Core Holidays
Pestana Casino Park Ocean & Spa Hotel, Funchal

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Price by departure month

Per person, 7 nights, 2 adults — cheapest of ten UK airports. Going in Dec 26 instead of Aug 27 saves £580 per person (54%).
£350£550£750£950£1,150SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFeb

Dec 26 in Madeira averages a daily high of 18°C with about 11 wet days — £27 per °C, per person.

Leaving soon

Imminent departures we currently hold for this hotel.
2026-08-24 · 7 nights · Glasgow Intl£786 pp
2026-08-17 · 7 nights · Glasgow Intl£798 pp
2026-08-28 · 7 nights · Bristol£799 pp
2026-09-12 · 7 nights · London Stansted£853 pp

School holidays & term time

Fixed weeks, re-priced every capture.
depart-7d£798 · 17 Aug 26
depart-14d£786 · 24 Aug 26
depart-21d£799 · 28 Aug 26
depart-35d£853 · 12 Sept 26

What guests actually say

From 25 recent reviews · 80% of them mention the food
Location 4.7Sleep Quality 4.2Rooms 4.1Service 4.3Value 4.1Cleanliness 4.4
Food. 20 of 25 reviews mention it — 8 positive, 2 critical.
  • “Dinner at roughly €39 a head excluding drinks is expensive for buffet food when far better value restaurants are on the doorstep.”
  • “The only gripe we had was at a breakfast time from 9 am onwards the Sun shown through onto the cold meats and cheese section of the buffet.”
  • “I know it sounds a bit picky but that’s how food poisoning starts.”
  • “Breakfast was excellent with huge choice and the pool areas, pool staff etc is fab.”

Counted by keyword across review sentences — a rough guide, not a sentiment score.

2/5Superb location badly let down by a tired hotel and indifferent service1 Aug 26

I wanted to love this hotel. The position is hard to beat, minutes from Funchal old town, the marina and dozens of restaurants, with great views. Unfortunately almost everything else has let us down on what is a ten night family holiday. Noise is the worst of it. From 6am the doors along the corridor slam so hard it may as well be inside …

4/5Overall and enjoyable stay1 Jun 26

We booked with Jet2 and had an early morning flight to Madeira only to find when we arrived at the hotel we could not access theroom until 3 pm. The room was fine but definitely not five star as on the board outside the main entrance jet to rated it a I would’ve said a 3 to be honest we had a very enjoyable stay. The only gripe we had wa…

5/5Cleaning1 Jul 26

Amazing cleaning first floor Hotel rooftop very good

4/5Ok but not the best1 Jul 26

Such mixed feelings. The staff at the pool areas including the bars and waiting staff were very helpful and cheerful, great customer service. The reception staff need some serious customer service training but it’s not enough to ruin our holiday as we didn’t have to interact with them much. Breakfast was excellent with huge choice and th…

2/5Very disappointed1 Jul 26

Well where do I start , I am still on holiday at this hotel . 5star it isn’t , rude staff and not enough staff , shower is non existent the hotel needs an upgrade , the prices of food and drink are high but I wouldn’t mind that if you got 5 star treatment . Second day room not being cleaned before 4pm , no free fill up in fridge as told ,…