Quinta Bela Sao Tiago♡

Great location

8.0

Lovely hotel in a great location just minutes walk from the old town with its restaurants and bars. We booked a Garden View room and got almost a suite with 3 sitting areas plus a balcony. Absolutely huge. Breakfast was fine with plenty of choice although the cooked food could have been better We only dined in the restaurant once ( on a wet evening ) and it was OK but nothing special so we preferred to eat in the old town. It is a short steep slope back to the hotel but wherever you stay in Madeira is up a hill

A pretty hotel well located.

8.0

An attractive hotel with lovely antiques dotted around the public areas. The staff are lovely and always ready to help. From ocean view rooms and the hotels terrace there’s a brilliant view of the ocean and the cruise ships. The restaurant we initially found very good and indeed if you’re just there for a week it is, however we stayed for several weeks and the menu became repetitive and we began eating out. It’s very close, about 10 minutes walk to all the eateries in the old town, however this entails walking down a very steep incline, easy down but not on return. Anyone with a disability should beware. My partner has breathing difficulties so we started using taxis back, but several overcharged so we found that the number 40 bus stops outside the hotel and we used that with success. We had a lot of problems with the air conditioner, being winter the nights are chilly, the maintenance were unable to fix it as it just recurred and we were given a heater which took up the sparse power points. We asked for and got a kettle which came with coffee, tea and two mugs well presented on a tray which was nice. All in all we enjoyed our stay in this pretty hotel, however we don’t believe it is deserving of a fourth star.

You can do better

2.0

The location is brilliant and the grounds lovely, but you probably shouldn’t stay here. The Health Centre is nasty and nothing works. The breakfast is terrible- the worst coffee I have ever tasted. Some of the staff nice, others not, but all are a bit strange acting. The rooms are dated.

4 stars is a bit exaggerate

6.0

The lady at the reception (Ana) was friendly and polite, the rest of staff I could not see any smile on their faces. The room was clean, housekeeper was polite and friendly, really appreciate her work. The hotel I can imagine long time ago was a luxury hotel but in 2025 I think 4 stars it’s is a bit exaggerate. Our room was on the street side, a bit noisy. The mattress was very comfortable and pillows too. Breakfast was average, with bad coffee. (Nescafe) . The car park was free, was a bit difficult to park. Location was not too bad. Not far from old town

Great hotel

10.0

This is a great hotel with friendly staff. They have a good quality, smart restaurant and nice pool. Very nice rooms. Great hotel

Loud music from a local bar until 2am and no Aircon

2.0

Loud music from a local bar until 2am and no Aircon. Every Friday and Saturday night a local bar has loud dance music but because the hotel turns the Aircon off at night, you'll overheat if you shut the windows. In fact, the hotel will switch the aircon off during the day to unless you complain, literally every day. If you value sleep and a cool night, go somewhere else.