Porto Santo Hotels with Swimming Pools

We are about to leave after five nights at this iconic 60’s hotel. This is the first hotel in Porto Santo and the position is perfect on the most beautiful 9km golden sandy beach with aqua blue Atlantic Ocean. The staff and food at the hotel are 10/10., as is the beach bar. The beautifully built two story hotel has beautiful grounds and large windows and glass doors all around the main facade. Previous reviewers have mentioned lack of somewhere to rinse feet and swimwear,… there are showers by the pool and rinsing station at beach bar toilets. My two points of criticism are the standard of furnishing in the rooms. They have been refurbished cheaply, they are cleaned beautifully everyday by attentive staff. The infinity pool is a pleasure to swim in and a beautiful design, however the sun lounger cushions are in need of replacement or a steam clean. We would come back in a heartbeat. Porto Santo is a beautiful island of only 5000 inhabitants and safe and was easy to get around by bus and taxi.

The Hotel is very close to the beach, our room was very nice, with a balcony and everything. Everything appeared to be clean and tidy. We liked it very much, we recommend it and we will be back.

Good Hotel with very friendly and welcoming Staff. They offered us a free room upgrade to a suite that it was much appreciated. The suite was super spacious, with 2 separate bedrooms and 2x balconies with amazing sea views. We highly recommend booking a suite type of room (main building). The food is good and varied. However, some of the food was not identified especially at the Dunas Restaurant so it was difficult to understand what was it and contained (might be a problem for people with allergies/intolerances). Note: Majority of the food is bland and it will be required salt to be added separately if you like flavoured food. The drinks were okay, not much selection of cocktails unless if you go AI Plus. However, I would suggest to be served in reusable plastic cups like other Hotels instead of paper cups that stay all “mushy” after a while (still helps the planet considering it’s reusable). The Hotel has direct access to the beach (which is beautiful!) and has a beach bar (but not included for AI customers, only AI Plus). Also has sun lounges and parasols but needs to be paid extra. The Hotel has plenty of activities during the day & nice shows at night. The Animation Team is amazing and we had always a good time with them! Without the Animation Team the Hotel would be just average. They are really the light of this Hotel! We would just kindly suggest that during the activities they ensure that there is always someone that speaks portuguese (a few times it was only spoken italian - nothing against the language, it is a beautiful language, but sometimes was hard to understand everything and follow the instructions, thus fully enjoy the activities). Apart of portuguese, I would also suggest to be spoken english considering it is the universal language and more people would understand and engage in the activities. Apart of that we highly praise the animation team and their activities throughout the day & night. The Spa was good however they only give 45min slots which was not sufficient to try everything at the water circuit (we suggest the time to be increased to 1h and/or reduce the number of people per slot). Note: You will need a swim cap, otherwise you will pay 4 euros for one. The Hotel surroundings are beautiful with well kept gardens. Overall: Nice Hotel that wins for its beachfront location, Staff and Animation Team!

Villa Baleira Suites the Paradise on the Golden Island! Comfortable and fantastic location... very friendly, friendly and nice staff. Suites are comfortable, kitchen appetited. Daily cleaning is perfect and attentive. A varied and very tasty breakfast... lunch in the pool is composed of greyed (fish and meat) salted, vegetables and the table always has the option of frit or sweet. The dinners are divine and served with very refining, accompanied by the sympathy of the staff! Outer space careful, the swimming pool clean and treated daily. Congratulations Villa Baleira on its permanent improvement, in search of the state of perfection to offer customers an unforgettable experience of comfort, quality and tranquility! We have been customers for a few years and we are the witness of evolution