Other reviews have stated most of what I would say about the apartment (we loved it) so I will not be repetitive, but will stress the following:
- having parking onsite is a huge plus in Funchal. Parking can get tricky but we were able to have parking every night of our stay.
- there are many excellent restaurants within walking distance that are open late. We hadn't necessarily planned to eat near the apartment as we wanted to explore the island thoroughly. We did explore, but some days we returned around 9pm, tired after a full day of hiking and didn't feel much like venturing out. After a shower and refresh we would change our mind and are so glad we did. Had some excellent 10PM meals during our stay :)
- I can't say enough about Bruno, our host. We've stayed in a number of VRBOs and Bruno is by far the friendliest, most communicative host we've had. We had some challenging situations prior to our trip causing us to have to perhaps over-communicate with Bruno, and Bruno was responsive, understanding, and accommodating.
Every single aspect of our stay went smoothly and exactly as we'd hoped.
Thank you Bruno, you're the perfect host.