Garden of the Atlantic

Ilha da Madeira

Tropical levadas, laurel forest and vertiginous cliffs. Madeira is a garden suspended in the middle of the Atlantic, with microclimates and otherworldly landscapes.

53 Parishes

10 Municipalities

246K Inhabitants

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The Grand Route
of Ilha da Madeira

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

1

São Martinho

São Martinho

Medieval wine nights, hidden manor parks and azulejo-clad lanes in Funchal’s mountain-pressed parish

2

Câmara de Lobos

Câmara de Lobos

Câmara de Lobos

Câmara de Lobos, Madeira: volcanic cove where Zarco met seals and fishermen still stir poncha at daw

3

Ribeira Brava

Ribeira Brava

Hear the river snarl beneath a 16th-century fort, then sip espresso where grandmas sell backyard ban

4

Ponta do Sol

Ponta do Sol

Madeira’s sunniest village wakes at 7 a.m., pours 70-cent espresso and guards 16th-century sugar mil

5

Calheta

Calheta

Fake beach, sugar-mill art and 290 m ocean-leaping waterfall in Madeira’s sun-trap south-west

6

Porto Moniz

Porto Moniz

Basalt pools bubble with crystalline Atlantic water beneath a 16th-century fort in Madeira’s far-flu

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São Vicente

São Vicente

Basalt gorges, 890,000-year lava tubes, baroque nativity sands and attic-aged Madeira wines.

8

Santana

Santana

Wake in a 430-metre-high valley where rye-roofed palheiros peek from UNESCO laurel forest.

9

Machico

Machico

Walk butter-yellow Saharan sands, 15th-century alleys and a 580 m sea cliff where dolphins thread the bay below.

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Caniço

Caniço

Ride a cliff-hugging lift to salt-slick lava lidos in Madeira’s Caniço, where reeds once waved.

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All Municipalities
of Ilha da Madeira

10 municipalities to explore

Calheta

Ilha da Madeira

Calheta

8 parishes

Câmara de Lobos

Ilha da Madeira

Câmara de Lobos

5 parishes

Funchal

Ilha da Madeira

Funchal

10 parishes

Machico

Ilha da Madeira

Machico

5 parishes

Ponta do Sol

Ilha da Madeira

Ponta do Sol

3 parishes

Porto Moniz

Ilha da Madeira

Porto Moniz

4 parishes

Ribeira Brava

Ilha da Madeira

Ribeira Brava

4 parishes

Santa Cruz

Ilha da Madeira

Santa Cruz

5 parishes

Santana

Ilha da Madeira

Santana

6 parishes

São Vicente

Ilha da Madeira

São Vicente

3 parishes

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