Sentido Galomar Adults only

Portugal , Madeira
CANIÇO, Ponte D'Oliveira, Apartado 12 - Ec, .
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46 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

17 Sep 2025

Joanne

This property is a beautiful place to come and relax near the ocean. The adults only portion is quiet and well maintained. No music played at the pool area, just the noise of the nearby sea. Breakfast was good and served at the scenic restaurant overlooking the water. The spa was beautiful and relaxing with views of the ocean from the Finish and Bio spa, with a Turkish bath also there. Yes, free hotel parking can be difficult to find as it is limited. Paid street parking was widely available for 0.40/hour 0800-1900. Our other complaint was that the pillows and sheets had a musty smell, as noted in other reviews. Not sure if it's how they dry the linens. Overall a beautiful property to relax at with good dining options within walking distance.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

29 Mar 2025

daphne

No parking in the resort, only 7 minutes away walking uphill, most uncomfortable with suitcases even if you dropped off the suitcases you would still need to walk the distance and pay.
I dislike separate beds in a couples room
Tough toilet paper
No shampoo conditioner supplied, only a kind of soap
1 small chocolate bar in the room, for 2.5 euros, not fun or enough
Receptionist quite unkind, makes no effort to be kind or friendly

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2024

Yafa

it is 12 min from airport. it is a perfect place to stay with oportunity of swimming in the sea, spa, good food and totally relaxing before going back.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2023

Lindsay

Great stay

This place was very clean, modern, and had a great breakfast. Very quiet and beautiful views. Definitely book a spa appointment ahead of your reservation, as they were al booked up while we were there and the prices were quite reasonable. Skip dinner in their restaurant - the food was just okay if not overcooked and there are delicious and affordable, local restaurants in the area. Great stay!

Partner

2/10

Poor

04 Aug 2022

Sehajit

It was a disaster of a stay yo say the least, the first night of our stay the A/C was not working to which the staff response was that they will try to get it addressed the next day, the following night we come back to a pitch dark hot room with no electricity.

Do not book this hotel

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2021

Alexandra

Couples vacation

It was a very pleasant stay. The hotel offers an array of services, like yoga classes, spa, etc..

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2021

Adele

Lovely setting, quiet area.

Lovely hotel with outstanding views. Beds were very comfortable and room well presented with balcony.
Breakfast was good, with outdoor seating overlooking the ocean.
But there is not much to do in the local area and it's a €20 taxi to Funchal, where there is everything.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2021

David

Chill by the sea

Great chill out spot overlooking the sea.

The hotel is great, and rooms and hotwl staff spot on. All bar one restaurant staff are great. It is a shame they don't lift the standard of the restaurant to match the hotel and its fantastic location

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2021

Verified traveler

Excellent resort. Modern, clean, well-appointed, with a friendly and knowledgeable staff who helped us with questions and tasks several times during our stay.

Rooms: we booked a sea-view double, which was very nice. One of the best set-ups of this class/price-level that we've experienced. Bathroom, especially, very well done.
A minor nit is that in our room the clothing storage shelving was butted right against the door. More towards room interior, or behind bed (as some pics show) would be more convenient.

We did have a chance to see a suite, which was of course better than the standard rooms. Unless planning to entertain in-room, though, would probably skip it.

Dining:
dinner - 4 stars, chef is thoughtful and creative, and did not over-load the portions, which we appreciated as we normally do not eat 4-course meals. Lots of local fish, and soups in particular were consistently great.

breakfast - 3 stars. The quality was fine, but variety definitely lacking. We were there 7 days, and it never varied at all.

Swim/Sun: disclaimer - this is early May...
Pools (2) are sea-water, so on the chillier side, but very refreshing. The ocean, likewise, you gotta be ready for it.
Sunning decks are pool/lounge all very nice.

\"Adults Only\" seems to be more of a marketing strategy, and not an enforced rule. In fact, the sign in front says \"adult-oriented\" or some such. There were a handful of guests with kids of varying ages down to infant, but in practice was not a problem at all.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Apr 2021

Flora

Adults only but with kids ...

This property is advertising adult only hotel but they were kids. Moreover the services provided like pools and gym where only upon booking, and it is open to all the residence and Airbnb around, and closing very early, pretending COVID restrictions, while other properties on the island adapted to keep busy guests after curfew...
Restaurant Atlantis has a nice view but food quality is ok for lunch snack, diner to avoid.
Overall poor value for money.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2020

Verified traveler

To visit again only after Covid

This is a lovely hotel with stunning views. Reception and house keeping staff are very friendly and efficient

Its a shame it is not walking distance from Funchal.

