Ilha da Madeira

Santa Cruz

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

5 Parishes

42,168 Inhabitants

473m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Santa Cruz

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

Caniço

Caniço

24,046 inh.

Gaula

Gaula

3,925 inh.

Camacha

Camacha

6,239 inh.

Santo António da Serra

Santo António da Serra

822 inh.

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

7,136 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Santa Cruz

5 parishes

Camacha

Camacha

Hear baskets crack, see saint-tiled chapels, sip tangerine poncha in Madeira’s cane-craft hamlet

Caniço

Caniço

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

Gaula

Gaula

From UNESCO laurel forest to Atlantic-view vineyards, Gaula village climbs basalt poios above Santa

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

Banana-scented levadas thread beneath airport flight paths in this 15th-century market town

Santo António da Serra

Santo António da Serra

Stone chapels, thatched hay-barns and a spring that still quenches 200-year-old thirsts

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