Tourist town, Skanzen
The small town of Santana, located in an agricultural area with a beautiful lush green landscape, lies on a gently rolling plateau between the mountains and the ocean. It is particularly famous for its typical Madeiran houses casas de colmoof which several dozen remain. Where to find Casas de Colmo? The houses are made of wooden beams with straw roofs and their main characteristic is the "A" shape and coloured doors or shutters. An…
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City, Cathedral, Botanical garden, Fortress, Museum, Pebble beach
Funchal is the capital and, with more than 110,000 inhabitants, the largest city of Madeira, which will absorb you with its colonial atmosphere. The city lies in a wide bay in the southeast of the island and, because of its mountainous surroundings, climbs from the sea up the hill to places beyond which the terrain simply cannot go. Funchal is made up of 4 basic units - the historic centre in the middle, the Old Town (Zona Velha) to the east,…
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