One of the best features is the stunning sea view saunas but these are effectively out of bounds with covid with a failed booking system that they don't tell you about in advance unless you read portuguese!

Breakfast has a stunning ocean backdrop and is normally ok, but has sadly always fallen short here, as does the food in general which you would expect to match the level of the hotel. Staff are like rabbits caught in car headlights and their insistance at a member of staff walking with you to serve you from the buffet a complete failure. Sadly they seem to have an attitude problem as well which has always been the case in Atlantis restaurant but is now considerably worse. A great shame and a serious let down for what is a magnificent property.

Visit Hotel Porto Mare to see how breakfast can be done in covid very efficiently and safer. Sadly Galomar really have failed here. Despite what appears as covid panic they fail to monitor at all if people are sanitising their hands. Its very simple let it run as it did before and have one person ensuring hands are sanitised, or move to table service.

It is a shame they have made the wrong decisions on how to deal with covid.

This is one of my favourite places to stay on the island and I will be back when it hopefully returns to the old standards after covid.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2025

Didier

Très bien situé face à l'océan, notre chambre bénéficiait d'un balcon avec vue imprenable..
Le calme certainement dû à notre présence en basse saison, nous a permis de savourer le statu \"adults only\" de l'établissement.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2025

Christoph

Das Zimmer hatte direkten Meerblick, allerdings hinter dem - eher kleinen - Meerwasser Pool.
Das Bett war hervorragend bequem. Die Einrichtung qualitativ einwandfrei. Der Stil etwas zwischen boutique und Ikea.
Die Wege im Hotel sind aufgrund der Steilküste etwas umständlich. Der Frühstücksraum ist sehr schön über dem Antlantik gelegen. Er ist jedoch nur über lange Korridore und Lifte zu erreichen.
Das Personal war freundlich und hilfsbereit.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2025

David

Angenehmer Aufenthalt und gute Ausstattung

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Buena estancia

La estancia ha sido buena, la habitación estaba limpia, el baño es de buen tamaño, sin embargo la habitación es más pequeña y falta sitio para poder poner maletas, una mesa interior... La piscina muy tranquila y con acceso a otra piscina con acceso al mar, aunque estaba llena de gente y niños.
No pudimos disfrutar del desayuno porque tuvimos que irnos pronto y nos dieron una caja con desayuno para llevar, un poco escaso y sin ningún café.
Los horarios de cierre de piscina, cena... son muy justos para un lugar de vacaciones.
Aunque estuvimos bien, dudo de si volvería a repetir este hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2023

Irian

Fantástica estancia.
Personal amabilísimo.
100% recomendable.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2023

Verified traveler

Smukt hotel med god service

Super dejligt hotel ned til vandet med flot udsigt uanset hvor du er. Sødt personale og dejlige værelser.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2023

Elizabeth

Increible es mágico

Este hotel es espectacular nos encanto parece de pelicula la habiatcion hermosas las vistas son increibles 😍, es un hotel green 💚 lo ame

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2022

Florent

Mitigé

Mitigé, situation en bord de mer, avec accès mer très sympa. Chambre mignonne, mais petite pour madère et cette gamme de prix. Chambre payé à la réservation pas forcément respecté.
« Parking » dans la rue pas top… intérêt du « spa » que je me demande également. Petit déjeuner sur la mer sympa.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2022

FABIENNE

Très bon séjour

Excellent séjour, hôtel très bien situé avec un accès direct à la mer, chambre très confortable, très bien équipée. Petit déjeuner complet avec des produits de qualité

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2022

Christina

Ligger fint vid havet. Vackra omgivningar.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2022

Susanne

Very nice hotel. Great breakfast, good for swimming and snorkelling. Very relaxing.
Nice and friendly staff.
Good value for money.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2022

Nathalie

Personnel accueillant, l'hôtel est propre bien entretenu avec une vue superbe!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2021

Sandra Doreen

Tolle, gepflegte Anlage mit Meerblick von jeder Etage aus. Sehr nettes Personal, super Frühstücksbuffet und Sauna mit Meerblick sowie großem Fitnessangebot. Wir haben uns rundum wohl gefühlt und kommen gerne wieder.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2021

