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Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

The Savoy is one of the leading government-rated five-star hotels not only in Madeira, but in all of Portugal. Long known for its overstated lushness and often-garish theatricality, it stands at the edge of Funchal. The hotel is superbly situated, opening onto both the ocean and the Bay of Funchal. With its vast public facilities, it captures a peculiar kind of Madeira dolce vita. Each guest room has a balcony. The most expensive doubles are twins with sea views. The rooms have standard built-in furniture and elegant small bathrooms with dual basins and tub/shower combinations. Each generation of management (since its founding by a Swiss-trained hotelier at the turn of the 20th c.) has introduced enlargements and improvements. For deluxe dining, try the elegant Fleur-de-Lys, a grill room with a panoramic view.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Portugal, 20th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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