Sentido Galosol

What a lovely hotel this is in so many ways. The staff are an absolute credit to what is clearly a very well run hotel. Everyone was so friendly and helpful throughout our nine day stay. The location is beautiful overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, close to Funchal (5 Euro return bus journey), several local restaurants and a small supermarket. Rooms are clean and well equipped, not luxurious or indulgent, but with good modern walk in showers, comfortable beds, English TV channels, tea and coffee making and pool towels. We stayed B&B as we are no fans of buffet restaurant food. Breakfast is superb with plenty of fresh and healthy choices to choose from in a lovely restaurant area with both indoor and outdoor seating by the pool. The onsite a la carte restaurants are excellent, the Ribeye steak in the Atlantis is superb and the cost with dessert is around 30 Euro (strangely the same price as the evening buffet). Food in the pizza restaurant is equally as good and lunchtime snacks in the Blue Bar are excellent. We dined once in the evening buffet restaurant and found the main course options quite lacking and rather disappointing. We primarily chose the Sentido Galasol for its health and fitness facilities and Spa - we were delighted to find that these were excellent. Not your average excuse for a hotel gym but a fully equipped health club with a well equipped gym, several studios, a full schedule of classes, saunas, steam, plunge pool, jacuzzi and indoor pool. We used the club twice daily during our stay and received first class service from the staff, complimentary towels for gym, pool and sauna. Special mention must go to the team at the club who were so welcoming and friendly to us. Thank you to all the team at the Sentido Galasol

A wonderful hotel complex on the seafront with good transport links and surrounding area. The staff are lovely and always willing to help and advise customers. The breakfast buffet service was excellent, very varied, and on at a reasonable time. The access to the sea was very convenient and there are several pools to use alongside this. The room was clean and spacious and the bathroom was very modern. We liked that they are an 'eco' hotel and therefore have water bottle filling stations around the hotel. We also enjoyed the gym classes. Overall very pleasant stay and would definitely return!

The Senttido Galosol is located on a headland about a 15 minute bus journey from Canico, the surrounding area is mainly residential with few amenities for tourists. The hotel has a pleasant sunbathing area with an adjoining snack bar, there are plenty of sunbeds but the pool is small. Guest rooms are basic with a capital B - open wardrobe area, no drawer space and minute bedside tables. Bathroom is small as is the balcony. Breakfast and Dinner are buffet style - there is a variety of choice but most hot food is overcooked or of the fast food variety. Surprisingly this hotel does not have a bar for after dinner socialising (the one at the pool closes early) or to retreat to during inclement weather. During our stay there were 3 days of storms when venturing out was impossible leaving you with a choice of sitting in a small not very comfortable recessed area off a busy corridor or retiring to your room.

Stayed at this beautiful hotel for 14 days, couldn’t ask for better service, cleanliness, accommodation activities, five out of five for every single type of service. staff was amazing and their response and their healthfulness and their friendliness and their kindness can’t say enough about this beautiful hotel. The location is amazing. The views are breathtaking.

Just make sure you book in the main hotel and not the older rooms which you have to walk out the back of the hotel, cross the road and then into the building where the rooms are. Quite a creepy walk on your own!