Отдых на Мадейре Holidays in Madeira

My husband and I rested in Madeira in September 2012. I was looking for a hotel for a very long time - I stopped at Pestana carlton. The hotel is very good. Big good rooms. I advise you to take with an ocean view. We had a room on the 15th floor - a gorgeous view of the city and the ocean (there was a side room). at first, they wanted to change how they settled in, because they paid for a sea view, but when they saw the night city from the 15th floor. . . The beauty is indescribable, we decided to leave everything as it is. Every evening, after walking around with a glass of Madeira, we admired the city and listened to the ocean. After cleaning. There is absolutely nothing to complain about. Every day, with one maid cleaning and changing towels. A little later, another one came and changed the towels again : ))) at first it was fun for us, then we even got a little tired - and often refused. It turned out that the towels were literally disposable. But for the hotel, I think this is a big plus, few can boast of it. Breakfasts. I don’t quite understand people who write about monotonous breakfasts as a minus to the hotel. Excuse me, what do you eat at home? In short, breakfast is breakfast. Reasonably good and large selection of all typical breakfast items. Delicious national pastries, about five types of fruit. Dinners we did not take can not say anything about them in the hotel. We ate in restaurants, which are very numerous along the resort street. I especially advise - O'barchiero (something like this in Russian : )) very tasty seafood - huge portions at reasonable prices. In general, I want to say that wherever we ate, the average bill was about the same - about 40 euros for two (give or take) without alcohol. Back to the hotel - 2 swimming pools both with sea water. One is located on the upper platform - foreigners mostly rested in it and around it. The swimming pool located on the lower platform is in close proximity to the ocean. The water during our stay was 25 degrees. the weather was also gorgeous - there was no terrible heat like in Lisbon, where we were the day before, it was very comfortable. Descent into the ocean from stone platforms equipped with stairs, like in a pool. I am not a very good swimmer and before the trip I was worried that I would immediately find myself in depth. If someone has such doubts, do not worry - the water holds perfectly, it is very comfortable to swim, although for some reason it was not possible to say that there were a lot of swimmers and mostly, of course, Russians. Foreigners mostly swam in the pools. What else about the hotel. . . Yes, it is not new, but we did not see any minuses in the atmosphere and in the service, the only carpet at the reception was some kind of shabby one. But this is rather from the category - "what to complain about. " I advise the hotel to everyone, but it's not 5 stars, solid 4, but if you need luxury hotels, then you probably need to choose another qualification category. I also want to note its location - very good, in my opinion. At the beginning of the resort street, but a couple of meters away from it. Convenient for walking in Funchal itself, and along the resort street (that's what I call the street where almost all the hotels are located, I forgot the name). fabulous island highly recommend! We rented a car for 2 days, but already in a day we traveled the whole island - there were a lot of positive emotions and unforgettable impressions of beauty. We also took an excursion to the levadas (I advise! ) And to the western part of the island. The day before, we all traveled by ourselves, of course, but it was interesting to listen to the guide and he showed us some places that they themselves did not see or did not pay attention to. If you have any questions ask - I will answer. It is impossible to write about everything at once. In any case, Madeira is a unique place to visit!! !