A Casa do Caseiro

Hospitable and good value. Very reasonably priced food and drink, welcoming polyglot (polyglotte?) patronne, enjoyable food and views over Funchal - and some peace and quiet. Everything we wanted after doing the cable car up the Monte, Botanic Gardens and toboggan run.

We had the best tomatoe soup and garlic bread of our stay in Madeira: homemade and served with a warm service! It's perfectly located on the way from the Gondola back down to the city and the terrace has a beautiful view.

The B&B is set in a lovely old building, very charming. Nice large rooms with high ceilings and old style furniture, with great views down to Funchal and nice gardens. It is possible to walk to the centre of funchal it takes about 20 mins but is a steep walk down it's not possible to walk back up,as it is just too tiring but you can get bus number 19. If you buy one of the cards you can load money onto it and each journey is about €1.30. Breakfast was minimal, I think more choice would have been better maybe some hot food, toast etc. Also the pool was quite dirty it had a lot of flies in it so that needed to be cleaned. There is a fabulous and really cheap restaurant called "MadCuba" 20 mins walk down which is a must do!