Integrated in the Vila Porto Mare resort, The Residence hotel is recognized for its high –quality service and ideal for long stays.
For walking visitors, a staircase can simply be regarded as a mere architectural detail providing a quicker way to get to one point. But for those who need the support of a wheel-chair or are pushing a baby pram, a staircase can be an enormous obstacle. At the Vila Porto Mare resort, this is not necessarily so. Walking up or down a staircase is merely an option, as alternative choices are a must.
These features, apparently none other than small details, convey the unique vision of the Porto Bay Hotel Group. At the Vila Porto Mare that vision comprises details, plenty of details which collectively guarantee guest comfort and a holiday spirit. Amongst all of its attributes, The Residence Hotel enjoys worldly recognition due to high quality standards, object of several awards and distinctions. The hotel is, according to TripAdvisor, amongst the 25 best hotels in Europe and highly appraised by many.
Upon trying to understand the reason for these preferences, one can say that The Residence gathers the best of both worlds. On the one hand, it is a small unit of 99 studios and T1 and T2 apartments. On the other, it benefits from all of the Vila Porto Mare resort facilities with swimming pools and over 13 thousand square metres of luxurious gardens with over 500 different types of plants, designed by English landscaper Gerald Luckhurst.
Comfort is another hotel must. Accommodation units are ample, beds are comfortable and the overall space is ideal for long stays and suitable for families. The kitchenette guarantees basic food requirements such as preparing a meal for a baby or even a family. Living rooms as well as bathrooms are ample spaces and standard verandas, in most apartments, feature a stunning sea view whilst others provide direct access to the vast lawn and solarium area of the resort.
The Residence enjoys a faithful clientele partly explained due to its time-share oriented nature. Most of these clients are not time-share owners but simply hotel guests who enjoyed their experience and wished to return. The hotel also enjoys a high occupancy rate as well as long-term visitors. Such circumstances are obvious reasons to greatly please any hotel owner. All interested or future guests can stay at The Residence and benefit, for example, from a two-minute walk to the main swimming-pool area of the resort.
Although the vast solarium is shared by guests from the three hotels which form the Vila Porto Mare (The Residence, Porto Mare and Éden Mar), a tranquil environment is clearly to be enjoyed. Those who wish for an even quieter setting can enjoy the peacefulness of the garden and even lounge on the available sun beds as though in the comfort of your own backyard. Hotel services include several options: four restaurants, six bars, ice-cream parlour, five swimming pools, a SPA, sports grounds and child-friendly areas. Although services are common to the resort hotels, each one preserves its own identity and offers reception desk assistance.
The available restaurants offer several breakfast options and a buffet dinner at the Atlântida restaurant, overlooking the pool area. Themed options include the Med, the best kept secret of the Vila Porto Mare. This high quality Mediterranean restaurant, located at the heart of the resort, offers a varied menu featuring creative dishes. Also following this Mediterranean concept is the Il Basilico Italian restaurant, sited on the main promenade of the city and regarded as one of the best of its kind on the island.
Vila Porto Mare is not quite a seaside resort as the vast adjacent promenade park separates it from the Island shores of Madeira. Nonetheless, hotel guests can pleasantly enjoy the stunning ocean view from their veranda or even the solarium area as the hotel design was specifically thought out to harmoniously blend in with the sea landscape. Another advantageous feature of this hotel choice is the calm and peaceful environment, away from the city commotion. It´s due to details such as these that Vila Porto Mare Resort bears a strong identity reinforced by an efficient and exemplary service of a well set up structure designed to meet customer’s needs.
Once past hotel doors, a true relaxing environment awaits you.