Verified traveler

A true relaxing spa hotel

Excellent spa hotel, relaxing atmosphere, great spa and facilities, loved the breakfest by the sea.
Lesser points, the complex is large and confusing, check in is after 5pm in another hotel which was very confusing, charging 3,8euro for tapwater

Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2021

Glenn

7 out of 5 stars

Fantastic stay. We had one night of our honneymoon in this hotel. They gave as an upgrade to ar room with a very large terracce (approx 40 sqm) with fantastic wiew. Good location with easy access to snorkling with a lot of underwater life and good visibility in water. Highly recommended hotel. 7 out of 5 stars.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jun 2021

JEAN

Great place but low level of service

Extremely rude waiter at the breakfast, receptionist only interested in getting paid but less for the rest.
Hotel facilities are great but staff is disappointing

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Comfortable and modern hotel directly by the see

The hotel is newly refurbished and very nice and comfortable. But, it is not adults only, even if it it presented so on hotels.com
Room is spacious,modern,clean and comfotable. Spa area is free and luxuary.
Atlantis restaurant and bar has breathteaking view on the ocean and the food and drinks are very good.
The only downlight of this hotel is the staff. Nobody offered us the dinners, we were just lucky that the waiter in the restaurant asked us if we were on the half board,so we went back to the reception and ask if they offer halfboard... The staff in the restaurant is generaly a problem also. The guys are ok, and one young girl called Ana was brilliant (the only one who was also comming to the pool to ask people if the want to order some drinks, very helpfull and polite every time she was there), but the older women were rude and showing no interest - they let us stay at the desk waiting for seating even if there were few people in the restaurant and they never ask od we want to order more drinks,etc...
Another problem is that there is no reception at night in this hotel and some guest were drunk (and loud) almost every night. this was annoying because I want to rest on holiday and sleep after midnight without beeing avakened many times every night...

Generally this is superb hotel but this details take it down. If they solve this I will recommend it to visit to everybody.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2021

Philipp

Great Hotel with awesome Gym and Spa

We enjoyed our stay to the fullest. The In- and Outdoor pool offers flexibility by all weather conditions. Moreover we could do great workouts at the fully equipped Gym.
Rooms are clean, with a balcony and a well sorted mini bar.
Breakfast offers a small but good selection of food. Staff was constantly friendly.
Massages are reasonable and with seperat Saunas with the seaview, we definitely would book again treatments there!
The only point which confused us were the children, because here it's named a adult only hotel.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2021

Verified traveler

Instalações boas e atendimento ruim

O hotel tem instalações novas e uma academia grande. Essas são as unicas qualidades. O atendimento é PÉSSIMO! A recepção fica vazia na maior parte do tempo. Os atendentes do café da manhã não são alegres.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Das Hotel ist sehr schön und sauber.Essen ist gut .
100% Empfehlung

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

17 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Habe mich total wohl gefühlt als Singel....die Angebote sind abwechslungsreich

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2019

Ulli

- schöne SPA Einrichtung
- sehr gutes Fischrestaurant

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2019

Felix

Traumhaftes Hotel an toller Lage

Tolle und sehr gepflegte Anlage. Schön eingerichtete Zimmer und traumhafte, für Hotelgäste kostenlose Sauna mit Blick aufs Meer. Das hauseigene Spa bietet tolle Massagen zu vernünftigen Preisen an. Das Personal ist durchwegs freundlich und hilfsbereit. Fürs Frühstücksbuffet konnten wir zwischen zwei Restaurants wählen. Grosse Auswahl und akzeptabler Qualität (ausser beim Restaurant Atlantis ist der Kaffee schlecht, da konnte man aber für 2 EUR einen guten Kaffee von der Kolbenmaschine kaufen). Frühstück gibts dafür dort mit Blick aufs Meer.
Salzwasserpool mit noch angenehmen Badetemperaturen und gemütlichen Sonnenliegen.
Parkplätze hatten wir jedes Mal zur Verfügung. Toll fanden wir auch, dass das Hotel sehr nachhaltig ist. Bsp. kann man mittels einem süssen Türhänger mitteilen, wenn man am Folgetag keine Zimmerreinigung wünscht.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2019

