Miradouro do Cabo Girão (Skywalk)

Europe's highest promontory, 580 m sheer above the ocean, and the archipelago's most photographed suspended glass platform (skywalk). Under your feet, the Rancho and Cabo Girão fajãs, small cultivated plots at the foot of the cliff served since 2003 by a cable car built for the farmers; to the east, Câmara de Lobos and Funchal in their amphitheatre. The name comes from the "giro", the turn-around of Zarco's first survey of the coast. A Natural Monument and Protected Landscape of Cabo Girão, with a marine natural park offshore; stone from its quarries went into Funchal cathedral. A paragliding and BASE-jumping site; the Nossa Senhora de Fátima pilgrimage chapel (1951) is nearby. Access 2026: €5.00 per visitor over 12, paid on the SIMplifica portal, free for under-13s and residents.