Review Clubhotel Riu Funana all-inclusive Cape Verde Islands Sal Island

At our stay in Cape Verde Islands we stayed all nights at the Clubhotel Riu Funana at the southern beach of Sal Island. This is a resort or hotel you book with an all-inclusive package for your stay. I will shortly give you a review of our experience staying at Funana hotel 8 nights.
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At our stay in Cape Verde Islands we stayed all nights at the Clubhotel Riu Funana at the southern beach of Sal Island. This is a resort or hotel you book with an all-inclusive package for your stay. I will shortly give you a review of our experience staying at Funana hotel 8 nights.

Clubhotel Riu Funana has a sister hotel ClubHotel Riu Garopa of the very same architecture and standard just beside Riu Funana. When you stay at Riu Funana you will also use the facilities of ClubHotel Riu Garopa as you just pass without any border between the two large and very similar club hotels. Facilities shared between the ClubHotel Riu Funana and ClubHotel Riu Garopa:
Include  “Sal” beach bar,  “Renova Spa” wellness centre with different treatments, beauty salon and massages (additional charge), Complimentary gym, jacuzzi and sauna, Hairdresser, Mini-club and children’s playground, Hobby club, and the “Pacha” night club.

Review of the beach of Sall next to Clubhotel Riu Funana

As I have mentioned in my earlier post about Sal Island, Sal has a very dry climate and excellent sandy beaches, and the best beach at Sal Island is just beneath Riu Funana Club hotel as it is a beachfront hotel of very high standard.

It is a very broad beach with white sand, clean and attractive. Just close to the path from Funana there are obviously many people enjoying the beach life with a bar, different offers of play and equipment for water sports etc. Plenty of beach chairs are available for your sun bathing

If you want some solitude you just enjoy walking some hundred meters away and settle down in the white sand.

All along the beach the water is really beautiful, torques and clean. The waves and the current can be strong at times, but during our stay in November we didn’t have any restrictions on our swimming in the real nice water.

The coast is famous for windsurfing and other water sports.

For small children and if the beach should be too windy or the sea too tuff you can enjoy a large swimming pool area with all facilities you can imagine. The swimming pool is heated in winter and sun loungers, parasols and towels by the pool area are complimentary.

For lunch or for a snack it isn’t far to walk up from the beach to the nearest restaurant, see also later.

Review of the rooms at Clubhotel Riu Funana

The rooms (500 guestrooms) are nice and clean with what you need, including a balcony or terrace, a safe in the room and satellite TV. The only thing I am missing is a free lan connection in the room.

Food and dining as all inclusive

When you have the all-inclusive package to Riu Funana you have all meals, drinks etc. free of charge all day. In the spacey resort you can chose between four restaurants with each of their special styles of cooking. You have to sign up for three of them the day before to be sure to have a table. The breakfast is a huge buffet – your only problem with the food and drinks is that it demands a strong will not to return with more kilos in weight than you arrived with.

The list of eating and drinking places looks like this:

* “Ponta Preta” non-smoking main restaurant with terrace
* “Cabo Verde” Cape Verdian speciality restaurant
* “Mandalay” Asian restaurant (at ClubHotel Riu Garopa)
* “Mambana” African restaurant (at ClubHotel Riu Garopa)
* “Santa Maria” poolside restaurant/Barbeque restaurant
* “Grogue” lobby bar
* “Batucada” lounge bar
* “Botafogo” poolside bar with swim-up bar
* “Abacaxi” plaza bar
* “Barracuda” dance bar (at ClubHotel Riu Garopa)

The food is very good. Beer and wine is local (Portuguese) of a decent quality and with no restrictions for adults. Spirits are of international brands.

Concluding the review of Clubhotel Riu Funana

All in all we had an excellent stay at Clubhotel Riu Funana  at Sal Island in the Cape Verde Islands with the all-inclusive stay. .We stayed there as a single couple but I will underline that with all the varied facilities and the safe environment Clubhotel Riu Funana should be an excellent vacation destination for families with children of what ever age groups. Like wise Riu Funana should be a super holiday destination for larger family groups for example celebrating the birthday of an older family member or the like.

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