Access to Funchal itself is very easy by bus or taxi.

A lovely hotel in an excellent location, with shops, restaurants  and buses available close by

The hotel is an easy bus ride to Funchal main area.

Handy location right next to the many outside restaurants/bars and right next to the bus stops including hop on hop off, only a ten min ride into the city centre with lots of great eateries, markets and shopping to be had.

There is a bus stop just outside the hotel and plenty of taxis.

The hotel is in a good location with easy access to the sea, local shops and a bus into Funchal.

There are several buses that stop at the top of the short sharp hill that go the the city centre.

Good transport links with bus stops right outside the hotel and lots of taxis available.

I used the bus stop straight outside Porto Mare very handy!

We also used the hop on/hop off bus to get around.Lovely stay.

Very close to a bus stop, taxi rank and supermarket.

Nice varied pool areas, good position near the lido and a 30 min walk to Funchal (or 5 minute direct bus).

Excellent bus service into Funchal centre - giro bus card is an excellent way to travel.

Excellent hotel good facilities and location with local bus's numbers 1 and 2 running to Funchal close by for 2 euros.

but the buses stop just outside and are very cheap.

We enjoyed walk into Funchal and either taxi or bus back to hotel.

Excellent hotel and location, only 5-10 mins by bus or 30-40 walk to Funchal centre.

The hotel is about 30 minutes stroll from Funchal centre and there are plenty of buses if you don’t want to walk, 1.35 euro per trip.

The hotel has a great seafront location and Funchal is only a 30 min walk or 10 min bus away.

The hotel complex has everything you need, places to eat locally (Try Chefe Steak House and Sea Basket near the Pingo Supermarket) and bus stops outside for trips in Funchal.

The complex was lovely and there was always plenty of available seating by the pools.

There were also 2 pool bars at either end of the complex.

There is a very good  Pingo Doce supermarket in the shopping mall that is "underneath" the hotel complex, and a fabulous ice cream shop (Venezia) on the promenade 5 mins walk away.

Excellent Hotel complex with lovely suite rooms with separate bedroom, living room and galley kitchen with microwave, fridge and hob.

Spent a wonderful week within the Eden Mar Complex.

This is a fantastic hotel complex in a wonderful setting.

The staff are excellent and the whole complex is exceptionally clean.

The pool complex was excellent, with options for sitting in the sun or shade.

There was an extensive breakfast buffet in the PortoBay Hotel in the complex.

There is a Pingo Doce supermarket under the shopping centre at the hotel complex, at the far end of the site nearest the sea, better value than the Spar supermarkets.

Got lost more than once in the hotel complex as it is joined to 2 other accommodations.

A great complex of 3 hotels within walking distance of the centre of Funchal .

This hotel is one of three on the complex.

We recognised many return visitors from three years ago, which is testament to the popularity of the Porto Bay hotel complex.

As I have said in previous reviews, the main asset to this hotel and resort complex is the seemingly unchanging staff, excellent throughout.

Free parking for about 50 cars outside the hotel itself, with access to more around the hotel complex.

We stayed at Eden Mar one of the Portobay hotels alongside Portobay and The Residence and so were able to enjoy the most beautiful landscaped gardens and pools, restaurants and facilities of all.

The gardens are large enough for you to wander and enjoy their orchid garden and the variety of sub-tropical plants or simply to relax on a sun-lounger or enjoy the many viewpoints out to sea.

The accommodation,food and facilities were greatbavd the customer service was outstanding first class 
The pools and gardens are delightful one is heated and goes inside where there are two inside pools.

Beautiful pools, gardens, bars etc.Have stayed at many hotels on Madeira

.the breakfast was excellent, the pools and garden areas immaculate and the Happy hour a great place for a swift one or two before eating out at one of the numerous local restaurants.

It's like relaxing in the botanical gardens with a pool to keep dipping into.

Breakfast at Alfama is always lovely, delicious food in a peaceful setting around the gardens, a great way to start your day.

The gardens were well maintained and the promenade was just beyond them for an evening stroll.

We love the gardens, the plants, and sheer size of the gardens which are lovely to walk through.

Great swimming pools & gardens, very well kept.

The pools were lovely and clean, and the gardens were beautiful.

The gardens, grounds and pools are just beautiful and well kept.

but also has beautiful surroundings (including the gardens below) and an incredible sea view.

