Miradouro da Ponta do Rosto

On the São Lourenço peninsula, a Natural Monument, at Caniçal, Ponta do Rosto has a rare feature: you see both the north and the south coast of the island at once. Sheer cliffs of great geomorphological interest, a semi-arid climate and northern winds that explain the creeping plants and the absence of trees — the very opposite of Madeira's green forests — rare plants, one of the region's largest gull colonies and protected seabirds such as Cory's shearwater and Bulwer's petrel. On clear days, Porto Santo. Reachable by car on the road to Baía d'Abra (PR 8, further on, is charged).