Balancal Apartments and Villas Palheiro Village by Holiday Rental Madeira

Superbe appartement avec une vue a couper le souffle, une cuisine très fonctionnelle, deux SDB bien pratiques et tous les équipements nécessaires. Literie très confortable

Seul bémol le wifi non disponible dans les chambres

Prachtig uitzicht!! Mooie omgeving

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Very comfortable accommodation (spacious as well - we had three double bed rooms for the two of us though) Well appointed, quality fittings. Great to have bathtub as well as showers. Fantastic views over to Funchal and out into the Atlantic. Great restaurant at the Golf club at the top of the complex (but a steep hike). On a very steep hill (like a lot of Madeira), so good for running if you like a lot of exertion. Hot (luke-warm, actually) tub with our apartment, plus an outdoor swimming pool in the centre of the complex (cool temperature).

There is no shop on site. Like other contributors I would advise a hire car because the bus down into Funchal is only every 30 or 60 min (cheap though). Warning: we hired a car via Booking.com from MadeiraRent who had very dubious practices, such as adding my stored signature from another document onto the one showing where any damage on the car was - BEFORE I had the chance to inspect the car (which as it turned out had damage which was not listed on what I had "signed"). Despite that I would advise hiring, but from someone else; as usual watch out for dodgy practice. Missing instructions in the booklet on how to use: TV/cable, "DVD player", Aircon, Hot tub, underfloor heating. The DVD player could not be made to work by the helpful member of staff who visited (at our request) after a couple of days to demo the appliances, and although he said that he would bring a DVD player for us that never happened - never saw him again! Lowermost apartments may have significant road noise, we didn't though.

The location was great, just outside of Funchal and within easy driving distance of beauty spots and walks. The view from the balcony was spectacular and the apartment was mostly well equipped and clean.

The apartment is very close to a motorway and the road sound was very loud, it ruined the experience of sitting on the balcony - I think guests should be warned of this in advance. Some of the decor in the apartment and the towels/blankets were poor quality and considering the price of the apartment I was expecting better.