Start: Queimadas Forestry Park Finish: Queimadas Forestry Park Time: 5h 30m Distance: 6.5 Km (+6.5 Km return) This trail begins at the Queimadas Forestry Park and winds along the walkway of the levada of Caldeirão Verde at an elevation of 990m, in the municipality of Santana. The levada of Caldeirão Verde is an impressive work […]
Start: S. Jorge Water Treatment Plant Finish: S. Jorge Water Treatment Plant Time: 3h 30m Distance: 5.1Km (+5.1Km return) The trail that follows alongside the Levada do Rei begins at the Water Treatment Plant at Quebradas in São Jorge, and ends at the source of the levada in the spectacular Ribeiro Bonito stream. The first […]
Santana owes its name to a chapel in its honour, bearing the name Santa Ana (Saint Ana). The settlement took place around the year 1550, with people from Braga, from Portugal mainland. For that reason, the local inhabitants have the nickname “Bragados”. At the beginning of the colonization, the land was allotted amongst noblemen […]
Ilha civil parish has an interesting name: Ilha (island). Its an island inside another island, with the difference that Madeira is surrounded by the sea, and the civil parish of Ilha is surrounded by streams, united in a single point, and a great deal of vegetation. Regarding its settlement, historians believe that the settlement was […]
Faial parish was built at 20th February 1550. This parish has this name because of the huge abundance of beech (indigenous trees of the family Miracáceas) where they still growing in the streams and valleys in the mountains. The ancient inhabitants of this parish were the moors and Galician. During many years, the predominant culture […]
The name of Arco de São Jorge parish comes of the mountains that surround him shaped in “bow”. Until 1676 the territory of the actual parish belonged to São Jorge parish, which inherited the “appendix” of “São Jorge”. The Arco de São Jorge was high to parish category in 28th December of this same year. […]
The name of São Roque do Faial parish had source in a chapel that existed in the XVI century, in name of the protector saint of São Roque party that gave his name to the parish. Like this, is the creator of São Roque parish, where the first church was raised in 1551 at Chão […]
There are several theories which try to explain the origin of the name São Jorge (Saint George). One of the versions derives from a sailor that would have disembarked there. Another theory states that a certain person gave the name of his son to this land. However, there is a third account, which […]
Faial parish is situated in north coast at Madeira Island, in Santana council. Actually, Faial has media population 2800 habitants. It has a media altitude of 219 meters and is limited by Pico Ruivo where gives a huge and nice view above the sea and to the huge green mountains. Because of his altitude and […]
The Arco de São Jorge parish is situated a northeast of Madeira Island, in Santana council, between São Jorge e Boaventura parishes. The villa has 520 habitants evolved in a magnificent panorama by the blue of the sea and green of the mountains. His climate its particular, with lot of sun in the summer and […]
Ilha civil parish is situated in the northern part of Madeira Island, just 745 meters away from Santana municipality. Ilha is one of the six civil parishes of Santana municipality. Ilha is the smallest parish in population (about 400 inhabitants), the second smallest in area and the smallest in density, in Santana. This parish has […]
São Jorge civil parish belongs to Santana municipality, and is situated on the extreme north of the island, by Ponta de São Jorge. The civil parish is limited by the Atlantic Ocean in the north, and by the cordillera of Pico Ruivo. São Jorge has an area of 18.3 km2, and about 1,596 inhabitants. Amongst […]
Santana civil parish is situated in the northern part of Madeira Island. Today, the number of inhabitants is believed to be about 4,500. Regarding its climate, it is somewhat harsher than in other parts of the Island, both in the summer and winter. City and chief town of the municipality, Santana is probably one […]
The São Roque do Faial parish is situated in north of Madeira Island, precisely at Santana council. The population area of the parish is 15, 9 Km2, that goes since Pico do Areeiro to the streams at Ametade and at São Roque do Faial. The temperature in this parish is nice along the year, with […]
To enjoy the beautiful view above all Arco de São Jorge parish, it`s no doubt that, the Beira da Quinta viewpoint, situated in the regional street that alloy Santana to São Vicente, close to the people of Ribeira Funda of São Jorge, is a perfect place to observe the landscape which evolves the parish.
Rocha do Navio’s Natural Reserve is situated in Santana. This is one of the most beautiful spots in the northern coast of Madeira Island. This reserve has created in 1997 when locals became concerned about exploitative methods used by fishermen. The protected area streches from Ponta de São Jorge to the Ponta do Clérigo. This distance […]
The Quinta do Arco, situated at Arco de São Jorge parish, has an amazing garden because it has one of the biggest collections of roses in Portugal. This garden has some of the rare roses in the world and lots of them are endangered. This collection of roses is constituted by for over a thousand […]
At Ribeiro Frio exists the famous trout farm where produce big quantities of trout. Because of this, at Faial parish is the appreciated typical dish of this parish: Grilled Trout to Ribeiro Frio. The trout that are used for this dish are created with utmost care which is a big gastronomic attraction.
The Levada Walk of Queimadas alloys the Faial parish to Santana parish. This link offers natural views such as waterfalls, flowers, trees and unique birds. Although this unique views, this track offer old underground connections. These connections are stone tunnels that had made by hand.
This track initiate at Faial parish in the Levada Walk of Fajã da Nogueira and ends at Caldeirão Verde at Faial parish. Along the levada walk, we are surrounded by an amazing nature that offers us a huge attractive set of elements.
