Vila Gale Santa Cruz

The room was spacious and clean, the hotel exceeded my expectations. In May I did not see any children in the hotel, it was very quite. Breakfast was ok, but without fireworks. I had expected more fresh vegetables to do vegge salat, some feta or other white cheese, there was nothing except tomatoes. Here a huge disappointment. Spa centre small but nice. Hotel very close to the airport, 5min by taxi - cost 10EUR with tip, few lovely local restaurants (with fish with banana!) close to the hotel, the village small, very quite and relatively flat, comparing to Funchal. On weekend few performances in the village by the local singers and dancers. I loved this quite place.

We loved the view to the ocean, the proximity to the airport, the inddor swimming pool (the outdoor swimming pool looked great too, but it was too cold outside to use it). It was quite special to wake up to the sounds of the ocean. The breakfast is very good, with many options. We also liked Satna Cruz, which is a lovely small town. All in all, we recommended this hotel.

Location in proximity to the airport for us was very convenient as a transfer hotel, with an added bonus of great facilities (i.e. pool, exercise room). Staff were very helpful, breakfast buffet was really good. A small town of Santa Cruz around the hotel is quaint to visit. Liked the hotel's animation: enthusiastic trainer invited us to water aerobics in the pool, and that's just what we needed.

+ Surprisingly charming local town where we found some sweet little restaurants serving good local food ( in the square ). + Room was nicely lit and had everything we needed really + V close to airport ( 5 mins taxi. ) + Hotel helped us get the taxi v early in the morning and provided a breakfast box + Spa was quality, proper steam and sauna with a view! + Pool looked nice outside but too cold + Good large breakfast featuring everything you could imagine but not all great quality but overall fine

Our lovely sea facing room with balcony, helpful reception staff and a good location close to the village centre. We honestly had no idea what to expect after booking the room half an hour before checking in due to a cancelled late-evening flight at the end of our holiday. We were just glad to find a decent hotel that could take us, and we were very happy with what we found.