Miradouro da Eira do Serrado

At 1,095 m, in the heart of the island in the mountainous interior of Câmara de Lobos, Eira do Serrado is the balcony over Curral das Freiras: the village set on a flat at the bottom of a valley of monumental proportions, ringed by the central massif. A short path starts next to the Estalagem da Eira do Serrado; after the climb, the scene opens onto one of Madeira's most iconic spots. It is also an open-air geology lesson, where you can read the erosion that has carved the island over millennia.