Dorisol Buganvilia Hotel
Funchal self-catering property with a tennis court
Funchal
This Funchal property is located near Madeira Stadium and Barreiros Stadium. Additional nearby points of interest include Botanical Garden.
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Recreational amenities at Dorisol Buganvilia Hotel include a tennis court, an indoor pool, and an outdoor pool. Other amenities include a restaurant, a spa tub, and a health club.
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Guestrooms have balconies, satellite television, and direct-dial phones; rooms also include refrigerators, cookware/dishes/utensils, and bidets.
More room informationHotel review summary of Dorisol Buganvilia Hotel, Funchal Hotel
| Overall satisfaction | 100% of travellers (13 of 13) recommend this hotel | ||||
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| Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | ||
| 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| Scores are based on a 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) rating system. | |||||
Most recent reviews and ratings for Dorisol Buganvilia Hotel in Funchal
All reviews displayed are submitted by customers who stayed at this hotel. Only the 3 most recent reviews are shown.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Great facilities, good location!
The rooms were simple but had everything needed. Buffet breakfast was plentiful and there was a good selection. Staff were friendly. An added bonus was the use of the facilities of the other 2 hotels. The indoor pool complex proved invaluable on wet days. Need to be prepared to walk up hills - but this is true of all Madeira. A great hoilday.
Traveller's tip on dining
Walk towards town , at the beginning of the Rua D’Infante the restraunt Pra a Picanha serves the best Pichanha ~(thinly sliced rump steak) that we have had outside Brazil. A must for all meat lovers, a set price brings you a continuous stream of freshly cooked thinly sliced meat. Served with the traditional rice and beans - great!
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Good value for money
The Buganvilia Hotel is one of three hotels built on an extremeley steep hill - steep even for Funchal! But it is the lowest of the three - a distinct advantage. The rooms have been newly refurbished and have 2 twin beds, and certainly on the higher floors a fairly good sea view from the balcony. The rooms have a small kitchenette with a full size fridge and microwave oven. The hotel’s bedrooms are not airconditioned though, and we found our rooms very hot, 25 degrees at night, even with the balcony doors open. The hotel includes a continental breakfast with hot eggs and something else hot. One of the advantages of this hotel is that it is fairly quiet, if that is what you want: the other two hotels on the site providing evening entertainment. The facilities of all the hotels are availbale to all residents, including an indoor swimming pool. Another advantage of staying here is the free courtesy coach that goes into and back from Funchal centre about 6 times a day. There are also local buses. There is a good supermarket about 400 metres downhill - but this does mean that the treck back to the hotel with baskets of bottles and cans is a bit of a nightmare! But there is a small shop near the reception area in the hotel, where necessities of life like tonic water can be bought! All in all an excellent hotel for the price and I would certainly stay here again if I re-visited Madeira.
Traveller's tip on dining
Because of Portugal’s colonial past, there are many restaurants offering really good Chinese and Indian food near the hotel. We found these to be excellent. Almost opposite the hotel is an open air restaurant and bar offering really good Madeiran food, both meat and fish. We would suggest eating outside the hotel in the evenings, and we found no real need to journey back into Funchal.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Cant wait to go back
This hotel is in the hotel strip (along with several restaurants),it is avery comfortable hotel with easy access to Funchal town either by the courtsey bus from the hotel or on the local buses The staff are extremley friendly and helpful.The hotel is clean and decorated very simply, it doesnt have air conditioning but still does not get too hot. The hotel is ideally situated for access to all of the restaurants and the lido being within walking distance
Traveller's tip on saving a few bucks
Buy a bus card from local shops cheaper than buying on board