It's set with a well maintained gardens, which it shares with 2 other hotels that are part of the PortoBay Group overlooking the sea.

Two TV’s (with no English speaking channels)
Spacious balcony with sea and garden view
(No iron / ironing board

Amazing gardens to walk around along with the pool areas.

Great hotel,fantastic location,lovely restaurants and bars on your doorstep,all relaxed and peaceful.hotel rooms are of a good size,good sized bathroom,separate toilet.lots of storage for everything you bring.large beds and large private balconies.pool are and gardens are beautiful and very peaceful with plenty of loungers to spare for all the guests.great breakfast sat outside in the lovely maintained gardens,a pleasure.we never tried any of the hotel restaurants as we always prefer B&B and eat and mix with the community outside,again a real pleasure,so many charming restaurants,great maderian food.

Superb gardens and pools areas, always plenty of sun beds available with bar service in all areas.

Our favourite spot being right near the herb garden not far from the main pool, occasionally getting a waft of sweet smelling herbs as you lay relaxing in the sun.

We loved the breakfast, there was something to do for everyone, from the pools, the gym, the play area….beautiful gardens and great gym.

Lovely rooms, we had a ground floor superior room.

The hotel grounds are stunning, trees and flowers everywhere, very well maintained and the sun loungers are dotted all around the grounds so you don't need to go to the pools if you would rather relax in the gardens, plenty of shaded areas too.

We’ve stayed at the Eden Mar many times, the grounds are stunning,  the staff are extremely attentive, the reception area is always helpful in particular Manuela.

The hotel and grounds are spotless and well-maintained.

The staff are great, the rooms are lovely and the grounds beautiful.

There was no problem to get four sun-beds together as the hotel grounds are very spacious.

The grounds and pools were great and there was never any noise or rowdiness, day or night.

The grounds and gardens are also so pretty.

You can use the facilities of the Porto Mare which is connected by the corridors, literally you just walk through the hotel or through the grounds and can use any of the swimming pools, bars and restaurants.

Great location and view of the grounds and ocean.

Outstanding pools, grounds and breakfast.

The grounds and gardens of the hotel were stunning, it was great to lie and relax in such beautiful surroundings.

Lovely hotel in beautiful tropical grounds.

A good quality hotel with beautiful grounds.

The grounds are amazing and well kept, really lovely surroundings and the pools were all clean and spacious.

We had a lovely suite, comfortable, spotless and with a super balcony overlooking the beautiful grounds and gardens.

The grounds are amazing: Thoughtful interesting planting, great views and excellent pools.

Travelling from Luxembourg we were able to avoid all that and could enjoy two weeks from 9 to 23 January.

The lunch at the pool bar was poor quality and expensive and the menu needs a revamp.

Air con poor, fridge was faulty as just filled with condensation instead of cooling.

One disappointment was the poor service at the bar area for happy hour at Oceana, only 1 waiter and with it being table service no other way to get a drink.

but got a poor response and no indication of the chances of an alternative.

After a shaky start, when we were diverted to Porto Santo due to poor visibility at Funchal airport, the weather was almost perfect for the remainder of our two week stay, with only the odd cloudy day and temperatures in the 20s, reaching 26C on a couple of days!

We received a poor welcome from a receptionist who was too busy talking to a colleague to even greet us.

The lighting in the bedroom area was poor with two dim wall lights and a light in the alcove/dressing table area, to actually see and find clothes in the wardrobe was a major task!

First impressions are poor as the entrance is down a side street with cheap bars and restaurants nearby

We thought that the entertainment was poor and amerturish and very little that was aimed at children.

The quality of towels in our room was poor this year, nearly every day one of our towels would be either threadbare or have  a hole in it.

The smell is obnoxious and added to the the rather poor attitude to customers we regrettably won't be staying there again.

The hotel interior in many hotels of Madeira in in poor maintenance condition,

I have seen many reviews commenting on the poor breakfast choice and at one time I may have agreed.

The Reps meeting with her lasted approx 1.30hrs and was informative and helpful so dont listen to any poor reports, yes some info we didnt need

While we were experiencing this cold food and poor service for a second time, we were informed by another holiday maker, that there was another much bigger and better restaurant that we should use in the sister hotel Porto Mar.

Loved our room with a lovely sunset view and a kitchenette that allowed us to cook some meals. I slept like a baby as the beds were comfortable and the blackout curtains kept out the morning " sun ! )

We had two superb meals in the Alfama restaurant and the buffet breakfasts had every single choice imaginable.

