Ilha da Madeira

Machico

Discover the 5 parishes that make up the municipality of Machico, Ilha da Madeira district.

5 Parishes

19,593 Inhabitants

252m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Machico

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 5 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Machico

9,828 inh.

Santo António da Serra

1,334 inh.

Porto da Cruz

2,134 inh.

Água de Pena

2,749 inh.

Caniçal

3,548 inh.

This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

Parishes
of Machico

5 parishes

Machico

Água de Pena

Stone lanes, fog-draped vines and a 16th-century chapel ignored by tour buses

3K 279m

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Machico

Caniçal

Dawn over Madeira’s eastern tip, where whalers once lived and bakers now flame bolo do caco.

4K 93m

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Machico

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

10K 202m

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Machico

Porto da Cruz

Penha de Águia looms over cane fields, seawater vines and 1927 stills in Machico’s northern corner

2K 210m

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Machico

Santo António da Serra

Santo António da Serra rises through misty chestnut woods to a floating golf plateau split by an inv

1K 475m

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Machico

Machico

Santo António da Serra

Porto da Cruz

Água de Pena

Caniçal

Água de Pena

Caniçal

Machico

Porto da Cruz

Santo António da Serra

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