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Coming ashore from the flying boat to the Savoy mooring
“Welcome to the Royal Savoy!” how it all started Since the early 1900’s, the Hotel Savoy has welcomed discerning visitors to Madeira. From a small family business with humble ambitions and the name “Royal Hotel”, grew a tradition of sincere and discerning hospitality. In 1914 the hotel’s name was changed to the Hotel Savoy and subsequently had so much success that the hotel was twice extended to be able to cater for the ever increasing demand for its unique atmosphere and facilities. In the early days, visitors were brought to the hotel by
bullock cart from the harbour. The first taxi on the island was hired to replace the bullock carts, and well before the island’s airport was built, a flying boat service was introduced from Southampton to Madeira. Many famous celebrities came to the Hotel Savoy as its reputation for excellence grew worldwide. The Royal Savoy opened in April 2002, a century after its first inauguration and is the latest enhancement to the facilities offered by the Savoy Group.
The Hotel Savoy Today’s “classic” Savoy offers its guests the utmost privacy and friendly sophistication throughout the extensive resort facilities. Located a short distance from the bustling harbour and right in the middle of Funchal’s illustrious restaurant quarter, the hotel has 337 tastefully decorated rooms and suites, all offering individual balconies. The hotel’s wonderful gardens contain many exotic plants and trees, a large Koi fish aquarium, and has numerous leisure and invigorating spa activities on offer.
Superb cuisine is served in supremely elegant surroundings, and quite the loveliest way to start the day is to take traditional breakfast from the private sunny balconies with fabulous views over the ocean. Throughout the development of this 5-star internationally acclaimed hotel, one major aspect has always been paramount; that being client satisfaction and well being.
Night shot of the Hotel Savoy pool deck
The Royal Savoy
Royal Savoy sea-water pool
The Royal Savoy
A corner of the Piano Bar
Resort facilities The Royal Savoy occupies the site of the old Savoy Lido. In order to create the large area of sub-tropical gardens and swimming pools, some 8,300 m2 (approximately 75,000 sq.ft) of land has been reclaimed from the Atlantic. The resort offers 160 luxurious apartments, ranging in size from single room studio’s, to one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites, and spectacular Presidential and Penthouse apartments. Whatever your preference you can be sure that it will be the last word in elegance and comfort
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Entrance Hall and Reception - 8th Floor 6 Public Elevators - (2 panoramic) First floor Library and mezzanine lounge Health Centre with beauty salon, massage, gymnasium, sauna & changing room facilities Ground floor A La Carte Restaurant Ground floor buffet Ground floor Piano Bar Ground floor shops and solarium area with sunloungers Swim up pool bar with submerged seating 2x Indoor heated pool 2x Outdoor seawater pools (1 heated), 1 x fresh water pool Children's splash pool Outdoor heated spa pool Covered parking - levels 4 & 5 Jetty for sea bathing Gardens, water cascades and fountains Replica Portuguese fort and barbeque area 24 hour Room Service (charges for consumption) Daily maid service Water, electricity, air conditioning and heating Laundry and dry cleaning (charge for service requested) Telephone (payment for calls made)
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Cúpula Restaurant Library Restaurant Library Room Piano Bar Poolside Bar Noble Room - Resident's Lounge and reading room Indoor and outdoor pools 2x Tennis courts 2x Golf driving nets 1x Shuffleboard lane 1x petonque lane Crazy golf 1x Giant chess set 1x Children's playground Outdoor table tennis 1x Full size snooker table Satellite and cable TV signal with international channels and interactive facilities ( no charge for the use of the TV, but charges will made for any "rental movies", or other specialist services) • Fleur de Lys Restaurant
Vacation Ownership the fastest growing sector of the leisure industry Vacation Ownership is a tried and trusted holiday concept that has grown from just four resorts and one hundred family members in 1968, to over six thousand resorts in eighty different countries, covering five continents with over six million family members today. With the rapidly changing demands of the leisure industry, the concept has attracted many respected multi-national companies such as Sheraton, Marriott’s, Hyatt’s, De Veer, Four Seasons, Hilton’s and Disney. Travel agencies and tour operators such as First
Choice, P&O, Thompson and Air Tours have embraced the concept as the future trends in travel is towards more luxurious yet affordable accommodation. Membership in your selected apartment not only guarantees you that apartment year after year, but also through our affiliated partner Interval International, you can use it to travel the world in 5-star luxury. You can even travel the world without surrendering your Royal Savoy apartment through Interval International’s discounted “Getaway” programme.
