Melia Madeira Mare

This is a modern and elegant hotel with a contemporary design concept. It opened in 2008, and improves the availability of quality accommodation options for both business and leisure travellers coming to Madeira Island. It has 220 rooms in total spread across 10 floors, as well as 2 fine restaurants, 3 bars and esplanades, and a ballroom with seating for up to 350 persons. It is air-conditioned, and has a lobby, 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe, currency exchange facility, cloakroom, lift access, a newspaper stand, Internet and WLAN access, and a hairdressing salon. The 6 conference rooms, offering flexible meeting spaces and equipped with web access, are the perfect places to host meetings and conferences. 24-hour room service and a laundry service are provided for a fee. Parking facilities are available to guests arriving by car in the form of a parking garage.

The modern and comfortable, exquisitely-appointed guestrooms include 16 premium suites with a kitchen, 8 master suites with kitchenettes, as well as 2 executive suites. The kitchen areas come with a microwave and tea/coffee making facilities. All rooms are equipped with individually regulated air conditioning and heating, radio, digital cable TV with 32"" LCD screens, pay TV, broadband Internet access, an in-room safe and a minibar. An en suite bathroom, hairdryer, direct dial telephone, and double or king-size beds are also provided. Verandas, balconies and terraces also feature.

The ' Mare Nostrum' offering a selection of several themed hot and cold buffets with Live Show cooking for both breakfast and dinner. The 'Il Massimo' a unique Italian culinary concept A la carte, a experience of Italy's culture and cuisine with a diversity of traditional dishes. The 'O Ilheu' bar/restaurant serving lunch and light snacks by the pool. The ' Moonlight' terrace bar adjacent to hotel reception with panoramic sea views and finally the 'El Piano' with daily live entertainment.

The hotel spa is subject to fees and provides a peaceful setting for specialised holistic treatments, with individual and shared sauna facilities, steam room, hydro massage treatments, therapeutic and relaxation massages, beauty, health and nutrition programmes, and a relaxation area all featuring. Additional facilities include a fully-equipped gym facility with spinning and cardiovascular equipment, a recreational sundeck and terraces with sun loungers and parasols, a hot tub, and 3 swimming pools (a heated outdoor pool, a children's splash pool and a heated indoor pool) with a poolside snack bar. The nearest golf course (Palheiro Golf) is about 8 km away. The nearby beach is stony.

From Madeira Airport, take the dual carriageway following the signs for Funchal. Exit left at the signpost for Funchal/Hospital/Porto. At the roundabout take the exit Hospital/Avenida do Mar. At the traffic lights, turn right for Câmara de Lobos and stay in the left-hand lane on the road called Estrada Monumental as far as the Lido area. Upon reaching the signpost for Praia do Gorgulho, the hotel should be in direct sight.