Hotels Near Moldura de Porto Santo in Porto Santo

This hotel is lovely location and looks wise however it is not for all travellers. We are a couple in our 20s here to celebrate a birthday, and I’m writing this review the morning we check out early (day 2) to go to a new location: The scenery is stunning they clearly work hard to keep everything clean and maintained. However there is really nothing to do other than sunbathe or swim. Which I am normally quite happy to do, but as mentioned this is a birthday holiday and we want to celebrate. TUI provide great excursions and we were interested however most are only available on 2 days so pick wisely. Most disappointing is Food here is not 5* and there are some red flags I have raised to the hotel. 3 reservations are made for you on arrival, you can add more at a charge but to amend them you need to speak to staff, I spoke to a lady about changing the Italian one for the Asian one on my birthday eve she said I’d have to speak to reception and see if there is space. Diverted the conversation to just adding it as extra.. buffet is chaos, there’s no system to it just a free for all. I didn’t bother to queue thought about going later, but the whole room as just a bit of a mess. room service comes at a charge, I found this out by looking at reviews as there is no menu or mention of this in your room. The red flags, cross contamination and allergens. Firstly the breakfast is served at one of the alcarte restaurants for UK guests, most hot items were cold and other guests cross contaminated the serving spoons. Peanuts are served at the pool bar, but they are help yourself in a big tub were guests grab handfuls as the queue to be served leaving shells everywhere. Staff tried their best to keep that area clean every chance they have however I have a peanut allergy, it’s not airborne, I have to consume them, but this did put me off as there are some people with much more severe reactions. There is no snacks available once the pool bar closes, so if you enjoy a late night snack after a drink you will have to wait till morning. We went to one of our reserved dinners at the MED, there’s a set menu to chose from, both me and my partner chose the beef start and main, we asked for the starter to be served without capers which was no trouble for them at all. However the main came out with pork / ham scratching in and around the beef, my partner does not like pork in any form, if this was listed on the menu we would of asked for it to be removed, it just made me think of allergy’s again. The beach is beautiful truly, sand is soft and yellow, it is a shame you have to pay for sun loungers on the beach, was not expected charge for an all inclusive. All in all it’s beautiful but not what we wanted the lack of things to do and the food issues are enough for us to be unhappy. I will mention this hotel seems to be loved by family’s with small kids, I don’t mind children playing and having fun they have every right to they are on holiday, however there is no adult o

Good Hotel with very friendly and welcoming Staff. They offered us a free room upgrade to a suite that it was much appreciated. The suite was super spacious, with 2 separate bedrooms and 2x balconies with amazing sea views. We highly recommend booking a suite type of room (main building). The food is good and varied. However, some of the food was not identified especially at the Dunas Restaurant so it was difficult to understand what was it and contained (might be a problem for people with allergies/intolerances). Note: Majority of the food is bland and it will be required salt to be added separately if you like flavoured food. The drinks were okay, not much selection of cocktails unless if you go AI Plus. However, I would suggest to be served in reusable plastic cups like other Hotels instead of paper cups that stay all “mushy” after a while (still helps the planet considering it’s reusable). The Hotel has direct access to the beach (which is beautiful!) and has a beach bar (but not included for AI customers, only AI Plus). Also has sun lounges and parasols but needs to be paid extra. The Hotel has plenty of activities during the day & nice shows at night. The Animation Team is amazing and we had always a good time with them! Without the Animation Team the Hotel would be just average. They are really the light of this Hotel! We would just kindly suggest that during the activities they ensure that there is always someone that speaks portuguese (a few times it was only spoken italian - nothing against the language, it is a beautiful language, but sometimes was hard to understand everything and follow the instructions, thus fully enjoy the activities). Apart of portuguese, I would also suggest to be spoken english considering it is the universal language and more people would understand and engage in the activities. Apart of that we highly praise the animation team and their activities throughout the day & night. The Spa was good however they only give 45min slots which was not sufficient to try everything at the water circuit (we suggest the time to be increased to 1h and/or reduce the number of people per slot). Note: You will need a swim cap, otherwise you will pay 4 euros for one. The Hotel surroundings are beautiful with well kept gardens. Overall: Nice Hotel that wins for its beachfront location, Staff and Animation Team!

First of all, in almost 20 years of traveling around the world we have NEVER eaten so well as in the ”suites” restaurant.. and even in Italy, it is difficult to find a restaurant where you can eat at this level! Hold onto this chef! (P.s.: we had a package that allowed us to ALWAYS eat there, I recommend you request it, the same package offers you free umbrella and sunbeds otherwise you have to pay). Then, 5-star ”suites” staff, and even more... ALL... reception, lounge, bar, ALL extraordinarily kind and available ”all-round” in satisfying any need! The beach is BEAUTIFUL, immense and beautiful! The island of Porto Santo is equally beautiful, in its own small way, I recommend you go around it, either by renting a car (you can rent it directly here), or by taxi (it costs a few €), there are really fantastic places where you can take beautiful photos ( landscape similar to the Canary Islands). As for the rooms... they are not really ”suites”.. some rooms do not have a bidet, the tubs have curtains, plugs without any support on which to place perhaps a phone to charge or something else (not even in the bathroom), dimensions ok for couples but not much for families (if you have 2 children I find it tough...), in short, for being a new building as they say, they could ”do” something more... The gym on the beach needs fixing... Very nice Thalasso therapy. In the ”central” building of Vila Baleira you have entertainment, 4 padel courts, and self-service restaurants (in the ”suites” you are served by waiters) Thanks to Pietro from ”futura” and ALL the staff! Special thanks to Mariana, lounge & bar, truly HIGH level!

The hotel is nice, it’s a good 4-star hotel which delivers what it promises. The rooms: The rooms are not luxurious, but spacious, comfortable and clean. They offered an array of pillows which will probably suit most guests. The extra beds could deal with an upgrade. For our 3-year old, it was fine, but for older children they might not find it too comfortable. The bathrooms: They were spacious and recently refurbished. The shower toiletries could use an upgrade (only a 2in1 shampoo/shower gel offered. Hand soap was fine. The beach bar: Decent array of food offered, good quality and great service. Prices were ok for a hotel. There are a couple of other options in the beach really close by too. Swimming pool: Very nice, with a large shallow area which suited both adults and children. The water is not heated, so it’s a bit chilly if it’s not warm outside. Plenty of sunbeds available and a beautiful view of the garden and the dunes. There’s mini golf and table tennis available, which was nice. Staff was friendly and helped us by booking taxis and recommending restaurants. Location: The hotel is very well located in our opinion. 1.5km away from the village centre, so far enough to be quiet, but close enough to allow us to walk there everyday to visit the children’s playground, try new restaurants or just enjoy the stroll. There’s a small supermarket, bakery and a few restaurants 5-7 min walking distance on the other direction. We even walked to the horse centre (35min), which is in the opposite side of town. We did not try the on-site restaurant nor the spa/indoor swimming pool. We have heard there’s a charge to use the indoor swimming pool, which is not very nice, but we didn’t check it ourselves.

The Hotel is very close to the beach, our room was very nice, with a balcony and everything. Everything appeared to be clean and tidy. We liked it very much, we recommend it and we will be back.