Having read a recent review of the Porto Mare hotel, which is our favourite place to stay on Madeira, I felt I had to write about our experience whilst staying there at the beginning of October. Both my husband & myself suffered from food poisoning, which could only have been the result of eating breakfast at the hotel, as this... more

Had a wonderful weeks stay at porto mare . Staff very friendly and helpful ,food excellent ,rooms spacious ,spotlessly clean and comfortable, gardens stunning.We were very pleasantly surprised to come back, one day, to a bottle of cava on ice in our room.When I rang reception they told me it was their custom to do that if they saw from... more

This was our second visit and we were not disappointed.Revisiting somewhere can often be a let down but not with the Porto Mare. from arrival to departure is was all perfect. We booked a sea view room (2433) which gave us superb views of the gardens and ocean. We had a suite last year and that was a waste of... more

Beautiful location with a nice garden, good pools, friendly service! more

Having been moved to this hotel here from the Porto Satna Maria, because of building works adjacent to our rooms, we were pleased with every feature of our new accommodation. This actually came as no surprise to us having stayed exactly 12 months earlier at the Eden Mar next door. This hotel can not be faulted however my wife and... more

Fantastic hotel, huge rooms, great pools and spa, staff is friendly and breakfast is really good and everything is sparkling clean and brand new.. Make sure that you get a room facing the beautiful garden as the rooms overlooking the side street could be a bit noisy. Location is good, slam bang in the middle of the Lido area and... more

We went to Madeira knowing it would not be particularly lively but just wanted somewhere to relax and treat ourselves to some time off not doing a lot. We're in our 30's and needed somewhere with plenty of restaurants (didn't want half board). We looked at various hotels on tripadvisor and chose this one because of the balance between good... more

We stayed at the porto mare in august 09 we all found it to be very clean lovely pool area and very nice spacious rooms. Breakfast was really good lots to choose from and friendly staff. Only fault we had was when we got there the hotel receptionist told us the hotel was fully booked strange really considering we had... more

We stayed at the Porto Mare from the 14th September to 21st September 2009. The room 2101, we booked was a superior ocean view with terrace. On arrival the staff were really helpful and knowledgeable. Highlighting on the picture of the hotel where our room was. The view was brilliant overlooking the ocean and the pool area. We had a... more