Anna

beau et bien

Un accueil chaleureux la terrasse suspendue sur l'eau impressionnante.
Les chambres modernes et jolies
surpris par le spa et ses multiples sauna nus et mixte mais on s'y fait la clientèle principalement allemande est très décompléxée sans voyeurisme.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Die Anlage des Hotels ist wirklich schön und modern, gerade der Poolbereich oben am Hotel sowie unten am Meer waren überzeugend. Auch die Zimmer sind modern und die Betten gemütlich, vor allem das Bad überzeugt. Das Personal ist freundlich und spricht teilweise sogar Deutsch.
Da die Anlage ziemlich groß ist (auch in der Höhe), sind die Wege ziemlich lang. Die Fahrstühle brauchen teilweise sehr lange und in manchen davon nervt die immergleiche Musik nach wenigen Tagen.
Das Frühstück überzeugt nur teilweise. Zwar ist die Auswahl nicht klein und es gibt sogar eine Omelett-Station, allerdings sind uns schon ein schlechter O-Saft & ein schlechtes Bircher Müsli untergekommen und das Gebäck war eher trocken. Auch sonst können die Restaurants im Hotel nicht wirklich glänzen, wir empfehlen, sich etwas Umliegendes zu suchen.
Das Hotel ist auch nicht 100&ig \"adults friendly\", da uns unten am Meer an mehreren Tagen tobende Kinder begegnet sind.
Alles in allem war es aber ein schöner Urlaub auf Madeira.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Als erstes ist uns direkt das sehr freundliche und zuvorkommende Personal aufgefallen.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Das Hotel ist ganz grosse Klasse! Die Einrichtung ist neu, topmodern und sehr stylisch. Alle Zimmer sind geräumig und schön eingerichtet. Auch die Aussenanlage ist super. Das Frühstücksbuffet ist frisch und vielfältig und der Ausblick von der Terasse ist einfach grandios. Auch der Zugang zum Meer ist sehr hübsch. Zudem hat man in Gehdistanz eine Bushaltestelle und gelangt ring in die Stadt Funchal. Einziger Minuspunkt: Der Pool-/Strandbereich ist leider öffentlich zugänglich und daher wird \"adults only bzw. friendly\" dort nicht eingehalten.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Excellente situation centrale, hotel calme. Vue exceptionnelle.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2019

Verified traveler

Alles gut, AUßER die Frühstückszeiten: 8 bis 10.00 besser bis 11.00 oder 11.30

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2019

Christian

Bonne adresse à Madère

Bonne adresse ! Belle salle de sport et bon petit déjeuner !

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Sehr sauberes ruhiges und angenehmes Hotel.
Die Ocean-Pool-Landschaft könnte etwas grün vertragen.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Nice stay for adults

A very pleasant stay even though our expectations was kind of high after reading online.

There are a few things we've noticed during the week to whom it may concern. Doesn't mean it's bad but good to know as a guest. Love the environmental awareness of the hotel and totally understand if some of below are policy due to that:

- No schampo or conditioner on rooms or in spa (just schampo+soap 2 in 1)
- Training classes mainly instructed in portuguise
- The room air conditioner doesn't go under 23 C and even to be winter here that is too hot for a good sleep for some of us
- The sauna area is a nude area. Not all europeans are used to this and it would be suitable for special times when it's at least gender specific even though nude. (example, at least for me it's hard to relax when I enter a sauna and find a opposite gender genitales fronting the door or someone spreading wider then necessary)
- There is yoga classes 2-3 times a week available, not every day if you're not on a specific group travel

Great staff and service and good menus in bar and restaurants! Also explored a lot of of the nearby restaurants and recommend the Inn & Arts for view, the Villa Ventura for meat/fish and --> the new opened bistro over at the roundabout by RIU hotel - so good!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Un hôtel reposant et agréable

R.A.S, hôtel Galomar récemment ouvert (juin 2018) et donc neuf, avec toutes les facilités à disposition (restauration, bar, piscine, spa) et une vue splendide sur la mer, notamment au petit déjeuner.
Le personnel est attentionné et à l'écoute.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2019

Morten

Super lækkert hotel

Super god oplevelse at bo hos galomore hotel. Der var virkelig god service og alt var nyt og rent. Kan kun anbefale dette sted og vi kommer helt sikkert tilbage en dag.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2018

Rui

Excelente Hotel

O hotel está num sítio incrível, e o enquadramento com a envolvente é fabulosa.
Tem um design muito agradável e é super confortável.
Local a repetir sempre que vá á madeira

Partner