Miradouro das Eiras

Near Pico da Rainha, in the parish of Ilha, this viewpoint overlooks a stream valley entirely covered in Laurissilva — a subtropical forest some twenty million years old that occupies about 20% of the island, around 15,000 hectares. The parish's name is explained by its setting: ringed not by the sea but by streams, it forms an island within the island.