Madeira - Hotels

Featured Accommodation

Porto Moniz Youth Hostel - 10th June 2010

If you are looking for cheap accommodation, then there is an excellent Youth Hostel in Porto Moniz.

Offering beds for just 6 to 10 euro per person, per night, this surely has to be one of the most economical ways to stay on the north coast of Madeira.

The accommodation is basic, but clean and offers its guest a number of shared facilities.

Conveniently located part-way up the surrounding hillside, the hostel is within a kilometre of all the main facilities and tourist attractions of the Porto Moniz.

And, just 10 minutes walk away are the famous natural, volcanic, sea-water, lava rock pools - just right for those hot long summer days!

Reservations can be made in person in Funchal or online more. . .

Madeira Features

Climate

Madeira Island has a number of micro climates.

The south coast is predominantly warm and sunny.

Venture just a little inland and the higher altitude means that the temperature cools rapidly - especially during the winter months.

To reach the central plateau and inland mountainous region, you often need to travel along roads shrouded in clouds.

The north coast is usually cooler and wetter than the south coast.

Passeio Publico do Lido

If your staying in the hotel district of Funchal, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting a restaurant for your evening meal.

After you have dined though, what better way to end the perfect day than to take a gentle stroll in the public park that lies adjacent to the nearby Lido.

Many people do not venture down the short hill to the seafront - and they are surely missing out.

Just set back from the coast is the lovely Passeio Publico do Lido.

Many locals can be found in this park as the hot sun of the day wanes. Surely, there can be no better way to end your day than to watch the fading glow of the setting sun over the Atlantic from this oasis set apart from the tangle of hotels.