Madeira has fewer than ten genuine all-inclusive resorts, spread over four places, and all-inclusive here means generous full board with drinks, not a swim-up-bar mega-resort. The largest and newest is Hyatt Ziva Madeira at Caniçal, a 366-room resort that opened as Dreams Madeira Resort, Spa & Marina in October 2024; most of the rest cluster in Funchal's Lido district. With so few rooms, spring and autumn dates sell out first.
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- Hyatt Ziva Madeira
NewCaniçalFlagship resort
from€400+a night
Our review - Pestana Royal All Inclusive
ExcellentFunchalBest all-round
from€200a night
Our review - Enotel Lido Madeira
ExcellentFunchalFamilies
from€180a night
Our review - Pestana Porto Santo
ExcellentPorto SantoReal beach
from€190a night
Our review - Galo Resort
Very goodCaniçoSea access
from€160a night
Our review - Baía Madeira Hotel
Very goodMachicoNear airport
from€150a night
Our review
Which all-inclusive should you book in Madeira?
For most visitors the answer is Pestana Royal All Inclusive. It sits on the Funchal clifftops with sea-water bathing, several restaurants and the most complete all-inclusive offering in the city, and it is close enough to town that you are not trapped. Check Pestana Royal's live rates before you shop around further.
Three other decisions are straightforward. Want a proper beach? Only Pestana Porto Santo delivers one. Travelling with children who need a kids' club and a shallow pool? Enotel Lido Madeira. Want the biggest, newest, most luxurious resort on the island and the budget to match? Hyatt Ziva Madeira at Caniçal.
Hyatt Ziva Madeira
Madeira's flagship all-inclusive, on the marina at Caniçal on the eastern tip of the island. It opened under Hyatt in October 2024 as Dreams Madeira Resort, Spa & Marina, on the site of the former Quinta do Lorde, and now trades as Hyatt Ziva Madeira.
The scale is unmatched here: 366 rooms and suites, seven restaurants, five bars and four pools, one of them adults-only, plus a splash park, a spa with a heated indoor pool, and its own private marina.
The all-inclusive plan covers meals, snacks, à la carte restaurants and both alcoholic and soft drinks, which is a fuller interpretation than most Madeiran hotels offer. The trade-offs are real: it is roughly 35 minutes from Funchal by car, so the city is a day trip rather than a stroll, and it is comfortably the most expensive option on this page. Check availability at Hyatt Ziva Madeira.
Pestana Royal All Inclusive
The strongest all-round choice, on the clifftops west of central Funchal. It is a genuine resort rather than a hotel with a buffet: pools, direct sea-water access, multiple restaurants and bars, and enough on site to stay put for several days without feeling stranded. Highly rated by guests year after year, and the one to book if you want a single hotel to carry the whole trip.
Rooms range from standard doubles to sea-view suites, and the rate gap between tiers can be wide, so it pays to compare room types on the same dates. Check current Pestana Royal rates for your dates.
Enotel Lido Madeira
The family pick. A five-star on the Lido seafront with several pools, a kids' and teens' club, three themed restaurants and the promenade directly outside. It trades clifftop drama for convenience, which is exactly the right call with children in tow: you can walk to the sea pools, the ice cream and the evening stroll without a taxi.
It is also the easiest all-inclusive in Funchal to combine with days out, because tour pickups run along this stretch of coast. Check Enotel Lido rates.
Pestana Porto Santo
The only all-inclusive with a real beach. It sits on the sister island of Porto Santo, alongside the nine kilometres of golden sand that Madeira itself does not have, and combines pools, sea and full board in one place. Reaching it takes a ferry crossing of roughly two and a half hours from Funchal, or a short flight.
Book this one if your idea of a holiday involves sand rather than levadas. Plenty of visitors split the trip: a few days in Funchal, then a beach week here. Check Pestana Porto Santo rates.
Galo Resort
In Caniço de Baixo, about 20 minutes east of Funchal, with direct access to the Galomar sea-bathing platform and the Garajau marine reserve, one of the best snorkelling spots on the island. The Galo Resort name covers three hotels: Sentido Galomar, which is adults-only and the one our links point to, the family-friendly Sentido Galosol and the Alpino Atlântico, so check which building your rate applies to before booking.
The pick for swimmers and snorkellers who want a quieter base than the city. Check Galo Resort rates.
