Royal Savoy

“Perfect Retreat in the Sunshine”

Consistently the best place to stay with the majority of guest being returnees. Great location and facilities with all rooms having an ocean view, but it is the staff who are their biggest asset: always welcoming and professional. We will be back soon!

“Home from home hotel in great location”

3rd visit this year to this wonderful hotel. Great location with good access to the sea and not far to walk to Funchal. Staff are excellent, friendly and very helpful. Although some may say the hotel itself is tired, I just find it homely and comfortable. Home from home. This visit was with a you… more

3rd visit this year to this wonderful hotel. Great location with good access to the sea and not far to walk to Funchal. Staff are excellent, friendly and very helpful. Although some may say the hotel itself is tired, I just find it homely and comfortable. Home from home. This visit was with a young family, the hotel arrange all that we needed, a cot, high chair and the bed linen we wanted for the baby. One of our group has a severe gluten allergy. The hotel choice for her was really good and when we had the Asian buffet the chef showed her every food that was gluten free. The chef even came back a second time when we couldn’t remember which of the sweets were gluten free! Plenty of gluten free items for breakfast. Food has always been good, but this year it feels to have got even better. Prices have increased, but haven’t they everywhere.

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“Very nice hotel but ………..”

Two weeks ago we visited Royal Savoy. We were there for a week. POSITIVES: This is nice hotel, good location, good food and attentive and polite staff. We had junior ground floor room. A bit tired but it was fine. We traveled with Jet2. They had told the hotel about our wedding anniversary. To our … more

Two weeks ago we visited Royal Savoy. We were there for a week. POSITIVES: This is nice hotel, good location, good food and attentive and polite staff. We had junior ground floor room. A bit tired but it was fine. We traveled with Jet2. They had told the hotel about our wedding anniversary. To our surprise we received a bottle bubbly in the room with the compliments of the hotel. This was organised by one the mangers called Costa ( really nice chap). We had a glass each but since it was dinner time, we took it to the restaurant. But one of restaurant manager called Chefe Luis ( see the photo) would not allow us to take it to our table. Even though I explained it was given by the hotel. He would not have. So he ruined our nice. So I told them to put it in the bin. Next day I told Costa, he told it is company policy that you can’t take drink from our area of the hotel to another. But said under the circumstances he should allowed us. And sincerely apologised. NEGATIVES: This hotel operates a timeshare. Over 80% of their clients having been coming for over 10 years. The problem isn’t that. The problem is the most of our guests are very old. You hardly see any young couples. And their night live entertainment are geared towards them. If that doesn’t bother you, you should be fine. Even though we are in late 60s, we still like a bit lively hotel. Funchal itself hasn’t much to offer. And there isn’t much in the surrounding areas ( within an reasonable distance). We would never go back to this resort.

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“Good location and rooms, if a little dated”

The hotel probably has the best compromise location in Funchal. Wonderful ocean views (directly over the sea by the poor area) and not too far to walk down town, unlike Reid’s etc which are a decent distance further uphill. The view from the ocean suite rooms is great, over the grounds, pool and ga… more

The hotel probably has the best compromise location in Funchal. Wonderful ocean views (directly over the sea by the poor area) and not too far to walk down town, unlike Reid’s etc which are a decent distance further uphill. The view from the ocean suite rooms is great, over the grounds, pool and gardens, Reids on the horizon and the ocean stretching into the distance. The rooms themselves are spacious, well fitted out with what you need, clean, well serviced and with nice balconies. They are however a bit stuck in the 1990s decor wise, as is the whole hotel. Can’t comment on the restaurants as we ate downtown, but the breakfasts were excellent. The outside pool area is very good, with lots of tucked away sitting areas and plentiful sun beds. The indoor pool and sauna/steam is a nice addition as well. Wi Fi is quick and free. People have mentioned timeshares and yes, there are seemingly a lot of long term, repeat guests (we saw a storage room full of curver boxes of food etc) but it doesn’t really impact anything. There are sales folk around, but they are unobtrusive and don’t approach you at all. The age profile is quite “mature” and it is also very heavily British so be aware. For us, it was a nice week long break in the sun, with a good, comfortable room, close to the good restaurants and sights in Funchal.

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