The staff were very helpful and friendly, the food was amazing, the weather was brilliant and Funchal was fantastic.

Guests have access to two buffet restaurants for breakfast; we only attended the smaller one in Eden Mar as it adequately met our needs.

You can ask for vegan dish, and they have it in all restaurants.

The staff are excellent, food is good and the rooms are very comfortable.

Particular mention needs to go to Mary Paulo in reception, Felipe in the Alfama restaurant, and Ella in the Portofino bar.

Just a wonderful place, friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, very comfortable rooms, excellent food in all the restaurants.

The restaurants were excellent for breakfast and buffet dinners.

There are lots of bars and restaurants around the hotel.

Lot's of great restaurants within a few hundred meters from the hotel.

There are several bars and restaurants all excellent food and lots of choice.

Our 14th visit to the hotel,great staff ,great food very clean and the attention to detail in pleasing the guests  is second to none.

This was important as there was a problem with the drains which meant there was a strong smell of sewers from the toilet room.

but the design of the balcony directed the  cigarette smoke from the room below directly into our room and balcony.

I guess  it must be the chemicals / salts they presumably put in.

but the bad drain smell outside the Eden Mar was horrible and put me off the Lido area,

though there was a slight smell of drains in our bathroom.

but nearby) was a strange experience though as due to mask wearing and the restrictions of two people in the lift at any time and the majority being couples or small families I 
never actually managed to meet or have a conversation with any other guests staying there.

Regular visitors of the hotel seemed to get better treatment by hotel staff who at times turned a blind eye to their smoking in the outdoor restaurants or made sure they were served first.

Smoking is allowed anywhere around the pool area and you might have to move if you don’t want passive smoke.

But worse was when they smoked, the smoke was on our balcony and if like us, you hate the smell of smoking it was a big downside.

though is that we are non-smokers and all of the patios appear to permit smoking.

although all the rooms are non smoking they do allow smoking on the balconies and if you are unlucky enough to have chain smokers next door or below as we were it was virtually impossible to enjoy our balcony so from that aspect we were disappointed.

The room we were given was old, tired and smelly.

One worrying issue was that people we met going out and became friends with had to move rooms because of a drain fault during the night thus feeling sick and headache, the guy was an ex services engineer and said during recent refurb they may have installed the toilet wrongly thus sewage gas leaking.

Any negatives yes sorry I have one,smoking around the hotel we are none smokers and find it anti social especially around the pool areas

Our room had an occasional smell of tobacco smoke.

but worth a short break but can be very noisy at night  with smokers on their balconies into the night and in summer we expect it might be more busy with families and younger children staying.

The only problem we had is on occasions strong smells from the drains in the bathroom

As should a stricter control of where smokers can puff away on cigars and cigarettes.

but the corridors to the bedrooms were dated and smelled musty, they reminded me of a 70s hotel in Whitby or Skegness.

You can smell it all the way down to the ocean.

Staff are consistently helpful, friendly and efficient as they always are and the new arrivals are an asset to the hotel.

The staff and service is second-to-none, absolutely outstanding on level.

Brilliant NY Eve, choice of different meal options and then transport (to and from) to see the firework display from the concourse of the local football team, views over mountains and harbour.

The staff in the restaurant and at reception were polite and the hotel was fairly clean.

The reception staff are excellent with room requests and are very welcoming on arrival.

The hotel is kept very clean in all areas, all the staff are efficient and friendly, it’s great to see so many still there from when we first visited.

An excellent place to stay, very well maintained with very friendly staff.

The location and surrounding is perfect for many activities, the service and personnel is nice.

The staff were unfailingly cheerful and helpful, and the facilities excellent.

Staff are fantastic, work extremely hard to ensure excellent customer service and succeed.

Staff everywhere were very helpful and friendly.

The staff are friendly, polite and helpful.

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The location was good and quiet, and really close to the metro so we could travel anywhere.

The hotel is nicely located near place d'Italie and several metro lines, and close to the rue du Moufetard and Pantheon neighbourhoods.

but easy to navigate by taxi, uber, or metro.

The hotel is right next to the metro station Place d'Italie.

but good metro connection and area feels like Paris still.

Good location, in a nice neighbourhood close to the metro.

Good location, near bus and metro station, nice neighborhood, comfortable rooms, free wifi and English speaking and nice staff.