Membership Services Now that you have decided to become a member of the Royal Savoy Vacation Club, you can begin to dream of your future quality holidays in Madeira and worldwide, and your Membership Services team is here to help and assist you with all your holiday planning needs. So how best can we assist you? • We are open 365 days per year 8 hours per day. (09.30am – 19.00hrs) • Advice on who to contact for flights, airport hotels, etc. • Additional inexpensive late-break holidays through the fantastic Interval International “Getaway” system.
appointment arranged. All this and more – even before you arrive. • We produce a regular members newsletter to keep you abreast of Club affairs and current and future items of importance.
• Advice on restaurants, island trips, museums, gardens, golf courses, local bus services and much more.
• We have our regular welcome coffee mornings, when we update you on the Club and what’s happening in Madeira, and of course to introduce ourselves to you and other members.
• In the event of an emergency, we are always contactable and will be on hand to assist you; whether it is to arrange a flight home or to act as an interpreter.
• Every Tuesday evening we have our complimentary Member’s cocktail party, where many friendships are made.
• Six weeks prior to your arrival at the resort you will receive your pre-arrival form. By completing and returning it to us, you can book your airport taxi, have food and drink delivered to your apartment on arrival day, book your golf tee-off times, your favourite restaurant or even have your hair
• Finally and sadly, we will confirm your flights home and arrange your transport to the airport. On departure day we are there to ensure that all goes smoothly.
The Membership Services team are all mature professional people living permanently on Madeira. Our aim is to be of service to you over the years of your membership, and to hope that not only will you be our members, but more importantly our friends.
The Membership Service Office can be found on the ground floor of the resort.
“Fado”, a typical song of Portugal
Your assurances Savoy Group The Royal Savoy is part of the Savoy Group of hotels, which includes the Hotel Savoy, Savoy Gardens and the Royal Apartments. The group is owned by SIET-SAVOI, S.A, a Portuguese established company previously quoted on the Lisbon stock exchange, but now privately owned in equal shares by Mr. José Berardo and Mr. Horácio Roque, who together also operate a variety of businesses on Madeira as well as in the Açores. The group of companies are very important to the local economy, employing over 1,000 personnel with the main
activities being tobacco planting and manufacturing, animal feed processing, as well as poultry and pork production and real estate. In 2002 the group of companies achieved a consolidated volume of sales in excess of 76 million Euros (+-£50 million). Apart from these investments on the islands, the two shareholders own such other diversified investments as banking, insurance, real estate, news media, printing, wineries, telecommunications and art in mainland Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Brazil, Canada and the USA.
Established on Madeira in 1988, Banif Bank (Banco Internacional do Funchal) is now the largest bank on the island and has its head office here. The OTE is the official trade association representing companies in the Vacation Ownership industry that seeks to protect the interests and satisfaction of the European consumer. The Royal Savoy is also a member of the American Resort Developers Association, which is committed to maintaining the very highest international standards of excellence and advancement in the industry. FNTC is the appointed administrator of the Royal Savoy Vacation Club and is the leading provider of administration and trustee services, protecting the interests of over 450,000 holiday owners in many countries.
Typical levada walk
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Interval International As a member of the Royal Savoy Vacation Club, you automatically become a member of Interval International Gold, which means you can visit hundreds of resorts by exchanging your resort time for other vacation times and places. Interval International is a worldwide vacation exchange covering over 1,800 quality resorts. You can even enjoy the elite privileges of Interval Gold even if you are not on vacation 365 days of the year by using all of the following: • Gold Concierge services. • Hertz car rental benefits. • International Hotel discounts.
• Leisure breaks – 50%
discount off accommodation at 200 hotels throughout the UK and Ireland for stays of between 2 and 6 nights with no obligation to dine at the hotel. • Lifestyle discounts – savings on a range of travel and consumer benefits, such as ski vacations, theatre breaks and car insurance, etc. • Interval Options – trade your resort week towards a spectacular cruise, golf or spa vacation. Interval Gold members have an additional saving off the already low prices of ‘Getaway’ shortnotice vacations and even discounts on quality wines from around the world. Your membership also entitles you to take a further 12 Five Star holidays per year.
“Cruise Exchange”
Madeira, the garden island In reality Madeira is one immense natural park. Mother Nature has blessed the island with natural beauty that makes Madeira a true botanical garden where side by side grow English roses, Asiatic orchids and fruits from all continents. The sea is ever present in the lives of the people on Madeira. The only village on the whole of the island where the Atlantic Ocean is not
Funchal yacht harbor
Carnival time in Madeira
visible, is the village of Curral des Freiras (Nun’s Valley), built deep in a mountain valley and out of sight of passing pirate ships of old. Along the seacoast, the Atlantic changes from clear light blue, to pale green and eventually white as the waves crash against the cliffs and rocky shores of the Island that is truly “The floating garden of the Atlantic�.
The Massaroco flower - “The Pride of Madeira”
“Complete peace of mind”
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