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Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel
Portugal, Europe
Funchal
Situated just 15 minutes from Funchal, the Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel is located perfectly for a tranquil and relaxing getaway to Madeira. Based within the Lido area, the Muthu Raga Madeira has easy access to the swimming pools as well as the sea and close to the local shopping area. Due to its high viewpoint, the hotel's main attraction is the outstanding views of the sea and surrounding area it offers to guests who are staying there.
The Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel is newly refurbished and offers a great range of facilities for guests to enjoy. The outdoor swimming pool overlooks the sea and surrounding areas. While those looking for a workout can take advantage of the hotel's treatment area.
Accommodation at the Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel:
One of the Muthu Raga Madeira's best attributes is its rooms. The contemporary styled rooms all have a furnished balcony with a table and two chairs, perfect for enjoying a relaxing drink in the evening.
All rooms are equipped with a flat screen TV, telephone, air-conditioning, mini-bar (filled on request and charged) and safe (charged). Land View rooms give an eyeshot of the hill behind the hotel while sea view rooms, which showcase the Atlantic Ocean and Lido promenade, are available at a supplement.
Facilities
- Restaurant
- Outdoor Swimming Pool
- Treatment rooms*
- Pool towels*
- Pool Bar
- Games room
- Table tennis
- FREE Wi-Fi
- Some facilities may incur an additional fee
- Please note a smart casual dress code applies in the hotel's dining areas. For dinner service gentlemen are not allowed to wear shorts/bermudas and ladies are not allowed to wear mini shorts/skirts. Beachwear and flip flops or sandals are also not allowed
Room Types
The Local Area
Situated just 15 minutes from Funchal, the newly refurbished Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel is located on the hillside in the Lido area, with easy access to the promenade, swimming pools and the sea. The hotel is close to a selection of shops, restaurants, cafés and bars. Due to its high viewpoint, the hotel offers outstanding views of the sea and surrounding area.
Tripadvisor Reviews
3.5 Very Good1,244 reviews
Excellent
20%
Very Good
38%
Average
24%
Poor
11%
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Excellent location for the ££
Just returned from a very comfortable week staying at The Raga. Beds very comfy, rooms are generally larger than average hotel. Staff polite and helpful. Excellent location - all the shops, Spar, PingoDolce, and lots of restaurants on the doorstep. Short picturesque stroll into Funchal central . Cleaning was ok - you need to remember this hotel is a little older. Would I book here again ? ….Yes because of the location and it’s keenly priced in comparison to other nearby hotels . 2 min walk to the seafront & has a decent pool .** Lots of steps up and down into the hotel ** Thank you
Great gem of a hotel
I have just returned from a weekend away at this hotel in Madeira, I travelled with my friend and we were highly impressed.
The location of the hotel is fantastic, quick walk to the lido, lots of restaurants nearby and also the supermarket is a 2 min walk away. There is a bus stop right by the hotel which will take you into the centre of Funchal, you need bus 1,2 or 4..There is also a taxi rank close by should you not want to get the bus. The bus only cost 2 euros each way(payable in cash only)
The hotel receptionist was fantastic, very friendly and ever so helpful...we also found the waiter/pool bar man Muhammed to be amazing he was very friendly and nothing was to much trouble. The staff at this hotel in general were lovely and this really made the stay so nice.
There are 2 ways in and out of the hotel the first way is by coming out of reception and up the hill then turn right and this will take you to some really lovely restaurants or you can go down to the pool and out the back via a few little steps, this then takes you out by a restaurant and to where the bus stop/taxi ranks are...lots of places to eat here to and you would go this way if wanting to visit the lido
The hotel has a luggage storage room so even if you arrive before check-in they have somewhere to store suitcases so you can go off and explore the local area just like we did. I noticed the hotel also had a booknook for people to leave old books behind which a great idea and I always love to see this when I go somewhere
The whole hotel was very clean and our room was fantastic it is deffo worth booking a seaview room as it was a delight to wake up to this view every morning, Was lovely to sit out on the balcony in the morning and see the sea and the cruise ships coming into the Island.. The maid who cleaned the room did a great job and it was always nice and tidy when we came back.
