Name: Vila Ventura Apartment Hotel
Address: Caminho Cais Da Oliveira, Canico, Canico, Canico, 9125-028, Portugal
Rating: 9

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Garden

Terrace

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Safe-deposit box

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Breakfast

Restaurant

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet access

Internet

Car rental

Transfer

German

English

Multi-language staff

Portuguese

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Free parking

Free parking nearby

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

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First Aid Kit

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Pets Not Allowed

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Reis Magos Beach

Madeira Airport

Vila Ventura Apartment Hotel

Canico

Quiet location and quite remote. Definitely need a car to explore this area and beyond. Hotel is clean and tidy with regular daily cleaning service. Reception staff are polite, friendly and very helpful. Hotel grounds are very limited with no outside public areas or gardens. Canico is not the most attractive place with lots of concrete, even around the beach front. Parking is very sparse around the roads . Rooms are generally a good size, with good balconies, . Just as well with the lack of green and public green spaces. Doesn’t really match Funchal as a holiday location. Attractions locally and walks are very limited. Only so many times you can walk along the concrete sea front.
 Canico de Baixo  itself is quite uninteresting and doesn’t really have a heart. There is nowhere you could actually call the hub or centre which is quite disappointing. 
WiFi was very poor throughout my stay which was quite frustrating as the TV only showed 8 German, french and Portuguese channels and NO English channels (not sure why!?). This wouldn’t usually be an issue, however with such limited things todo during the evenings, it would have been helpful to have at least something to watch. This hotel would be nice for a few days relaxation, but for a week or more, it doesn’t really have enough to keep you interested. Overall I enjoyed the time here, but wouldn’t do a return visit to Canico.

Nice hotel in a lacklustre location

We stayed for 4'weeks over Xmas and New Year. The staff were all excellent especially the receptionists. Our return flight was cancelled and they all helped us with forms and getting a covid test. The rooms and bathrooms were spotless. We had two rooms with breakfast included. Each room had a small kitchen so we cooked sometimes and ate in the restaurant on other occasions. I had asked for a heater in the room before arriving and it was provided. I also borrowed an iron and ironing board.The restaurant had a limited menu but the food was very good with reasonable prices. I loved the complementary sangria offered at mealtimes. The location was peaceful and their prices more than fair for what you get.

Despite covid restrictions we had a lovely holiday.

The place looks cozy, better than all the bright-light restaurants. The food was not bad, but the service is crap! Waiters that place food on your table on their way to another table, no single friendly word. We didn’t feel welcome! This is the first time in my life I didn’t leave a tip. 

Not so friendly

We stayed from March into Easter (April) 2018 and loved it. We did not want to go home. The restaurant is in a lovely outdoor setting with good service. Fantastic barbecue and oven. Our room (no 10 ) had a spacious terrace looking out with glimpses of the sea and a steakhouse across the road which also has a dramatic outside area on the cliffs. Room spotless, linen changed every day if wanted. Bus stop around the corner with a great service connecting all of the Island. More bars/restaurants and small shops 5 minute walk away. Ideal , peaceful base. Lovely bar person in Josie, so helpful. Thank you xx

From cleaners to management, brilliant people

A word of warning if you have any walking difficulties, Canico my not be the best place for you as everywhere is either uphill or downhill
My review is based on a week at the Vila Ventura for end of August into September.
The accommodation is self catering ,although there is a restaurant on the premises, We had Room 11 on the ground floor , the room was not huge but adequate for 2 people, a small kitchen area just in the door with 2 ring hob, fridge, microwave,sink and extractor hood, we asked for a toaster and kettle both were supplied immediately. There are 2 beside tables, a dining table and another side board type unit , good sized wardrobe and safe (charged extra for key 8 euros for week and 5 euro deposit),and  a smallish but adequate bathroom,my only small gripe about the Vila Ventura was the shower head was towards the corner of the wall and you could not change the angle. a terrace outside with 2 good comfortable chairs and a small table, then a bonus, a little bit of garden between the apartment and the boundary wall. There are plenty of greenery and palms there so we never felt over looked ( the garden is about 10 foot above pavement height). We had a reasonable view of the sea between a couple of buildings
 The Vila is spotlessly clean,all  the reception staff are really friendly and very helpful with anything you need i.e car hire , taxi or advice on where to visit. and speak excellent English.
The  Garden restaurant is up 3 short flights of stairs and is partailly covered, it has a nice relaxed atmosphere and the food is superb , especially the skewers.
Madeira is a very friendly, relaxed island probably better suited to the more mature traveller. 
Canico is a small town with everything you could need but limited on choice for shopping other than daily essentials, We found it an excellent base for getting out and about to see more of the island  The scenery is breathtaking in the mountains
We really enjoyed our stay and I can highly recommend The Vila Ventura ( would have given it 6 stars if I could)

7 nights end of August

The staff were friendly and spoke English. 
The evening meal was tasty and very reasonable. 
There is a lovely outdoor dinning area as well. Please note there are stairs to climb down to gain access to the outdoor dinning area.

Lovely food and ambiance

I enjoyed a beautiful week of active vacation in Madeira. Vila Ventura was the ideal launch pad. I felt welcome immediately. My room was spacious and very clean, the balcony was large. The kitchenette allowed me to cook a little something and to keep my lunch in the fridge. The personnel were always friendly and very helpful. My room had good WLAN. The only thing I was missing was a hairdryer.

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