Hotel Zone (Lido)

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Hotel Zone and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Madeira wine tasting8 min taxi2.6 km
• Mercado dos Lavradores9 min taxi3.0 km
• The old town & its painted doors10 min taxi3.5 km
• The Monte cable car11 min taxi3.5 km
• Monte Palace Tropical Garden14 min taxi4.8 km
• Cabo Girão skywalk18 min taxi5.9 km
• A levada walk33 min taxi11.0 km
• Pico do Arieiro33 min taxi11.0 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 10.The Lido promenade & ocean pools — Madeira does its swimming in style — natural and built ocean pools and bathing complexes along the Lido seafront, with a scenic promenade to stroll and sunbathe. Since sandy beaches are scarce, this is how Funchal takes to the water; go for a saltwater swim with the waves crashing beyond the wall.
• 11.Câmara de Lobos — A postcard fishing village just west of Funchal — a huddle of colourful boats in a rocky bay, ramshackle bars, and the spot Winston Churchill came to paint. Come for the harbour views, a glass of poncha with the fishermen, and the black scabbard fish fresh off the boats; pretty and delightfully unpolished.
• 15.Praia Formosa — Funchal's main beach, just west of the centre — a long stretch of black volcanic pebbles and sand with calm swimming, sea-water pools and beach bars. Not a Caribbean idyll, but a proper (if stony) swim close to the city; for golden sand, you'll need the ferry to Porto Santo.