Practically a stone's throw away from the metro in a quiet street.

Friendly staff, nice ambiente, very easy to reach by metro.

And also it's same to all around metros of Paris,

We had a fabulous time and the hotel was perfect, easy to get to from the airport and close to the metro.

Metro close by and easy access to the rest of the city.

although close to Place d'Italie and Metro.

The location nearby the metro 6 and 7 is perfect to reach all important sights.

Location is fabulous to explore Paris with Metro Station and Bus stop within 3min walk.

The area round the hotel was nice with plenty of places to eat and the Metro was very close by.

Good transportation options (bus, metro), close to Orly airport (20-30 minutes by taxi, Orly bus stop is also close by metro), and nice restaurants nearby.

Lovely stay in a very comfortable hotel which is well placed for the Metro.

Close to the metro (Place d'Italie) and in one of my favourite Paris neighbourhoods (not very touristic).

the hotel location is perfect, right outside the metro and has lots of restaurants to eat at nearby.

Overall a small boutique hotel 
Positives: 
Excellent location - very close to a shopping mall and a very busy metro station (with multiple metro lines).

Very convenient to be located very close to a main metro station.

though nearby metro station and many cafés.

but actually it's in a nice area that's a minute's walk from the metro station - the station is linked by three different lines, so you can quickly get anywhere you want to in Paris in no more than 30 mins.

Super clean and tidy,1 minute away from the metro station and private parking on foot,close to mall,supermarket,cafes,bakery and restaurants.

Especially the location close to restaurants and a big metro station was a plus!

There was always somebody to ask at the front desk and the metro station is just around the corner.

The hotel is 5' walking of the Metro Station and you have also several buses on the same avenue.

The hotel is great, rooms are nice and tidy and the hotel is based right next to 2 metro stations which allow access to explore the whole of Paris.

- Room is cozy
- Bed is comfortable
- Toilet is clean
- Staffs are helpful and accommodating
- Location is near to shops, restaurants, bus stations

**Guests will appreciate it more if it includes free breakfast. =)

Plenty of restaurants and shops nearby, also the metro station is within 5 minutes or less from the hotel.

Luckily the reception told us of another metro (15 min walk) (olympiades) which took us to our stop (pyramides) near the lourve also the bigbus tour was exactly at this metro station which came in handy for sightseeing.

Several Metro stations are around the Hotel.

Right around the corner from a major metro station.

The location of this hotel is fantastic, just 5 minutes from the metro station with good connections to all places of interest in Paris and 15 minutes walk from the latin Quarter.

The metro station is a quick 5 minute walk.

The Place d'Italie metro station is close by and allows one to easily reach many of the main tourist attractions.

The room was really clean and cleaned daily and the staff was friendly and helpful.

The room was exceptionally clean, we checked and were very surprised about the cleanliness.

Hotel is clean and has authentic feel to it.

The room while small was clean and the best was very comfortable.

Overall very clean, nice rooms and wonderful staff.

but on par with the Best Western Paris Italie on Ave de Choicy), as was the writing desk but the room was reasonably clean and even came with a little balcony.

Thanks to professional staff and with clean and proper facility, we could enjoy our stay in Paris.

But it’s very clean and the stuff is friendly!

The hotel was very clean and the wifi was good.

This hotel is clean and well organised, while also having a cozy ambience.

+ Clean rooms
+ Stable WiFi
+ Good access to public transport
+ Several restaurants and shopping opportunities nearby
+ Very friendly and helpful reception
+ Calm during the nights

- Bathroom had a bit of smell

Nice hotel, clean and nice balcony, good localisation close to a big subway station, good connection and very nice welcome.

The room and bathroom were clean, the bed was comfortable.

The rooms sre extremely clean, lovely and the beds are lovely too.

Clean room with safe access in & out of hotel.

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The hotel had good access to the Metro and was a pleasant 20 min walk, via the botanic garden, to the River Seine shuttle boat.

Lovely garden to sit and have a drink and conversation while listening to the doves in the trees.

but near the Rue Moufftard market and Garden des Plantes.

Reasonable stroll to Latin quarter, Pantheon, and Luxembourg Garden.

I stayed for one night on a room with a single bed, the hotel location is really great Its near the metro train and from the hotel, if you want to walk for a few km you will reach the Pantheon and Le jardin du Luxembourg.

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