Hotel Torre Praia is a 66-unit beachfront hotel on Rua Goulart Medeiros at the edge of Vila Baleira, the only town on Porto Santo. It is registered as a hotel (RNET 6678) with 62 rooms and 4 suites, and has direct access to the island's long sandy beach. Its name comes from the tower it is built around, which the hotel group says was once part of a lime and cement factory.
Where exactly is it?
The hotel sits on the beach just west of the town centre. The Centro bus stop in Vila Baleira is about 530 m away in a straight line, and the SIGA stop named Hotel Torre Praia (line 994 on OpenStreetMap) is about 130 m away. Porto Santo airport is about 2.1 km away and the ferry harbour (Porto de Abrigo) about 2.6 km, both in a straight line — short taxi rides rather than long walks with luggage.
What is nearby?
- Porto Santo beach: about 9 km of sand according to the hotel group, starting in front of the hotel. The stretch by Campo de Baixo is about 1.3 km to the south-west in a straight line.
- Vila Baleira's squares, cafés and church are within walking distance along the seafront.
- For the rest of the island — viewpoints, Pico do Castelo and the western headland — see the Porto Santo region guide.
What does the hotel offer?
According to the hotel's own pages, rooms and suites have air conditioning, minibar, safe, cable TV, telephone and a balcony. Facilities include an outdoor pool with a separate children's area, a gym, the Salinas buffet restaurant with sea view, the Pizza N'Areia pizzeria and snack bar, the O Corsário beach bar and a hotel bar. Booking.com also lists a sauna and massages. Wi-Fi is free at reception. Booking.com lists check-in from 14:00 and check-out by 12:00.
When to go and what to check
For sea and weather by month, see best time to visit. The national register lists no closure period for this year, but some third-party listings mention a winter closure from 1 November to 31 March — confirm your dates directly when booking a stay in the off-season.
