful and in particular the staff at breakfast worked hard to replenish the fantastic food choices and clear the tables. ||The hotel is a short walk (10 minutes) down to bars and restaurants - perfectly placed and away from the noise of the city.||Would highly recommend this hotel and look forward to returning.

We had a great experience staying at The Views Baia: amazing view from the room, excellent service, very attentive staff (I had my bday during the stay and the hotel staff provided special breakfast and got bottle of sparking for us, was a very nice touch). Breakfast has a good variety of food, coctails are well made. Spa is a nice place to relax after a day of hiking. The hotel is 15 min walk from town center, it wasn’t a problem for us (taxi from town center is 6-8 euros and easy to find if needed) Note: we rented the car and followed Google maps on the way from airport. If you use it - be careful as Google maps shows the turn to the hotel across 2 lines of traffic and it’s actually dangerous and illegal.

The Hotel has a very beautiful View. The breakfast ist excellent and the rooms are good, but ... The people at the reception could bei more "costumer-oriented"/friendly. The really bad part: The room-service is not easy to understand: Some people reviews said that there is a 3 Euro per day reduction in payment if you have not asked for room service. Our bed was not made and the towls were not exchanged, only placed at a different location in the bath room (which is in my opinion weird). And we did not get any refund. In my opinion it could be made an excellent hotel, but at this experience it was not.

The room didn’t match the photos and felt smaller than advertised. The walls were dirty and the furnishings looked old, which didn’t meet the standard I’d expect from a 4-star hotel. Breakfast was very good, but it was disappointing to learn that seating with a nice view costs extra. Part of the restaurant was reserved for certain guests even though everyone had access to the same buffet, which felt weird. You should be able to sit wherever you like. The location also wasn’t ideal. Overall, I don’t understand why this hotel is 4 stars or priced the way it is.

Booked through Jet2 & Stayed at the Views Baia for 7 nights in a deluxe junior suite. The room was clean & the kitchen area well equipped. Good choice at breakfast & this was enhanced with being able to order off the deluxe menu, lovely blueberry pancakes & eggs Benedict. Because we were in a deluxe room had a seating area for breakfast with spectacular views. We only had dinner in the hotel once & this was a carvery buffet with a good choice. Drinks in the bar were reasonable & the entertainment was good. Even though on a hill we found we still managed to walk back to the hotel after a day’s sightseeing. Good facilities & helpful friendly staff. We enjoyed our stay & first visit to Madeira so much, we have already booked again for our 26th wedding anniversary next September.

really nice place to stay. indoor pool is amazing. staff is nice (except wait staff). i see that buffet has pros and cons...like a cruise but they could warm food better. lots of entertainment and places to rest in the sun. dinner isn't served till7:30... so no one eats lunch on this island, just expresso and pastries. uber eats comes here in minutes....so don't worry.

Staying In beautiful Funchal for a month to learn a new software package. I chose the Four Views Hotel for its looks and magnificent views of the Harbour. My room is large by many hotel standards being on the eighth floor with a sea view (supplement extra) its the perfect place to work and relax. The hotel has I very high standard being clean and well maintained. I'm room and breakfast, the breakfast buffet is excellent. I've also enjoyed to pool area restaurant where they serve delicious sizzling platters they have a veggi option too. Great Hotel highly recommended, friendly staff too.