The Pestana Promenade Ocean Resort Hotel
April 30, 2010Upscale, Oceanfront Lodging Directly on Madeira’s Coast
In April 2006, Pestana Hotels & Resorts launched sales at its latest resort, Pestana Promenade Hotel. Now, the Pestana Promenade is set to establish a new benchmark for vacation ownership resorts in Europe. Inaugurated in early 2009, this mix of 245 hotel units and deluxe apartments has beaten all demand records set by previous Pestana resorts.
The most striking feature of Pestana’s latest hotel is its prime oceanfront location set in the heart of Funchal’s tourist area offering easy access to the coastal promenade. All units enjoy full panoramic sea views.
An impressive list of resort facilities sets this property apart; amenities include a themed restaurant, lounge bar, pool bar, health club and relax area. A dominant feature of the resort is the expansive swimming pool with special water features set in landscaped gardens. The lagoon pool also allows for sunbathing on sunbeds in shallow sections.
Another feature of this property is the state of the art Spa facility which includes indoor pool with jet streams, treatment rooms, relax areas, gym, sauna, Jacuzzi and Turkish bath. This new hotel offers themed restaurants, bars and games room. Madeira International airport is just 23 kilometres away.
The resort provides easy access to the mile long promenade which has become a popular attraction for those enjoying a leisurely stroll along the scenic oceanfront. Centrally located close to the Lido in Funchal, and overlooking the ocean, the promenade walkway stretches for almost 2 miles and passes in front of the property; it has become the island’s equivalent to Venice Beach, minus the open air gyms!
Madeira
But while the emerald island of Madeira is only a three and a half hour flight from the UK, it couldn’t be further from Venice Beach. “The pearl of the Atlantic, the floating garden, the island of perennial spring’’ … few other islands can have inspired more poetic names than Madeira – and these expressions of adulation were coined not by tourist boards or marketing machines, but by literary writers who were among the first tourists to discover the island’s exceptional beauty. Unlike other destinations that have hurriedly been developed for tourism since the advent of charter flights, Madeira has a long tradition of playing host to discerning visitors. As early as the mid-nineteenth century, the noble and the wealthy from Britain and northern Europe would flee winters and enjoy the life of luxury in the grand hotels and manor houses of capital city Funchal. As a result, some of Europe’s finest hotels can be found on the island, together with a wide selection of excellent restaurants.
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