We stayed for 7 nights. The apartment is in the most perfect location, right in the middle, between the Old Town and the Lido area, with a 20 min max walk either way. The apartment was spotlessly clean and had everything you could possibly want. The bed was so comfortable. It was in a very quiet location, and i have to say we never heard any noise at nightime.
The only negative for us, was the apartment was a bit dark, but the positives of the location, comfy bed, facilities, swimming pool and quietness, far outweighed the fact it was a bit dark. We will definitely return

Apartment is in a perfect location and offers plenty options of local restaurants, bars and shops on the doorstep. We enjoyed our daily strolls into the centre of Funchal which took around 10 minutes. The apartment on the whole ok clean and well enough equipped, however, we found only 1 bath sheet, 1 bath towel and 2 hand towels. This I felt was not ideal as my husband and I were staying for a full week and had to reuse these towels for the duration of our stay. My husband did contact the owner to request more towels but we are still waiting for a reply. The apartment also offers a swimming pool facility but again there were no pool towels provided which meant we had to buy some. The drawers in the wardrobe need attention as they tend to fall when you use them. The power point in the bathroom comes apart when you remove a plug which I felt was extremely dangerous. The power point behind the sofa in the sitting room has the same problem. The beds do not have mattress or pillow protectors and there were double sheets on the single beds which drove me mad as they wrinkled every time you moved. I was aware that the apartment was dark as it is situated on the back of the building. However, I did not realise that the lights were required to be on all the time. During the night you were in pitch darkness so again a light needed to be left on. The apartment was advertised as having a ‘garden view’, unfortunately I do not consider a wall with plants growing up it as at garden view. A nice terrace area but unfortunately no sun, which to be fair I was made aware of from previous reviews.

The apartment itself is OK, roomy, well furnished, bathroom amenities up to standard, but no safe. Kitchen OK, but no dishwasher, and natural gas boiler, natural gas cooker (normally, these are dangerous).
The main and really horrible fact is that the Booking.com image was taken from the (small) swimming pool, showing the sea in the distance. This is FRAUD, since the apartment view is on a wall, and, in March, we have sunshine only from 13:15 to 15:00 on the terrace, which is surrounded by tall buildings. We have to put on all the lights all day because the apartment is somber like a WWII bunker ! We complained to Booking.com, and had a feeble response, then silence. I entirely agree with the review of Liz T. The view from our bedroom is small high windows, with obscured glass panels, wihich open 5 cms, and underneath, there is a noisy and smelly restaurant !
Also, the shower is only accessible by walking over a more than 50 cms high bath wall, which for us (ages 75 & 72) is quite difficult. I will ask for a total refund from Booking.com, and if I don't get it, I'll file an official complaint..
We travel extensively, and this is the worst accomodation we've ever had.
We were in Madeira for our honeymoon 50 years ago (!), and were looking forward for a renewed marvellous experience, but this awful apartment has left us very very dissapointed !