Santana ★ 4.3
Santana on Madeira's north coast keeps the thatched triangular casinhas and sits inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of upland fruit and chestnut.
Câmara de Lobos is a food day trips in Funchal.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Santana on Madeira's north coast keeps the thatched triangular casinhas and sits inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of upland fruit and chestnut.
Porto Moniz sits at Madeira's northwest corner, where volcanic rock forms natural sea pools and a working fishing harbour still lands the catch.
Machico is where Zarco landed in July 1419, making it Madeira's historical birthplace, a bay town of 20,000 people east of Funchal on the VR1.