The Marketplace by Storytellers

We have a timeshare studio at the very front of the Residence on the first floor, with an excellent sea view. We’ve had it for many years but have been back this year for the first time in a long time. The standards as always are tremendous, the food and facilities are great and the climate is wonderful. The flower festival was still on while we were there and proved very colourful. An excellent visit spoilt only by the excessive queues in the non-EU lane at the airport in Madeira on our return., and being shepherded into our flight gate with the other 200+ Jet2 passengers where there were only about 20 seats which meant standing for about 45 minutes. Great shame because there was no trouble on arrival and certainly no bother at Bristol either out or in. Brexit!

Situated on a pedestrianised street in Funchal, the apartment could not have a better location. The Old Town with its narrow cobbled streets, cable cars, farmers' market and lots of little restaurants is five minutes walk away. The large Pingo Doce supermarket is literally across the street. Turn left on leaving and a short walk brings you to the Cathedral area and the Marina. The apartment was well maintained and kept spotless by the cleaning ladies (special mention to Zita). Breakfast, consisting of ham, cheese, fruit juice, butter, jam, breadrolls etc was hung on the doorknob each morning. We loved the apartment, especially the location, and, having stayed for 3 weeks, would stay again in a heartbeat. Only downside was the lack of a toaster! That aside, we would recommend these apartments without reservation.

Location is fantastic, very pleasant stay . Clean, comfortable with air conditioning. Secure entrance system. Continental breakfast delivered each morning. Cleaners very pleasant too. We stayed for two nights and loved it . Coffee shop , supermarket, every other shop u need is minutes away. Can be loud in morning but its city centre living. Brilliant stay.

Fantastic location, supermarket with parking 1 min walk away, we hired a car during our stay so kept it in their car park (€10 overnight) locked at 11pm. Very clean, and serviced every day by a very friendly lady. Breakfast delivered between 7:30am-8. Juice, bread, ham, cheese, croissants, cake and fruit. Bed is very big and comfy. I would recommend keeping the windows shut overnight as it gets very noisy in the morning after about 5am. But the shutters and blackout blinds are excellent to make sure no light comes through in the early hours of the morning. Before visiting, I saw a review that said how small the apartment is but I could not disagree with that more, our apartment was very spacious and open. Only small complaint is I would bring a hairdryer as the one provided barely works (at least in the room I had) Also the air conditioning unit makes a constant noise whether it’s on or off which can make it quite difficult to sleep on the first night but you do get used to it. Having said that, I definitely would return here if I visited Madeira again. (I would just bring my own hairdyer!) The location is ideal and facilities are excellent.