Residencial Santo António is a 14-room guesthouse in the centre of Santa Cruz, a small town on Madeira's east coast between Funchal and Machico. It is registered as alojamento local in the guesthouse category, estabelecimento de hospedagem (AL 35257/AL), and has operated since 2012. Its practical advantage is position: Madeira Airport is 2.8 km away by road, and the seafront is at the end of the street.
What kind of property is it?
According to the national registry, it has 14 rooms with 27 beds and capacity for 54 guests. The Booking.com listing describes plain rooms with private bathroom, TV, desk and balcony, double, twin and triple configurations, a traditional restaurant serving lunch and dinner, a bar and a terrace. Booking.com rates the property's quality at 3 out of 5 based on its facilities. There is no pool or spa.
Where exactly is it?
The registry gives the address as Rua Cónego Alfredo César Oliveira 20, 9100-153 Santa Cruz; Booking.com lists Rua das Rosas 15, a pedestrian street a few metres away. Road distances (OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data):
- 2.8 km to Madeira Airport and 5.4 km to Machico;
- 14.3 km to Prainha do Caniçal and 16.6 km to Baía d'Abra, start of PR 8 Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço;
- 11.1 km to the Garajau marine reserve;
- 16.3 km to central Funchal;
- 18.1 km to Ribeiro Frio for PR 11 Vereda dos Balcões and 20.3 km to Pico do Areeiro.
Booking.com places Palmeiras beach, a shingle beach on the Santa Cruz seafront, about 10 m away.
Is it practical without a car?
Santa Cruz is a town with restaurants and shops close by, and the airport is a short taxi ride; the listing mentions a paid airport shuttle. Bus routes and timetables for the town are published by the regional SIGA network; see getting around Madeira without a car.
Practical notes
Booking.com lists check-in and check-out as available 24 hours, quiet hours between 20:00 and 08:00, street parking, no pets and no parties. Ponta de São Lourenço is exposed and shadeless, so an early start on PR 8 avoids the midday heat. More on the area on our east page.
