Five-stars on Estrada Monumental, the Atlantic below both. VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira, from about €355 with breakfast, if you want a sea view from every room, a 2,000 m² platform with seawater pools and a free kids' club in season; The Cliff Bay, from about €385 with breakfast, if you would rather have Funchal Bay View balconies, a terraced garden of old palms and ladders into the sea.
A Lido resort with seawater pools and a sea platform on the Atlantic, a children's pool of their own, a free kids' club in season and two-room family rooms.
€€€From about €355 a night
Choose VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira if
Families with children aged 3 to 11
Pool and sea-swimming weeks
Winter sun in Funchal
Exploring Madeira by car from a city base
The catch
The outdoor pools are seawater, and guests often find them cold outside high summer; the heated pool is the indoor one
A five-star resort on its own promontory in Funchal, with the bay in view from the Bay View balconies and a saltwater pool at the edge of the Atlantic.
€€€From about €385 a night
Choose The Cliff Bay if
Sea swimmers
Couples
Bay views
Winter sun
The catch
Not in the centre: the Sé is a 33-minute walk along a busy road, uphill on the way back, or a bus or taxi
Five-stars on Estrada Monumental, the Atlantic below both. VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira, from about €355 with breakfast, if you want a sea view from every room, a 2,000 m² platform with seawater pools and a free kids' club in season; The Cliff Bay, from about €385 with breakfast, if you would rather have Funchal Bay View balconies, a terraced garden of old palms and ladders into the sea.
Good questions about VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira vs The Cliff Bay
VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira or The Cliff Bay?
Five-stars on Estrada Monumental, the Atlantic below both. VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira, from about €355 with breakfast, if you want a sea view from every room, a 2,000 m² platform with seawater pools and a free kids' club in season; The Cliff Bay, from about €385 with breakfast, if you would rather have Funchal Bay View balconies, a terraced garden of old palms and ladders into the sea.
Is VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira worth it?
A Funchal family base with seawater pools on the Atlantic, a children's pool, a free kids' club in season and rooms that all face the sea. Check availability for the Premium Family Sea View Room. A large, sea-facing family resort in Funchal where the platform, the seawater pools and the kids' club are the holiday, with the city a walk or a bus ride away. Mid-priced for a five-star, plain rather than design-led.
Does VidaMar Resort Hotel Madeira have a pool or a beach?
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Is The Cliff Bay worth it?
The Funchal hotel for swimming in the Atlantic below the garden and looking at the bay from the balcony. Check availability for a Funchal Bay View room, and whether Il Gallo d'Oro has reopened for your dates. A large, polished, classic resort where the day is spent between the sea ladder, the saltwater pool and the spa, and a sea-facing balcony looks over the Atlantic or Funchal Bay. Funchal is a bus ride or a long walk away rather than on the doorstep.
Does The Cliff Bay have a pool or a beach?
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
The family one