The hotel has 2 lifts so no walking up and down lots of stairs
Madeira as a whole is very hilly so would not recommend for anyone with walking difficulties - we knew this already and didn't mind the hills
Food and drink at the hotel is very reasonably priced and we often bought drinks here along with a little snack in the day.
We stayed bed & breakfast and found a good selection of food available from hot food, cereal, pastries and yogurts. They have drinks machines for the hot drinks and a nice selection of juices We also ate in the hotel on the our last evening (international night) and the food was delicious again a very good selection all hot and plenty of it. They have a different theme night every evening and post the menu in the lifts that day so you can see what is available.
If you are a smoker the hotel also has a cigarette vending machine which takes cash.
Overall we were extremely impressed and would stay here again if/when I next visit Madeira - this was our first time here and we were not disappointed
Review by love_t87 Calne, United Kingdom
Lovely Comfortable Hotel
This is a lovely if a little dated hotel but our price reflected this. Seaview room, v comfortable bed, simple bathroom and tv with english chanels. Clean, yes it could do with a spruce up but not overly so. Breakfast was top notch, always hot food with great choices and cold meats/cheese in abundance. loads of places to eat drink within a few mins walk and great supermarket down the road. recomended and would stay again.
Review by cl m Dublin, Ireland
Excellent experience
The location is excellent, the rooms were clean and comfortable, and the ocean views are beautiful. Breakfast was varied and fresh, and the pool area was very relaxing. What made our stay truly special was how the hotel accommodated our request to decorate the room for our son’s 9th birthday. The surprise was beautifully arranged and meant so much to our family. A special thank you to Vanessa at reception for her sustained effort and dedication in making everything perfect. Her professionalism and genuine care made a big difference.
Lack of customer support from hotel in extraordinary circumstances
Replying to Hotel Owner's response to my earlier post -
Sir/ma'm, It is not correct to mention that i have not reached out to your customer support team. from the time, i have received a message on my flight cancellation due to bad weather in Funchal, on 13th morning, i have immediately been in touch with your hotel customer support team multiple times via both email and on phone. Only response i have received is that hotel will not entertain any request for refund or date change. if needed, I'm happy to forward all the emails to you. My email exchanges was via the email ID - Reservations.cc2@muthuhotelsmgm.com. this email was given by your support team on the call. I have multiple times contacted your customer support team via phone as well. My email exchanges were till yesterday (16th Dec). i have forwarded the evidences of flight cancellation due to bad weather with your teams. i had requested to escalate to supervisors as well in the call, but, my request was declined. Appreciate, if you can help me by considering the situation and support me in refunding my hard earned money or possibly for a date change. It'll be really helpful to me. Looking for your positive response. Thanks!
Lack of customer support from hotel in extraordinary circumstances
I had booked in this hotel from Dec 13th to Dec 16th for a vacation in Funchal. Unfortunately our flights were cancelled due to bad weather in Funchal. As there are no alternative flights over the weekend, i had to cancel my trip. I had requested the hotel team multiple times to help me with either the refund or amendments to dates, so that i can rebook the vacation for another time. But, there has been no positive response till date. its very sad to lose your hard earned money, hotel team needs to give the benefit of the situation or circumstances under which the trip could not be progressed. Request the hotel to consider and provide an alternative.
Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel manager at Muthu Raga Madeira Hotel Thank you for your review that in nothing has to do with a stay at our htel, therefore very unfair even to comment on the team. However, we have indeed and very exceptrionally considering the circumstances, granted credits for the paid amounts as long as and as informed an email should be sent to the hotel with the request. Unfortunately, it seems we have not received any mail from tyou that our General masnager could have replied as he already did for others. Plerase kindly note that the hotel as the airline are not liable for outside circumstances, but we as always did, are here to help and assist in the best way. Thank you for your very kind review and evaluation on the hotel.
