Palace on a cliff

For those who enjoy the old world elegance of Singapore's Raffles Hotel, you'll feel right at home in Portugal's Belmond Reid's Palace Hotel. Reid's was built on a high cliff overlooking the bay and harbour of Funchal, on the isle of Madeira, in 1891 - four years after the Raffles became an icon of Singapore. The late Victorian architecture is very similar with colonnades and high-ceiling dining