The Views Monumental
Closed for a full renovation when we checked on 29 September 2026. The Lido hotel, formerly Four Views Monumental, was our value all-inclusive pick, but its owner, The Views Hotels, says it "is being completely renovated" and gives no reopening date, so we have taken it out of the comparison.
Until it reopens, the nearest like-for-like option is Enotel Lido Madeira on the same seafront, or Pestana Royal if the price matters more than the promenade.
Baía Madeira Hotel
Out east at Machico, close to the airport and a small imported-sand beach. The hotel traded for years as Dom Pedro Madeira and is now Baía Madeira Hotel, a four-star, so older reviews still carry the old name. It suits short stays, late arrivals and early departures, and anyone who wants a low-key local town rather than a resort strip.
Check the board before you pay: the hotel's own site sells rates with buffet breakfast, and all-inclusive appears only on some booking-site rates. Funchal is about 30 minutes away by road. Check Baía Madeira Hotel rates if airport convenience matters more than nightlife.
Where Madeira's all-inclusive resorts actually are
| Area | Resorts | Suits | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caniçal (east) | Hyatt Ziva Madeira | Full resort week, spa, marina | 35 min from Funchal, priciest |
| Funchal Lido | Pestana Royal, Enotel Lido | Sea views, pools, promenade | No sand, steep streets |
| Caniço | Galo Resort | Snorkelling, marine reserve | 20 min east of the city |
| Machico | Baía Madeira Hotel | Airport-close short stays | Quiet, few restaurants |
| Porto Santo | Pestana Porto Santo | A genuine sandy beach | Ferry or flight to reach |
Is all-inclusive worth it in Madeira?
It depends on how you plan to spend your days, and the answer is less obvious here than in the Canaries. If you want to settle by a pool with the meals handled, all-inclusive is good value, and the clifftop and Lido locations mean eating out involves a taxi anyway.
But Madeira rewards leaving the hotel. If you expect to spend most days on the levada walks, on a west-coast tour or watching the sunrise from Pico do Arieiro, you will pay for dinners you never eat. Half board or room-only usually wins for that trip, and there is more choice in the wider Madeira hotel guide.
A useful middle path: book all-inclusive for a shorter stay of four or five nights, keep two of those days free for tours, and accept that you will miss a couple of lunches. Most guests find the drinks alone close the gap.
When to book for 2026
Madeira's high seasons are April to June and September to October, plus Christmas and New Year, when Funchal's fireworks fill the city. Those are the dates when the island's small stock of all-inclusive rooms disappears first, and when rates move upwards rather than down as the date approaches.
If your dates fall in those windows, book them now rather than after more research. Compare all-inclusive availability across Madeira and lock in a refundable rate. Most of these resorts also appear in the family hotels round-up, since nearly all of them welcome children.
Does Madeira have all-inclusive hotels?
Yes, but fewer than ten, and far fewer than a package destination like the Canaries. They are concentrated in Funchal's Lido district, with Hyatt Ziva Madeira at Caniçal in the east, Galo Resort at Caniço, Baía Madeira Hotel (formerly Dom Pedro) at Machico, and Pestana Porto Santo on the sister island.
What is the best all-inclusive hotel in Madeira?
Pestana Royal All Inclusive in Funchal is the best all-round choice for most visitors, with a clifftop position, sea-water bathing and several restaurants. Hyatt Ziva Madeira at Caniçal is larger and more luxurious, with 366 rooms, seven restaurants and four pools, but costs considerably more.
What happened to Dreams Madeira Resort?
It now trades as Hyatt Ziva Madeira. The Caniçal resort opened under Hyatt in October 2024 as Dreams Madeira Resort, Spa & Marina, on the site of the former Quinta do Lorde, and still has the same 366 rooms, seven restaurants, four pools and private marina.
Is there an all-inclusive beach hotel in Madeira?
Not on the main island, which is volcanic and has almost no natural sand. The closest is Pestana Porto Santo on the sister island, beside its nine-kilometre golden beach, reached by a ferry of about two and a half hours from Funchal or a short flight.
Is all-inclusive worth it in Madeira?
It is worth it if you plan to base yourself at the resort, because the clifftop and Lido locations make eating out a taxi ride. If you plan to spend most days on levada walks and island tours, half board or room-only is usually better value, since you will miss paid-for meals.
How far in advance should you book all-inclusive in Madeira?
Aim for eight to twelve weeks ahead for April to June and September to October, and earlier still for Christmas and New Year. Madeira has a small pool of all-inclusive rooms, so those dates sell out before ordinary hotels do and rates tend to rise rather than fall.
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