Clubhotel Riu Funana★★★★

Dodgy tummies

The hotel overall was nice: good service, rooms and nice food and drink. Plenty slushies for the kind. It was very windy when we were there in April, often uncomfortably so, especially on the beach. The 2 adults in our party had dodgy tums throughout the stay, which took another week to settle after we returned home. The 3rd person, a child did not have this problem, probably because she mainly ate pancakes, pizza and chips... We have been to quite a few countries, including Egypt and Turkey and never had this issue.. For that reason I would not return or recommend.

Very disappointed

On a positive note, nice palm tree shaded paths at hotel, good fresh fruit selection, some friendly staff, especially pool bar. Good balance of intermittent music/peace and quiet around the pool and the White party is good fun. The maid kept our room tidy and made beds/left water each day. There are lots of sun loungers, many need replacing as saggy or dirty, but one side of pool looses the sun after lunch so unless you want to be in complete shade for most of the day you need to get up very early to get a sunbed in a good spot. Overall, as others have mentioned the hotel is dated and in muc

Travel with family

Arrived hear safe ,a little later, went for evening meal then off to find rooms. We were allocated 56 & 55 in block 10 ,a 'superior room ' didn't look much different to a standard from outside.It was a good location for us as it was close to restaurants and entertainment . The Funana is a compact hotel ,not like the 'palace ' which we stayed in last year. The room was lovely ,twin beds ,plenty of sockets ,AC and a large fan ,looked like a propeller when I first saw it,you get a small fridge but don't expect it to have anything but water in it and no optics. The pools were a nice size and

Family holiday ruined by illness and poor maintenance

We stayed at Hotel Riu Funana in Cape Verde from 2–16 August 2025 and this turned out to be one of the most distressing and disappointing holidays our family has ever had. During our stay four members of our family became seriously ill with vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever. Instead of enjoying the holiday we had saved for, large parts of it were spent confined to our room feeling extremely unwell. Around the hotel we noticed a number of maintenance issues that were worrying and gave the impression that parts of the resort were not being properly looked after. There were damaged