6/10 Okay
Martin C.
29 Aug 2018
Our first visit to Madeira.
As this was our first visit to Maderia we had no idea where we were staying. The house was within an easy 30 min drive from Funchal Airport on a superb road.
The house itself from outside was like something out of a child's fairytale. Thatched roof, old oak doors and white painted external walls.
Inside on the ground floor there was a spacious living room with plenty of chairs, cupboards, television and heaters which is as well as they were needed nearly every evening.
The kitchen had a modern cooker and fridge freezer and new electric kettle and coffee making machine. There were lots of pots, pans, cooking utensils and glasses. A first class kitchen.
The bathroom/WC were also on the ground floor and were adequate. The water pressure was very low and it was a bit of an art taking a shower.
There was also a small bedroom on the ground floor with a beautiful, if fairly small, four poster bed.
Upstairs was reached by a narrow and steep wooden staircase. There were three lovely bedrooms one of which had a veranda and access to outside.
The house was spacious and really lovely. The only complaint besides the water pressure was that it was rather dark at night even with all the lights on.
There was facilities for sitting outside at the front and in the garden at the side of the house. The problem was that the sun, when it did shine, soon disappeared from the front and the side garden grass was left very long and was often wet.
The worst thing about the house was the drive and entry on to the road. The drive was extremely narrow and fairly steep and the exit through the narrow gates onto the road was blind. You had to listen and hope nothing was coming up or down. I think a mirror opposite the entrance is a must!
The house is set in wonderful quiet countryside, when you can see it through the low cloud. There are beaches (well what goes for beaches in Madeira), swimming pools, village bars, restaurants, wonderful walks and many other places to see within a few minutes drive. The road to the top of a 3,000ft plus mountain passes the bottom of the garden.
The one thing that spoilt our holiday was that it was too cool to sit out in the garden in the evening and we had to go indoors and put the heaters on around 7-00pm.
I loved Madeira and where we stayed, my wife was not so keen.
Martin C.
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2018
