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Sentido Galosol

Name: Sentido Galosol, Portugal, Madeira, Canico | Thomas Cook
Address: Rua Dom Francisco Santana, Caniço, 9125-031, Portugal
Telephone: +00351291930930
Price range: from £518.11 per person
Rating: 4.5

494 reviews

Overview
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Sentido Galosol, the first active hotel in Madeira, is located on the island’s southern coast. Located between the airport and Funchal, both can be reached within 15 minutes by road. As you’d expect the hotel has an extensive sports centre offering activities including aerobics, squash, volleyball, outdoor yoga, swimming and kayaking. If you’re travelling with someone who isn’t so active they can relax in the sauna or get a massage instead.

If your idea of an active holiday involves diving into open water head to Praia do Garajau, around five minutes by car. Here the waters are calm and clear, ideal conditions for scuba diving. If you want to stay dry, head up to the clifftop where you can see the Cristo Rei (Christ The King) statue. It might look like it’s based on the famous statue in Rio but this one is actually four years older.

For guests who have worked up a big appetite (and those who haven’t) dinner buffets are served in the Ondamar restaurant, including themed buffets on selected nights. Alternatively, visit the a la carte restaurant for views of the ocean and cliffs, as you enjoy eating your selection from the extensive menu. If pizza’s one of your favourite foods then don’t miss Pizzeria Galosol.

Guests have a choice of a room with a garden view or the scenery of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean. For longer stays why not upgrade to a room with a balcony or to a suite? Whichever type you choose you’ll have access to the nature reserve beach and private seawater pool.

7 nights

Bed & Breakfast

from £518 pp

£1,036 total price

Facilities

Key facilities

Gym
Air-con
Golf
Indoor pool
Outdoor pool
Pool
Wifi

Other

Gym
Sauna
Spa
Massage
Beauty Salon
Hot Tub
Steam bath
24 hr reception
Air-con
Bar
Bike Hire
Bike storage
Bungalows
Café
Car hire
Car park
Cot
Darts
Disabled facilities
Golf
High chairs
Housekeeping
Indoor pool
Laundry
Lift
Non-smoking
Outdoor pool
Pool
Pool Table
Restaurant
Safe
Shop(s)
Snack bar
Sun terrace
Table tennis
Terrace
Wake-up service
Whirlpool
Wifi
Aerobics
Aqua fit
Badminton
Basketball
Bike repairs
Canoeing
Catamaran sailing
Diving
Handball
Horse riding
Library
Luggage room
Poolside snack bar
Sailing
Salon
Squash
Volleyball

Location

Canico, Madeira, Portugal

Address: Rua Dom Francisco Santana, Caniço, Portugal
Phone: +00351291930930

Reviews

Tripadvisor rating

4.5

Excellent

494 reviews

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Travelers' choice award

Excellent hotel with lovely views

Nov 2022 | paulineh303

Stayed here as part of HF walking group. Hotel is welcoming, very clean with excellent facilities. Lovely pool area with lovely sea views & amazing sunrise & sunset. Staff efficient, very hard working, but still professional & friendly. Well appointed, very clean room (401) with comfortable bed, balcony & lovely sea view. Food: enjoyed buffet breakfast & evening meal each day. Plenty of choice, well cooked & delicious. Would def recommend & stay there again.

Lovely staff, very clean, good facilities

Aug 2022 | FinnP5

Very nice hotel with a beautiful sea-facing pool and good facilities. We haven’t stayed in many resorts like this before, but this time we were travelling with a baby, so convenience was key. We found all facilities to be in excellent condition and the breakfast buffet especially impressive. The whole complex is spotlessly clean. There are a few different restaurants on-site which were also very nice and all welcomed our baby (although a note to other Half-Board guests: they can fill up quickly so it can pays to book ahead). The gym is a decent size and has plenty of equipment and facilities. The bus to Funchal stops right outside the hotel but otherwise you will need a car to get around the island from Caniço, so bear that in mind. Special mention has to go to the Galosol staff who unfailingly were extremely friendly and attentive, and saw to our every request. The special birthday breakfast for one of our party was especially appreciated. On a side note, the hotel is a very easy 10 minute drive from the airport but taxis somehow charge around €23 for this?! Thankfully Bolt has now launched in Madeira - do yourself a favour and order your airport rides through that app, if you catch it at the right time the exact same ride could cost less than €10. No hesitations in recommending Galosol to others looking for a relaxing resort holiday on Madeira.

We had the perfect vacantion here!

Aug 2022 | mariacW3417PB

The view, frinedly staff, diving area and breakfast made us loving every minute of our Madeira getaway. We had an incredible view of the ocean and the staff quickly helped us with everything (including renting a car for the full Madeira experience). The diving area is absolutely beautiful. We enjoyed everything about this place.