Funchal, Portugal + Add a trip

Reid's Palace, every time: if you wanrt to get away from a world of budget airlines, cramped rooms, lazy service and misguided priorities, you have to stay at what is still one of the best hotels in Europe. There is no beach, there are few children and there aren't many sports activities to speak of, but if you want a week of enjoying a book in a beautifully landscaped tropical garden with a perfectly mixed martini and staggering views for as far as they eye can see, of relaxed, customer-driven pampering in a spa and of attentive, outstanding service, then you can do far worse than Reid's. Worth every penny.

Pestana Madeira Carlton (5star) or MBC (apartments at Madeira Carlton)

one the best option is by www.madeira-rural.com