Property Location
With a stay at Vila Baleira Funchal in Funchal (São Martinho), you'll be a 4-minute walk from Complexo Balnear do Lido and within a 5-minute drive of CR7 Museum. This 4-star hotel is 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Funchal Marina and 6.4 mi (10.3 km) from Madeira Botanical Garden. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
- Complexo Balnear do Lido - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
- Barreiros Stadium - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
- Madeira Casino - 1.8 km / 1.1 mi
- CR7 Museum - 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
- Avenida do Mar - 2.3 km / 1.4 mi
- La Vie Shopping Center - 2.3 km / 1.4 mi
- Santa Clara Monastery - 2.5 km / 1.5 mi
- Museu da Madeira Wine Company - 2.5 km / 1.5 mi
- Quinta das Cruzes Museum - 2.5 km / 1.6 mi
- Museum of Natural History - 2.6 km / 1.6 mi
- Funchal Municipal Garden - 2.6 km / 1.6 mi
- Se Cathedral - 2.7 km / 1.6 mi
- Frederico de Freitas Museum - 2.7 km / 1.6 mi
- Arcadas Sao Francisco Shopping Center - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
- Funchal Marina - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi .The nearest major airport is Cristiano Ronaldo Airport (FNC) - 20.5 km / 12.7 mi.
Rooms
Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 74 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring fireplaces and LCD televisions. Rooms have private furnished balconies. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Dining
Satisfy your appetite for dinner at Atlantico, a restaurant which specializes in international cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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Weeks stay in October 2020
This is a great hotel and amazing value. Food was amazing and the staff really helpful and friendly. We booked hotel through FreeRide Madeira, so we weren't really sure what we were going to end up with. This is an upper 4 Star hotel!. Pool and terrace. All amazing. If you can go through the aggravation of getting C19 test done before you fly out from UK (or get them done at the airport when you arrive) then this this hotel is well worth it! Weather was just amazing as well.
Birthday experience!
Visited Vila Baleira earlier this month for a nights stay on my birthday, a surprise prepared by my bf who had made the hotel know in advance it was a special occasion. We arrived at 1pm and the first thing we see is this beautifully decorated lobby/reception area, the young man that checked us in was very friendly. My bf asked if we could have a room upgrade as it was a special occasion and we knew the hotel wasn’t full. They said that they had already upgraded us to a “partial ocean view room” which my bf had already booked in the first place and made the receptionist aware of this, so no upgrade was really given on our room. Plus our room was facing the road, not ideal as it’s a fairly busy road during the day and with the window open you can hear all the traffic outside. So again with the hotel not being full and being a special occasion why not give us an room facing inwards instead of one facing the road so we can have peace and quiet? Anyway, the room itself was very simple but nicely decorated, everything nicely cleaned. The mattress was so comfortable and so were the pillows, we both contemplated stay another night just for that reason (we were so relaxed in those beds). As we didn't get a room upgrade at least a special treat in our room would've been nice, but didn't have that either. We then headed for the rooftop for a snack, where shared a club sandwich which was very good (just wish they had toasted the bread) and a couple beers each, prices are good and so is service. Then we had a swim in their not so big but lovely pool, the views are amazing with no obstruction whatsoever. On our checkout the next day, we went down for breakfast, the area was very nicely decorated and ventilated. The service was good and so was the food, everything cooked nicely. Shame we only get to pick 3 options out of the “warm foods”. As we got to our room after breakfast the tv kept failing so my bf went up to the pool and I had a bath until it was time for us to leave at 11am. In sum we really had an amazing time together, we just were disappointed (specially my bf who had informed them in advance that it was a special occasion and wanted to give me the best birthday) and the hotel didn’t make any efforts in providing us “an extra” (a room uprade or even just a small treat in the room) as hotels usually do in special occasions such as birthdays.
Perfect family holiday!
We stayed here for a week in September with our two year old and had a fabulous stay. The staff were great throughout and couldn’t do enough for us, always getting a high chair ready at meal times and taking time out of their days to always talk to us and make sure we were okay. Special mentions to Sara (especially), Mariana and Javier who loved our little boy and ensured he was always entertained... as there wasn’t any kids entertainment or anything like that! The food was good, always loads of choice and standard buffet to cater to those that didn’t want the traditional Madeira/Portuguese offerings. Our room was perfect, a good size with a huge balcony and loungers. Our son particularly liked that the cleaner always left him a chocolate when she cleaned the room. Not only would we return to Funchal, we would undoubtedly return to the Lince. Not sure if we stayed out of season (7-14 sept) but it was so quiet and we were always 3 of about 20 at breakfast and 3 of 10 at dinner... so no problem getting in the pool or getting loungers! Thank you so much for a wonderful stay!!
Holiday with Jet2 holidays to Lince Hotel
Positives: Smooth check in. Friendly helpful staff. Room very clean, large, good bathroom, good location, nice pool area on 4th floor with good view out to sea. Might be tight for sunbeds if hotel busy. Rep. meeting helpful. Not so positive: Thought breakfast and dinner poor when compared to recent Jet2 4 Star Hotels. Breakfast same every morning. Hot food not hot. At dinner, poor choices and quality, even plate warming was cold! One of desserts same for 3 nights. Hash browns for potato veg. one night! Looked like being done on tight budget. Had front room on second floor facing main road, noisy but patio doors were well sound proofed. Local open topped buses parked opposite hotel for long periods with engines running. General: Other Jet2 4 star hotels in area looked so much better. Alto Lido looked really good and Allegro across road as well. Madiera / Funchal are lovely. Jet2 flights very good.
Lince Hotel Madeira
Our room was surprisingly large which helped greatly, as my wife has mobility problems, the staff seemed quiet and reserved, not being unfriendly but not over forward with conversation and comments. The Hotel was quiet with regards to clients which was a shame as the amenities were under used(restaurant, pool and bars) perhaps for the relatively close bars, shops and restaurants